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Local authorities have become drunk on power, using so-called Experimental (because they aren't) Traffic Regulation Orders to force through mass road closures - with almost no checks or balances to reign them in.
We're calling on the @transportgovuk to bin them.
#AbolishETROs
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Our traffic filters warning sign audit continues.
There are practically no warning signs about the lack of access to Westgate without a permit along the entire length of Abingdon Road.
The one sign that hints at this (without saying so) is hidden behind a series of large trees.
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How to encourage park and ride usage, OCC style.
Push most Westgate shopping traffic down one road that's also the main park and ride bus route into town.
Don't build a bus lane under a pinch point, despite being offered an exta lane.
Fine motorists who don't follow one route.
Petulant man-child / OCC leader Tim Bearder refuses to be interviewed by GB News about the mega cost of Botley Road Bridge.
It's not even an OCC cock up. The OCC cock up was OCC turning down a third lane (i.e. a bus lane) under the bridge when Network Rail offered to build one.
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Let's take a carriageway look at the traffic filters signage in the run up to one of OCC's most lucrative fining locations - the Hythe Bridge Street filter.
When will OCC stop pretending the warning signs (or lack of) are adequate, especially in a city popular with tourists.
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One week ago, we captured congestion levels around Oxford's private schools in their final full week of term. Now, most have broken up, days before their state school equivalents do.
This comparative data capture allows us to quantify individual sources of congestion in Oxford.
Next week, we get to re-run / validate our previous experiment, which examined the effects of private (not state) schools on Oxford's weekday traffic hotspots of Banbury / Woodstock Road and Iffley Road.
Private schools tend to break up a few days earlier than state schools.
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Had OCC ever bothered to discover the causes of traffic and congestion in Oxford (mainly hospitals, private schools and LTNs), this scheme could have been rolled out a decade ago as a carrot-based alternative to the stick-based traffic filters, for a fraction of the cost.
People working at schools or NHS sites in Oxford will get discounted travel from the city's park and rides in a bid to reduce congestion.
Tap the link to read more bbc.in/4sjZUVV
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Around Oxford's state schools, congestion tends to be fairly light. That's because kids tend to be local and active travel is often viable. Cars mostly aren't needed.
As such, we're unlikely to see a big fall in traffic around Oxford's state schools next week when they break up.
The experiment is now running. Oxford's state schools, used mainly by the city's residents, aren't broken up. Oxford's private schools, which can have gigantic catchment areas, are starting to go on half term.
So let's see what happens over this week, especially from Wednesday.
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OCCs' grand plan for fixing the congestion problems they worsened is revealed!
No, they're not going to admit they screwed up, and reverse course (obvs!).
But they may put up some signs and fiddle with traffic lights phasing. Maybe introduce a staff car park tax. That'll help!
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The experiment is now running. Oxford's state schools, used mainly by the city's residents, aren't broken up. Oxford's private schools, which can have gigantic catchment areas, are starting to go on half term.
So let's see what happens over this week, especially from Wednesday.
Next week, we get to re-run / validate our previous experiment, which examined the effects of private (not state) schools on Oxford's weekday traffic hotspots of Banbury / Woodstock Road and Iffley Road.
Private schools tend to break up a few days earlier than state schools.
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This is the congestion situation today compared with last Monday, at the exact same time.
The Magdalen College School effect on Iffley Road is clear. But, with some north Oxford schools still "in", we need to monitor how congestion in this area unfolds.
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Reconnecting Oxford retweeted
Oxford has closed all but one road to its main shopping centre. And this is the main pedestrian entrance to the same. The city needs a completely different approach to visitors if it wants to thrive again.
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Someone's going to have to recuse himself from the traffic filters decision if he carries on like this...
gareth eppes the councillor in charge of the traffic filters likes a facebook post which says
" serves her right for driving when theres tons of buses from abingdon
no mate they wdnt have got stuck in the car parkif you hadnt put blocks in the road
facebook.com/photo?fbid=1720…
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There are some OCC councillors, and officers, who will see this as a win. Safe in their taxpayer-funded jobs, they actively dislike visitors to Oxford, and will be happy if they "go elsewhere".
They'll not care that visitors help keep Oxford's retail sector afloat for locals.
Family 'stranded' in Westgate for hours blame traffic filters ift.tt/EfdpU98
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It's great to see how Oxford's traffic filters scheme has comprehensively freed up access to the city's hospitals. 🧐
P.s. isn't the traffic filter signage factually wrong for most of the day? Cars can use MFR unhindered, whenever the filters aren't operating.
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If Green party Oxford City Councillor / chair of Oxford Pedestrians Association Sushila Dhall ever needed a stunt double, then maybe she should ask the person who appears in this OCC promo video, extolling the benefits of OCC politics. The resemblance is uncanny -even the accent!
As the BBC reports on people being fined due to OCCs emept congestion charge to traffic filters migration, OCCs social media feeds studiously ignore the problem.
Instead, they continue to pump PR guff like this...
And yes, we know...
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As the BBC reports on people being fined due to OCCs emept congestion charge to traffic filters migration, OCCs social media feeds studiously ignore the problem.
Instead, they continue to pump PR guff like this...
And yes, we know...
Drivers wrongly fined for congestion charge breaches bbc.in/4hUUQlL
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Next week, we get to re-run / validate our previous experiment, which examined the effects of private (not state) schools on Oxford's weekday traffic hotspots of Banbury / Woodstock Road and Iffley Road.
Private schools tend to break up a few days earlier than state schools.
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