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 gates 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