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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Better bus services coming to Oxford

Oxford’s decades-old traffic problems will be tackled by new Traffic Filters, planned since 2015, and due to be trialled once Network Rail complete their works on the Botley Road bridge, which themselves will open up a new range of rail services. These should reduce congestion to the free-flowing traffic we see in school holidays. The Traffic […]
New logo and website

CoHSAT has a new website and logo!
Recordings for our Active Travel Conference 2021

Our Active Travel Conference 2021 took place online on 15 April 2021. We heard from groups and initiatives around the County, including Oxford, Wantage, Abingdon and Bicester.
CoHSAT Co-Chair is on the Woman’s Hour ‘2020 Power List for Our Planet’ Innovators

CoHSAT Co-Chair, Dr Brenda Boardman, has been chosen as one of the 30 names on this year’s Woman’s Hour Power List
#BetterOxford – What do you think?

CoHSAT wants to know what you think #BetterOxford looks like
Funding received for new CoHSAT activities

CoHSAT is delighted to have been awarded £5,000 grant funding by the Low Carbon Hub