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Same week, two regional approaches to everyday change: a segregated A4 cycle route and a Swindon quit-smoking message

The same week that Bristol Cycling Campaign backed a segregated A4 cycle route, Swindon Borough Council launched a quit-smoking campaign, offering two regional examples of behaviour-change efforts.

Bristol Cycling Campaign said it supported nearly all of the proposals in the A4 Bath to Bristol – Keynsham Bypass consultation, including the 3.45km of segregated path along the Keynsham Bypass that would contribute to a direct, almost flat Bristol–Bath route that does not exist today, and a speed limit cut from 70mph to 40mph to make the path compliant with LTN1/20 standards [1][3]. In one version of its response, it said concerns remained about the last hundred metres at each end, a cycling ban on the new Memorial Park path, and a barrier on the only new cycle way onto the route from Keynsham [1]. A second version added that the detail at bus stops and crossings would determine whether the route can be used by the people it is being built for [3]. Swindon Borough Council, announcing its 'What Will You Miss?' campaign, said it was asking people who smoke to think about the moments that matter most to them and described the effort as part of a major regional campaign to help more people quit smoking for good [2]. Read together, the two announcements reflect different tools for changing everyday choices: one supports altering the built environment of a journey, while the other uses a personal reflective question to encourage a decision [1][2].

Sources

  1. Bristol Cycling Campaign: Our response to consultation A4 Bath to Bristol – Keynsham Bypass (Sep 2026)
  2. Swindon Borough Council news: New campaign asks people who smoke in Swindon ‘What Will You Miss?’
  3. Bristol Cycling Campaign: Our response to consultation A4 Bath to Bristol – Keynsham Bypass (Sep 2026)

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