Botley Road Corridor Improvements - Comments on revised plans

Image: Enjoy Waltham Forest submitted by Oxfordshire Liveable Streets contact Danny Yee <danny@oxlivsts.org.uk> The changes to the original proposals for Botley Rd introduce some small improvements and some regressions. In the light…

OLS Statement on Connecting Oxford

Oxfordshire Liveable Streets Statement on "Connecting Oxford" November 2019 Summary Background Connecting Oxford OLS Response Connecting Oxford Plus Politics   Summary "Connecting Oxford" is the county and city councils'…

Richard the Cycling Gardener

Local organic gardener ditches van to help tackle climate breakdown For immediate release Richard MacKenzie: hello@richardthegardener.co.uk  A local organic gardener was moved to tears when he saw thousands of school students marching…

Electrification and Simplification of Public Transport in Oxford

"Electrification and Simplification of Public Transport in Oxford: A 'Revolutionary' Suggestion" is a new pamphlet written by Oxford resident Keith Frayn. It begins: Oxford’s bus network is characterised by duplication of buses on the main…
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Costing a Low-Traffic Neighbourhood in Oxford

You can download the Budget for a Low-Traffic Neighbourhood in Oxford here. The budget was drawn up by C Proctor Engineering Ltd.  The firm's proprietor, Chris Proctor, is the lead highways engineer overseeing implementation of Enjoy Waltham…

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Implementing Liveability: Clyde Loakes at Oxford Town Hall

Waltham Forest Deputy Leader Clyde Loakes speaks about implementing the only successful 'Mini Holland' scheme in London. Councillor Loakes is Deputy Leader of the Waltham Forest Borough Council. He will be speaking about the experience of…

Botley Road Corridor Improvements - consultation response

submitted by Oxfordshire Liveable Streets contact Danny Yee <danny@oxlivsts.org.uk> The scheme is basically a refresh of the existing layout, with some improvements but no change in fundamentals. In particular, it assumes as a primary…
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Traffic Evaporation

"You get the traffic you build for" is an axiom that all of Oxfordshire's localities should live by. Years of research conclude that building more roads generates additional traffic, and reducing the amount of road-space evaporates some traffic. This…

Oxford City Centre Movement and Public Realm Strategy

Oxfordshire Liveable Streets in April hosted a city-centre meeting on the two councils' City Centre Movement and Public Realm Strategy. This meeting was organised by OLS on behalf of the Coalition for Healthy Streets and Active Travel. We…

20 Pence Day

Please join us on Friday, April 26! OLS members and supporters will gather in the city centre to hand out flyers and stickers to commuters and others arriving by cycle, on foot, or on the bus. We want to say 'Thank you' for benefiting…