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Congestion charge warning sign
“Consultees had a full, fair and informed opportunity to have their voices heard and they took it” – the view of the judge who dismissed an attempt to block Oxford’s congestion charge, in a judgment published today. Mr Justice Fordham rejected all three grounds advanced by Open Roads for Oxford Ltd.
And the new ones in Summertown are that design. It should now be the default though the standard Sheffield stand keeps sneaking back in.
Judicial Review against @oxfordshirecc.bsky.social's Congestion Charge has fallen (or rather not even been considered relevant to be heard, maybe a lawyer can explain). Just announced. Good news for safe streets advocates everywhere.
www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/council/judi...
Tagging @emilycherryceo.bsky.social CEO Bikeability Trust.
One of the Netherlands best daily spectacles is the school run: every weekday at around 08:00, streets in cities, towns, villages, as well as in the countryside, fill up with children cycling to school. Made possible by safe, seamless bike infrastructure and plentiful school bike parking.
Me, next to a Lime Bike, by the Rad Cam.
One of the really fun things about being an Active Travel Champion is getting to do stuff like trial the new Lime Bike model - now in Oxford!
It's lighter and smaller frame and zoomy and all that, BUT most vitally it's still got a great handbag space.
www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/2594765...
That is fantastic. 20mph makes for quieter roads, a more pleasant environment, and most importantly it saves lives!
Wow! That is a some action. We never see any frogspawn in our newt colonised pond.
As newts are submariners neither seems quite right 🙃
We never have frogs, because we think the newts eat the frogspawn. Maybe they are mutually exclusive so a pond is under newt or frog management, never a joint venture.
Definitely needed. A splash doesn’t really work as they don’t really splash. What about a wriggle of newts? Or a nocturne of newts since they seem very nocturnal in our pond at least.
Newts in our pond
They have returned! There doesn’t seem to be a collective noun for newts, but they have gathered in their dozens in our pond.
A zonking great cry-for-help pickup truck labelled "Mobility" and a person on a little escooter labelled "micromobility"
A conversation earlier today reminded me of this slide I put into a recent talk. How did we decide the tiny human-sized machine is the special case, and the massive overpowered machine full of empty furniture is the norm?
Buses, cars and cyclists on Magdalen Bridge. Photo by Roger Close.
Traffic levels on Magdalen Bridge have fallen by 13% and on Folly Bridge by 14% since the introduction of Oxford’s congestion charge, according to the latest data. The year-on-year changes also saw drops on Banbury Road, Marston Ferry Road and Thames Street, with rises of 0%–6% on the ring road.
Is riding an e bike cheating?
No, it's just like doing 20 reps at a low weight instead of 10 at a heavy weight in the gym. You get the exercise anyway. AND you might be more likely to get on the bike in the first place.
www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/2586115...
Are you Cyclox' new treasurer?
Could you volunteer with our team of friendly trustees?
We're not looking for an accountant, just someone with a head for figures who wants to see more people cycling more often and more safely in Oxford, more info here www.cyclox.org/index.php/wo...
The Movement for Good is a quarterly prize draw giving charities the chance to win funding. Please nominate Cyclox - it takes no time at all.
Click ‘Nominate a charity’
Enter ‘Cyclox’
Select the ‘Health’ category
movementforgood.com/draws/1000
Thanks @janrosenow.bsky.social and @carbonbrief.org for challenging this disinformation.
We had an air source heat pump installed in 2023. Our fuel bills in 2024 & 2025 have gone down by 20% compared with 2023. And going off gas results in a huge carbon dioxide reduction alongside.
Please sign this @theactionnetwork.bsky.social petition: No increase in car parking at Warneford Park! The increase of nearly 50% will increase congestion and goes against the city transport policy. Sign here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/no...
Exciting times! Hope all goes to plan 🤞
This makes an agonising read. What an opportunity lost. And information was withheld from Oxfordshire County Council 😦 oxfordclarion.uk/exclusive-10...
All uncovered by @oxfordclarion.bsky.social
Wind and solar used to play a niche role when I started to work on energy in 2004.
Last year they overtook fossil generation in the EU for the first time.
This is such good news! Well done @saveoursaferstreets.org for pursuing this action 👏👏👏 www.standard.co.uk/news/london/...
"Our investigation also found huge variation in the way councils record repairs across the country"
Yes, potholes are a meaningless thing to measure, but politicians and the media talk about them incessantly.
Graph showing road collisions within the Cowley LTNs declining between 2015 and 2024
Graph showing decline in casualties across LTNs and boundary roads, with significant decline in 2023 and 2024. 2020 and 2021 are shaded paler due to Covid lockdown.
The Cowley Low Traffic Neighbourhoods have saved 30 collisions over 3 years within the LTNs and boundary roads according to latest casualty data, analysed by @cohsat.bsky.social
The Cowley LTNs were implemented in April 2021, after sporadic coronavirus lockdowns between March 2020 and March 2021.
🚨 BREAKING:
A legal bid to halt Oxford’s congestion charge has been turned down. The High Court today refused an application for judicial review by Open Roads For Oxford Ltd, which had raised £60,000 “from private donations, transfers from aligned funds, and our GoFundMe campaign” to bring the case.
Pavement parking outside the Westgate Centre where there is literally a 1,000-space car park. Photo via Badly Parked Oxford.
“Pavements are for pedestrians, not vehicles,” says Oxfordshire County Council’s Cllr Andrew Gant as the Government introduces new rules on pavement parking where councils will be allowed to introduce and enforce a ban: “We welcome the opportunity to apply for the powers to enforce this.”
Let alone their future driving permissions…
Why is road crime treated differently to other crime? IMO complacency and acceptance of road danger as inevitable have dulled accountability. Strategy isn’t enough — we need a fundamental root & branch cultural reset.
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
