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Oxford Pedestrians Association @oxfordpedestrians.bsky.social · 1d

This is one of the new 'side road entry treatments' on Banbury Road (at St Margaret's Road).

It's a beautifully level invitation to pedestrians ... and a beautifully unmarked invitation to drivers 🤷

A wide, black, mostly unmarked bellmouth junction masquerading as a continuous pavement

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Owen Massey @bookllyfr.bsky.social · 2d

A parish council in Oxford has refused to install a bench on a quiet side street in case people sit on it and get hit by a car

www.thisisoxfordshire.co.uk/news/2552131...

#motonormativity

@apiln.bsky.social

Proposed 'eyesore' bench causes outrage among community

Plans for a new artistic bench that have been two years in the making have caused outrage among residents in Botley near an Oxford Brookes campus.

www.thisisoxfordshire.co.uk

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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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Oxford Clarion @oxfordclarion.bsky.social · 10d

Two pilot “mobility hubs” are proposed in Carterton and Benson by Oxfordshire County Council. The projects include improved bus stops, covered bike lockers, widened pavements, and better pavement crossings over side-roads. A consultation is now open.

Carterton mobility hub artists' impression

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HowDoYou Guide @howdoyou.guide · 13d

Hi @npr.org! We worked late tonight putting together this handy pocket guide!

It doesn't address road design issues, but if we're going to educate road users, we should include drivers.

It's the size of a folded business card. Print it, fold it, put it in your wallet!

"How Do You Avoid Hitting People With Your Car" pocket guide. Instructs readers to Watch the Road and Slow Down. Further text humorously insists that watching the road and slowing down are indeed important.

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Oxford Pedestrians Association @oxfordpedestrians.bsky.social · 13d

'It is not helpful to either of us to have pedestrians and cyclists in conflict over the small amount of space accorded to both groups.'

Letter in today's Oxford Times from OxPA chair Sushila Dhall

Sharing space

OXFORD Pedestrians Association stands by the statistics quoted in your letter from Robin Tucker of Oxfordshire Cycling Network - and whilst our members have tried to get e-scooter parking removed from pavements, and have tried to keep Cornmarket and Queen Street free for pedestrians between 10am and 6pm, we also recognise that cyclists and pedestrians have a lot more in common than is often recognised.

Both types of vulnerable road users suffer from a lack of space on roads, compromised safety when sharing spaces with motorised traffic, polluted air when travelling, and both tend to suffer from collisions with motorised vehicles in which both pedestrians and cyclists come off much worse than drivers.

We need to continue to work together to tackle these issues - it is not helpful to either of us to have pedestrians and cyclists in conflict over the small amount of space accorded to both groups.

Sushila Dhall
Oxford Pedestrians Association

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Badly Parked Oxford @badlyparkedox.bsky.social · 13d

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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Cllr Emily Kerr 💚 @emilykerr36.bsky.social · 13d

I urge everyone in Oxfordshire (or who uses our rail systems) to reply to this consultation on the 2040 plans for rail. I've talked about how improving cycling connectivity up to our stations could be transformative for rail travel AND local communities (1/2)

letstalk.oxfordshire.gov.uk/oxrail-2040

OxRAIL 2040: Plan for Rail

OxRAIL 2040: Plan for Rail (the Plan) is Oxfordshire County Council’s bold plan to improve rail transport across the county over the next 15 years. We would like to hear your thoughts on the Plan to u...

letstalk.oxfordshire.gov.uk

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Oxford Pedestrians Association @oxfordpedestrians.bsky.social · 13d

This is good news for pedestrians: bike racks to be installed in the road rather than taking away pavement space.

Please support the consultation at letstalk.oxfordshire.gov.uk/oxford_cycle...

Deadline Friday 24 October

Oxford Clarion @oxfordclarion.bsky.social · 13d

Car parking spaces across Oxford could be replaced with bike parking under proposals from the City and County councils. Seven parking bays have been identified as locations for new on-carriageway bike racks.

Oxford bike parking (Jack Lucas-Smith at Unsplash)

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

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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Oxford Pedestrians Association @oxfordpedestrians.bsky.social · 22d

'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 · 22d

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 · 23d

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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Oxford Clarion @oxfordclarion.bsky.social · 23d

Campaigners are seeking statements from anyone who has walked Electric Road, the path from Osney Mead to South Hinksey. The path is not yet formally a public right of way, meaning access could be withdrawn at any time; the campaign aims to apply for it to become one.

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Cllr Emily Kerr 💚 @emilykerr36.bsky.social · 28d

Excited that safe crossing works are going to start in my division on Howard St on the 29th September (for 5 days) to make the "flower lane" crossing safer. Not yet sure about cyclist / pedestrian access, more info to come, but I'll try to avoid it by going Charles / Catherine as it's helpful.

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Cllr Emily Kerr 💚 @emilykerr36.bsky.social · 28d

Oxford's Congestion Charge approved at Cabinet today!

I think this is the first UK one for 20 years - London and Durham being the other two cities with them. Looking forward to faster buses and more bus routes, fewer private cars and therefore being able to re-do crossings to favour pedestrians!

Oxford Clarion @oxfordclarion.bsky.social · 28d

Oxford is to get a congestion charge of £5 per car per day, starting this autumn. Charges will be levied for driving past one of six camera sites. The decision, intended to accelerate bus services and encourage cycling/walking, was taken at an Oxfordshire County Council cabinet meeting this morning.

Buses on the High Street, Oxford. Photo by Roger Close.

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Oxford Clarion @oxfordclarion.bsky.social · 28d

The meeting was told that reducing congestion could allow new pedestrian crossings to be introduced at key junctions around the city. Cabinet members said the charge would help “the many families who cannot afford a car and are wholly reliant on buses”.

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Oxford Clarion @oxfordclarion.bsky.social · 28d

Oxford is to get a congestion charge of £5 per car per day, starting this autumn. Charges will be levied for driving past one of six camera sites. The decision, intended to accelerate bus services and encourage cycling/walking, was taken at an Oxfordshire County Council cabinet meeting this morning.

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Oxford Clarion @oxfordclarion.bsky.social · 28d

Patrick Lingwood, Oxford Pedestrians’ Association: “80% of Oxford residents walk at least weekly, often on narrow footways along traffic jams. We wholeheartedly support the introduction of the charge. But your plans to only subsidise Park & Ride do nothing for pedestrians.”

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Badly Parked Oxford @badlyparkedox.bsky.social · Sep 6

We challenge @anneliesedoddsmp.bsky.social to condemn #PavementParking.

The poll quoted in this Oxford Mail article shows that a ban would be a vote-winner!

www.thisisoxfordshire.co.uk/news/2544306...

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Oxford Clarion @oxfordclarion.bsky.social · Sep 5

The pedestrian and cycle zone on Market Street, outside the Covered Market, has been made permanent. Since April 2024, motor vehicles have been banned as a trial, except for deliveries, taxis and Blue Badge holders. The scheme was signed off as permanent at a council meeting on Thursday.

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Oxford Pedestrians Association @oxfordpedestrians.bsky.social · Sep 2

Headington Liveable Streets are campaigning against a proposal for hundreds of extra staff parking spaces at a new university research centre in Oxford.

Read more and sign the petition at www.headingtonliveablestreets.org.uk/warneford-pa...

Warneford Park development to add 500+ car trips into Headington, bringing more pollution, congestion and road danger

Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust and University of Oxford are jointly planning a major redevelopment of Warneford Park as detailed on the Warneford Park Consultation website, which will result in a ...

www.headingtonliveablestreets.org.uk

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Oxford Pedestrians Association @oxfordpedestrians.bsky.social · Sep 2

'Headington – Sandhills Community Primary School to extend the existing school street coverage to include Delbush Avenue'

Deadline Monday 13 October

Oxfordshire County Council @oxfordshirecc.bsky.social · Sep 2

Share your thoughts on our proposals for trial school streets in Banbury, Carterton, Didcot, and Headington.

School streets help reduce traffic around the school gate to create a safer environment.

Our consultation is open for six weeks: letstalk.oxfordshire.gov.uk/oxfordshire-...

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Oxford Clarion @oxfordclarion.bsky.social · Aug 31

The new railway bridge walkway on the north side of Botley Road has opened, just hitting the “end of August” deadline. The route will eventually be a 4m-wide path with space for pedestrians and cyclists, but for now cyclists are still being asked to dismount.

The new path by the station. We're not entirely convinced this is 4m wide but we'll have to return with a tape measure to find out…

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Richard Mann @transportparadise.bsky.social · Aug 31

New route into town from Botley Road. Narrow/windy to start with then decent under bridge.

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