The Government’s new Road Safety Strategy – bold ambition, but is there enough substance?
8 January 2026 In Oxfordshire 270 people are killed or seriously injured on our roads every year, that’s equivalent to about 10 coachloads of people or 3 domestic flights. It’s not just about numbers though; if roads are safer, more people will walk and cycle, poisonous emissions will be reduced, and our population will be […]
CoHSAT welcomes more and quicker buses in first month of Temporary Congestion Charge
11 December 2025 The Coalition for Healthy Streets and Active Travel in Oxfordshire, CoHSAT, welcomes the results for the first month of the Temporary Congestion Charge for Cars in Oxford, published this week. The scheme was designed to improve bus journey times in advance of the experimental Traffic Filters, and it is has succeeded in […]
A Modern Transport Interchange for Oxford
We need a bus rail interchange in Oxford, and there’s a once in a generation chance to get one. Oxford is part way through a transformation of transport and space, and it seems like different needs will never fit together, but there’s a once in a generation opportunity to unlock the puzzle by creating a […]
Transport modes unite to support congestion charge
CoHSAT joined leaders of multiple transport modes in and around Oxford united on 4th July 2025 to support the proposed Temporary Congestion Charge and to call for the County Council to implement it. Ten transport leaders, signed a letter declaring ‘The future is multimodal – for reliability and choice’ and setting out how the current […]
CoHSAT welcomes Citizens’ Assembly Recommendations
CoHSAT, the Coalition for Healthy Streets and Active Travel welcome the 20 recommendations of an independent and representative Citizens’ Assembly on Transport in Oxfordshire. The effectiveness of a Citizens’ Assembly is that it takes a representative group of people, and gives them information and discussion time that people don’t normally have. As a result, they […]
Calling out OBAG’s Dodgy Survey
CoHSAT Press Release 31 March 2025 CoHSAT is calling out flaws in the method of Oxford Business Action Group’s (OBAG’s) survey of Oxford residents about the coming experimental Traffic Filters.“This one-sided survey from OBAG is another attempt at disinformation from people who mistakenly think that lots of traffic is good for a city. What their […]
Cowley LTN’s second year of halved road crashes
Low Traffic Neighbourhood Areas (LTNs) implemented in Cowley, Oxford in 2021 have halved the number of road crashes compared to pre-LTN levels. In addition, crashes on the boundary roads are reduced. This is based on Police road collision statistics released in September 2024. CoHSAT analysed the data in the 3 Cowley LTNs and their boundary […]
The rails ahead for Oxfordshire
Railways are essential for the future of transport because of their high capacity and potential to operate with low emissions and inclusivity. Rail developments can be slow, and as we know in Oxford, disruptive, but hold on – there are a lot of new services planned to arrive. There is a vision with Oxford as a […]
25 years of Bus Gates in Oxford
On 1st June 1999, Oxford’s bus gates became operational. They tamed central traffic and despite fears, the city did not become a ‘ghost town’.
Cowley Road retail continues to outperform in early 2024
Our updated survey of shops on Cowley Road in Oxford shows shows the street continues to outperform the nation in retail vacancies, with more shops and restaurants open on Cowley Road since last year, contrasting with increasing closures across the UK. Cowley Road has a vacancy rate of 5.2% compared to the national average of […]