Why ‘opening the side streets’ won’t work
The reality of ‘open roads’: traffic jams on the school run on Rymers Lane, before the Cowley LTN The historic city of Oxford, hemmed in by rivers and meadows, has had to restrict traffic for decades. The main shopping street, Cornmarket, was pedestrianised in 1973. In every decade since then, bollards and gates have been […]
CoHSAT calls for a large expansion of shared e-bike and e-scooter schemes
CoHSAT member organisations Cyclox, Oxfordshire Cycling Network and Oxfordshire Liveable Streets are calling upon Oxfordshire County Council to introduce a significant expansion of the city’s shared E-bike and E-Scooter schemes, currently provided by Voi and Lime Bikes. Shared E-bikes and E-scooters are a vital part of the solution to Oxford’s transport problems. Shared E -bikes […]
Creating a climate-friendly street
As part of the THRIVE one-day Climate Hub in Oxford, on 7 June 2025, CoHSAT led a session to consider what would be in a climate-friendly street. A group of 30 people gathered in a room and proposed ideas that would reduce greenhouse gas emissions, or would mitigate the impacts of climate change that could […]
The Legend of ‘Oxford will become a Ghost Town’ – 50 years of history
Some people don’t like change. And, one of the most common reactions in Oxford it seems, is to say that the city will become a ‘ghost town’, bereft of people, shops and visitors. This seemed a theme for the first bus-only restrictions in 1973, and the Transport Strategy of 1999, which put 5 Bus Gates […]
Oxford Traffic Jams – 250 years of history
Oxford has had traffic problems for a long time. A very long time. Attempts to traffic have also been made, including the Transport Strategy of 1999, which put 5 Bus Gates in the centre. But since the 2010s traffic has had a negative impact on the county’s economy and people’s freedom of movement, leading to calls to reduce traffic and […]
Becoming a Human Bollard
Read the story of how two OxPA members became human bollards in Oriel Square
Street design and refuse vehicles
A CoHSAT member writes about how designing developments around the current size of bin lorries will prevent quality street design & build in car dependency into the future.
On Yer Bike: Radical Connecting Oxford transport changes will benefit us all
Read Alison Hill’s reflections on Connecting Oxford