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Badly Parked Oxford @badlyparkedox.bsky.social · Jun 20

*update*
How to report #badlyparkedcars in Oxfordshire
As soon as you notice it, report the location and why:
📞 0345 337 1138 (option *3*)
OR
🖱️ www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/transport-an...
Civil Enforcement Officers can then attend.

Reporting an illegally parked vehicle | Oxfordshire County Council

How to report a vehicle parked where it shouldn’t be.

www.oxfordshire.gov.uk

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Cllr Emma Garnett @greenpartyemma.bsky.social · 1d

I moved some errant voi scooters and a lime bike (with a terrible puncture) from blocking the pavement by Warneford Lane roundabout.

People! Don't block pavements with stuff you've hired!
Able-bodied people passing! Do move them if you are able.

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Top picture, voi scooters and a Lime bike blocking the pavement.
Bottom picture: pavement cleared, scooters and bike lined up neatly on the side

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Badly Parked Oxford @badlyparkedox.bsky.social · 1d

Pedestrians, it’s your lucky day: you get to walk in the road.

Van parked entirely on the pavement outside the Fir Tree pub on Iffley Rd

A van with writing “the Oxford lucky chimney sweep” parked entirely on the pavement outside the Fir Tree pub on Iffley Rd - pedestrians walking into the road to go around it.

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Badly Parked Oxford @badlyparkedox.bsky.social · 1d

From the popular genre of “who needs a drive big enough for a car when there’s a whole pavement to park on“ #antisocialparking

A car sticking out over the entire pavement

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Séamus Reilly @ewzername.bsky.social · 4d

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2 for the price of 1. 2 car parks within walking distance

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Badly Parked Oxford @badlyparkedox.bsky.social · 5d

And then the bollard becomes a parking lot.

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Badly Parked Oxford @badlyparkedox.bsky.social · 5d

Then the #badlyparkedcars on double yellow lines blocking the pavement.

#pavementareforpeople
#antisocialparking
#banpavementparking

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Badly Parked Oxford @badlyparkedox.bsky.social · 5d

It's been a rough week fro the Howard St modal filter.
First, a #badlyparkedloo arrived

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Robert Knight @rupertairbear.bsky.social · 6d

Some unhelpful parking in Oxford city centre tonight. 🤦🏻‍♂️ @badlyparkedox.bsky.social

A blue Toyota and a black Nissan parked in a bus stop, in front of a bus stop flag on George Street in Oxford city centre at night. There is a bus to the right, parked some distance from the kerb.

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Badly Parked Oxford @badlyparkedox.bsky.social · 5d

Same spot, different car. #antisocialparking

A black car parking across the pavement in Howard St, Oxford

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Cowleyforniadreaming @holybollards.bsky.social · 15d

The highway boundary here extends to the buildings. The council should put bollards up to keep cars from driving onto the pavement as none of this space belongs to the properties here.

oxfordshiremaps.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappv...

screenshot from https://oxfordshiremaps.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=9e23b7a1f1ed4290aaf06b4990586199 showing the highway boundary going all the way to the buildings at No 63 and 65 London Rd

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Ian Johnson @ianfrenlinsjohnson.bsky.social · 14d

I'm more concerned about the eyesight of that car's owner, mistaking the pavement for a parking bay.

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Badly Parked Oxford @badlyparkedox.bsky.social · 9d

Peak #antisocialparking on Howard Street. Never mind the pedestrians you’re blocking from safely accessing the pavement, your convenience is obviously MUCH more important than this elderly person with a walker.

An elderly man with a walker trying to get on the pavement between two parked cars, having to go around 2 cars blocking the pavement and one blocking a dropped kerb

A car blocking the entire pavement and a van parked on DYL

A car blocking the pavement, another next to it blocking half the pavement and a van parked on DYL leaving a tiny gap between the pavement blockers

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Badly Parked Oxford @badlyparkedox.bsky.social · 12d

bollards ≠ parking
modal filter ≠ parking
cycle lane ≠ parking

Hollywell St

#antisocialparking

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Badly Parked Oxford @badlyparkedox.bsky.social · 16d

Pedestrians who? I’ll be just a minute. They can wait, or walk around me! Don’t they know I’m more important?! #antisocialparking - a daily sight at Iffley/Howard. Could we get some bollards, please?!

Two white cars parked on the pavement on each side of the junction Howard St with Iffley Rd

A white Mercedes blocking the pavement and partially blocking the tactile paving on the Howard St Iffley Road junction outside the Coop

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Badly Parked Oxford @badlyparkedox.bsky.social · 19d

This is an issue for police. Please report it online and submit your footage.

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Badly Parked Oxford @badlyparkedox.bsky.social · 20d

*collisions
Not accidents

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Bsscdt @bsscdt.bsky.social · 21d

Iffley Road morning shift. Car parked on double yellows in front of a bus stop. Plus a bonus attack on pedestrians from a cyclist ringing his bell at the people who are blocking his way - on the pavement. 🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️

A photograph of the scene described in this post.

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Badly Parked Oxford @badlyparkedox.bsky.social · 21d

The evening shift has arrived. These junctions must never be clear. It’s a tough schedule but there are always dedicated local drivers doing what has to be done in the name of the antisocial parking movement.

2 cars parked blocking the LTN stub at Temple/Cowley Rd junction

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Badly Parked Oxford @badlyparkedox.bsky.social · 21d

Unlucky if you need to use the dropped kerb or the tactile paving. No consideration to people using wheelchairs, pushing pushchairs, or who are visually impaired. Unfortunately a daily sight on the Cowley Road.

A flashy lime green car parked across the stopped kerb and tactile paving on the junction Temple/Cowley Rd Oxford

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Badly Parked Oxford @badlyparkedox.bsky.social · 22d

Rogue parking at the hospital seems a daily occurrence. It’s understandable that drivers have different priorities when they arrive at the hospital, but the double red lines and yellow hashed boxes are there for a reason: to keep everyone safe and allow safe access for EMS, buses and other drivers.

Several cars parked on double red lines and yellow hashed boxes at the JR in Oxford

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Badly Parked Oxford @badlyparkedox.bsky.social · 24d

Also in a school street? 🤔

Gary @garybrimson.bsky.social · 24d

@badlyparkedox.bsky.social these on double yellows, both sides of the road to pick up kids from Tyndale School, Oxford. Very close to the traffic lights.

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Badly Parked Oxford @badlyparkedox.bsky.social · 24d

Driving licence test fail.
And yet, they drive for a living.

Parked at a school gate during the busy pick up.

@yplac.bsky.social @therealyplac.bsky.social

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Oxford Pedestrians Association @oxfordpedestrians.bsky.social · 25d

'The driver thought it was okay, though, because he apologised.'

(St Bartholomew's Medical Centre, East Oxford)

#AntisocialParking

White van from PDT Logistics, registration HV71 VML, parked on double yellow lines at a junction completely blocking the pavement

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Badly Parked Oxford @badlyparkedox.bsky.social · 25d

Pedestrians? Not my problem. Look, not my fault the Victorians built this terrace without a decent size drive!

A red car parked across the pavement (mistaking the front of their property as a drive)

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Freddie van Mierlo MP 🔶 @freddievanmierlomp.bsky.social · 25d

I recently spoke in Parliament about the impact of pavement parking—a concern I hear often from constituents with disabilities, sight loss or mobility aids.
It makes everyday journeys harder and more dangerous. Councils need proper powers to act.
Everyone deserves safe, accessible streets

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