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CoHSAT - Coalition for Healthy Streets and Active Travel (Oxon) @cohsat.bsky.social · 19h

"Give us options" they said...
Free bus travel and a host of extra services are coming to Oxford, thanks to clearer roads of the Temporary Congestion Charge
www.oxfordbus.co.uk/free-bus-tra...

A bus and the caption 'Free bus travel to coincide with congestion charge'
(from BBC website)

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CoHSAT - Coalition for Healthy Streets and Active Travel (Oxon) @cohsat.bsky.social · 4d

St Helens Wharf is a two way road. It's just that not much traffic goes south because it's not allowed across the bridge.
The bike symbols are reminders to motorists that cyclists may appear southbound.

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CoHSAT - Coalition for Healthy Streets and Active Travel (Oxon) @cohsat.bsky.social · 4d

Contraflow cycle lanes are covered in LTN 1/20 6.4.21 to 25. This says normally Mandatory (solid) markings should be used. But below 1000 vehicles per day, advisory markings may be used.

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CoHSAT - Coalition for Healthy Streets and Active Travel (Oxon) @cohsat.bsky.social · 6d

Really very much the cars of the sky.

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CoHSAT - Coalition for Healthy Streets and Active Travel (Oxon) @cohsat.bsky.social · 6d

That one was mostly hot air.
Feel we've just got in before the Clarion there...
... and really torn by the lack of technical accuracy as an airship would use hydrogen or helium, not hor air.

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CoHSAT - Coalition for Healthy Streets and Active Travel (Oxon) @cohsat.bsky.social · 7d

... these will now stay and benefit from increased speed and reliability, including:
* Stagecoach 600 connecting Thornhill the hospitals, business parks and Redbridge
* Oxford Bus 500 service between BMW, Oxford Business Park, Cowley and Oxford
* Enhanced 3A between Oxford Science Park and Oxford

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CoHSAT - Coalition for Healthy Streets and Active Travel (Oxon) @cohsat.bsky.social · 7d

We and other #Oxfordshire transport groups are delighted that the Temporary Congestion Charge will start on 29 October.
Several bus routes have already been upgraded in anticipation of the Traffic Filters.
www.oxfordbus.co.uk/travel-group...

Travel groups sign joint letter supporting proposed Oxford congestion charge

Oxford's travel groups sign joint letter supporting charging charging proposals in the city.

www.oxfordbus.co.uk

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CoHSAT - Coalition for Healthy Streets and Active Travel (Oxon) @cohsat.bsky.social · 8d

Nathan Ley @nathanley.com · 8d

🚲 Big win for Abingdon! £1.5m secured to fix the missing NCN5 link + boost walking & cycling

Plans include a new two-way contraflow on East St Helen St, Dutch entrance kerbs, continuous footways + better crossings

Have your say by 28 Oct – letstalk.oxfordshire.gov.uk/east-st-hele...

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CoHSAT - Coalition for Healthy Streets and Active Travel (Oxon) @cohsat.bsky.social · 8d

The foot and cycle diversion on the Thames towpath south of #Oxford centre is over and that section of path nicely repaired.
However, **caution** of gravel by the river for a few days.

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CoHSAT - Coalition for Healthy Streets and Active Travel (Oxon) @cohsat.bsky.social · 9d

I personally don't use one, but we are keen to make the streets and pavements inclusive and safe, and there are many problems and barriers. We and our member group Oxford Pedestrians Association @oxfordpedestrians.bsky.social campaign on this basis.

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CoHSAT - Coalition for Healthy Streets and Active Travel (Oxon) @cohsat.bsky.social · 9d

We do, and more. People will be able to park mobility scooters here too.
But the main benefit for people using mobility scooters and other wheeled mobilty aids will be the level crossing of the and removal of the barrier. The kerbs and barrier made it difficult for many.

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CoHSAT - Coalition for Healthy Streets and Active Travel (Oxon) @cohsat.bsky.social · 10d

We understand that the new design will include four parking spaces, for cycles, in the form of two Sheffield stands, and a raised table to improve pedestrian crossings and keep traffic speeds low in this residential street.

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CoHSAT - Coalition for Healthy Streets and Active Travel (Oxon) @cohsat.bsky.social · 14d

Oxford has had congestion problems for years.
In 2015, Labour City Council supported Conservative County Council in launching the traffic filters & core schemes.
In 2022, all parties & Councillors unanimously approved them as part of LTCP.
The solution is clear, regardless of political backsliding.

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CoHSAT - Coalition for Healthy Streets and Active Travel (Oxon) @cohsat.bsky.social · 16d

Wonderful to see Kidical Mass in its full glory in Oxford once again.
Well done @cycloxoxford.bsky.social

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CoHSAT - Coalition for Healthy Streets and Active Travel (Oxon) @cohsat.bsky.social · 17d

With car insurance profits under pressure, the industry is looking at lower speed limits positively for massive cost (and life) savings
www.insurancebusinessmag.com/uk/news/brea...

Could a speed limit change make motor profitable?

As profits turn negative, it raises the question: what could a lower speed limit mean for safety (and carrier profits)?

www.insurancebusinessmag.com

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CoHSAT - Coalition for Healthy Streets and Active Travel (Oxon) @cohsat.bsky.social · 17d

Inspirational. Brilliant!
We've got our Kidical Mass ride in Oxford tomorrow, organised by @cycloxoxford.bsky.social ...
www.cyclox.org/index.php/ev...

Events – Cyclox

www.cyclox.org

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CoHSAT - Coalition for Healthy Streets and Active Travel (Oxon) @cohsat.bsky.social · 17d

Inspiration for tomorrow's #Oxford #KidicalMass
The family ride in Haringey last weekend organised by @haringeycyclists.bsky.social

Haringey Cycling Campaign @haringeycyclists.bsky.social · 18d

🚨🚨 Sound up loud for our brand new video! 📽️📽️

People riding to the song of the moment - turn it up and enjoy! 🎶

Last Saturday, Haringey Cycling organised a marshalled family ride around local animal murals.

We got an amazing turnout, because People Love Cycling. … /1

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CoHSAT - Coalition for Healthy Streets and Active Travel (Oxon) @cohsat.bsky.social · 22d

Exactly why we used 'so-called'. They are neither sporty nor utilitarian.
FFCs, Fat Fashion Cars, anyone?

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Dr Stav @drstav.bsky.social · 22d

Sometimes, the solution to so many problems appears so obvious that you've got to question why it's not just implemented anyway.

Oh yeah, the car lobby and their profits. Nevermind.........

CoHSAT - Coalition for Healthy Streets and Active Travel (Oxon) @cohsat.bsky.social · 22d

Undertaxing large and dangerous cars, such as so-called SUVs, exposes the public to harm and loses the Government around £2 billion in tax, says transport consultant @transportenvironment.org
www.theguardian.com/money/2025/s...

UK could raise nearly £2bn by taxing SUVs in line with European countries, study shows

Thinktank says an ‘SUV loophole’ means UK buyers pay up to 20 times less tax on biggest models than in neighbouring nations

www.theguardian.com

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CoHSAT - Coalition for Healthy Streets and Active Travel (Oxon) @cohsat.bsky.social · 22d

Undertaxing large and dangerous cars, such as so-called SUVs, exposes the public to harm and loses the Government around £2 billion in tax, says transport consultant @transportenvironment.org
www.theguardian.com/money/2025/s...

UK could raise nearly £2bn by taxing SUVs in line with European countries, study shows

Thinktank says an ‘SUV loophole’ means UK buyers pay up to 20 times less tax on biggest models than in neighbouring nations

www.theguardian.com

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CoHSAT - Coalition for Healthy Streets and Active Travel (Oxon) @cohsat.bsky.social · 27d

No alternatives present here.
Not even from the Citizens' Assembly, which Labour supported to find the answers to Oxfordshire's transport problems.
This recommended:
* A car free city centre
* Bus priority streets
* Congestion Charge on top of Filters, ZEZ and Workplace Parking Levy

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CoHSAT - Coalition for Healthy Streets and Active Travel (Oxon) @cohsat.bsky.social · 27d

Good news that the works will soon start on this important crossing for school journeys

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CoHSAT - Coalition for Healthy Streets and Active Travel (Oxon) @cohsat.bsky.social · 27d

At one level, it's a question of ethics.
“your right to swing your fist ends where my nose begins.”
Not enough people recognise the harms done to others by driving a car. Sometimes this is justified, maybe (although 25% of UK households have no car), many times not.

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CoHSAT - Coalition for Healthy Streets and Active Travel (Oxon) @cohsat.bsky.social · 27d

Naturally, Walker didn't say what any 'right approach' would be. Because he, like others does not have any credible alternative to solve the transport problems in and around Oxford.

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CoHSAT - Coalition for Healthy Streets and Active Travel (Oxon) @cohsat.bsky.social · 27d

4) This includes not supporting the policies recommended by the Citizens Assembly, which include a Congestion Charge and a car-free city centre, despite saying they would implement this in their manifesto.

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