Anyone know anyone who lives in Kennington / Radley / Abingdon and has opinions on whether Sugworth Lane should be a Quiet Lane closed to motor traffic? Tell them about this survey!
radleyparish.gov.uk/sugworth-lan...
More parking > more traffic > more danger
We had fun on Sunday. Great write up of Cyclox Kidical Mass ride in the @oxfordclarion.bsky.social
If you want to be part of this great campaigning organisation join us www.cyclox.org/index.php/jo...
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🎬 Join us with Makespace for a screening of Power Station — the funny, heartwarming story of two Walthamstow artists who decided to turn their road into a community power station.
🕡 Wed 20 May | 6.30–8.30pm
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Fascinating blog on timeline changes to walking and cycling in East Oxford.
Notably, County Council switched from Tory to progressive Lib Dem / Green / Labour Coalition in May 2021.
wanderingdanny.com/oxford/2023/...
We had fun at Kidical Mass. From the youngest to the oldest, cycling, ringing bells, riding in carriers, we cycled into Oxford and round the city.
Cyclox wants to see more people able to cycle more safely and more often on Oxford's roads.
Join us if that's what you'd like to cyclox.org
‘Quiet Lanes’ – rural roads that are closed to through motor traffic – are to be trialled across Oxfordshire. The County Council is looking for 10 pilot locations, to be suggested by parish councils, where an alternative route already exists for cars.
radleyparish.gov.uk
A footbridge across Oxford's ring road has closed at short notice. Oxfordshire County Council has closed the Cottesmore Road bridge, which links Rose Hill to Littlemore and Heyford Hill Sainsbury's, after a safety inspection. Diversions are in place.
news.oxfordshire.gov.uk/diversion-in...
Today’s Oxfordshire County Council cabinet meeting agreed the policy after hearing that signage-only schemes, asking motorists to slow down, hadn’t worked. One candidate for the new policy will be Shepherd’s Pit Lane near Stanton St John, where cars can use Bayswater Road instead.
Just incase anyone's interested, here are some existing filtered Quiet Lanes we already have in Oxfordshire. Including one requested by Tory Councillor Ian Corkin in 2024.
They came on balance bikes, cargo bikes, tandems, bikes with stabilisers, bikes with doll seats, and just plain bikes. But they filled the city with energy, and joy, and the tinkling of bicycle bells....
Oxfordshire Liveable Streets’ Siobhann Mansel-Pleydell said: “We wholeheartedly support the research centre. What we cannot support is the parking. Operational need has been used to justify commercial tenants’ parking. Three women cyclists have been killed at Headington junctions in recent years.”
Co-authored with Owen McKnight (Oxford Pedestrians’ Association).
There have been dramatic improvements in infrastructure across East Oxford in the last few years. This is a timeline of specific chan...
The Cottesmore footbridge, used by pedestrians and cyclists to cross the A4142 Eastern Bypass, near the Heyford Hill roundabout, has been closed for safety reasons.The footbridge, which connects Cotte...
