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No exit 05 April 2018

Bristol’s M32 recently gained a new junction for buses only. To mark this strange new addition to the motorway network, here are five places you can’t leave the motorway.

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The story of London's motorways 20 February 2018

The history of London's abandoned motorway plans, from the earliest ideas of the 20th Century to the political fights and protests of the 1970s, is back on CBRD.

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The Ross Motorway 27 January 2018

The commemorative book published to mark the opening of the M50 is now available on CBRD.

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The Ringways are back 24 December 2017

The story of the most astonishing and destructive thing never to happen to London is back on CBRD, after a six month absence.

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The wonderful A1 21 December 2017

The A1 is the UK's longest road, but the part within London is easily overlooked. Here's five things you (maybe) didn't know about it.

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Silver bullet

The Silvertown Tunnel is finally open for business. One question remains: what’s it for?

Skid Risk, Accident, Fog

For the first time, we can share pictures of the pioneering experiment that lit up the Worcestershire countryside with enormous signs 61 years ago.

All change

In July 2024, a new Government entered office with a very different set of priorities. What does it mean for a faltering roads programme?

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Daniel "Swampy" Hooper

Britain's most famous anti-road protester, who shot to fame in the mid-1990s and came to represent the whole environmental movement.