OxPA Meeting via Zoom – 23 June 2020
Pedestrians Post-Lockdown Speaker: Iain Nicholson, the City Centre Manager, addressed the meeting on arrangements for Pedestrians in the City Centre post-Lockdown. Attendees: Sushila Dhall (Chair), Keith Frayn, Don O’Neal, Deborah Glass Woodin, Mary Clarkson, Jake Backus, Peter Thompson, Peter Headicar, Ruth Davis, Simon Hunt, Penny Jaques, Chris Cowley (Secretary) Iain Nicholson gave a 20-minute presentation […]
OxPA Meeting Via Zoom – 26th May 2020
Lockdown for Pedestrians Attendees: Sushila Dhall (Chair), Keith Frayn, Don O’Neal, Peter Headicar, Susanna Pressel, Ruth Davis, Chris Cowley (Secretary) The meeting discussed life on the streets during Lockdown and what OxPA should be doing to influence change as the Lockdown is eased. Sushila confirmed that OxPA had not been approached by the County Council […]
OxPA Annual General Meting – March 28 2018
Buses in Queen Street Speaker: John Paine, National Pensioners Convention The National Pensioners Convention (NPC) is a large national organisation with 15 regional bodies and thousands of local groups representing hundreds of thousands of members. In Oxfordshire one of the areas they cover is transport. John opened by talking about the overall importance of buses to […]
OxPA Meeting – October 24 2017
Re-visioning Oxford MEMBERS’ COMMENTS AND SUGGESTIONS
OxPA Meeting – July 25 2017
Street Audit: Botley Road REPORT OF AN OxPA AUDIT OF BOTLEY ROAD ON JULY 25 2017 OxPA members walked west down the south side of Botley Road and east back towards town on the north side. Overall comments: Walking along Botley Road is an experience of a degraded environment for much of its length. The air is […]
OxPA Meeting – June 27 2017
Street Audit: Cowley Road South side (Righthand outbound direction)1. Zebra crossing outside no.6 is a bit steep for wheelchair users to turn where the pavement is narrow2. Circus Street needs a pavement extension; textured paving in poor condition3. Pavement at no.66: slope too steep for disabled walkers4. Pavement at no.76: slope too steep for disabled […]
OxPA Meeting – May 23 2017
Westgate Transport Strategy Speaker: Chanika Farmer, Transport Planner, Oxfordshire County Council Summary of initial presentation:The current Westgate application was submitted in 2013. Such a large development does not usually happen in a city centre. It is due to open in October 2017 and will be accessible by walkers and cyclists. The County is hoping to […]
OxPA Meeting – March 28 2017
Air quality in Oxford Speaker: Mai Jarvis, City Environmental Team Leader Oxford city is required to monitor air quality and report to Government monthly and annually. More than 40,000 early deaths in the UK are attributed to air pollution, and 5.6% of Oxfordshire mortality. ClientEarth has challenged the UK government in court over its failure to reach […]
OxPA Meeting – February 28 2017
Buses in Oxford OxPA supports the policy aims and actions of the City and County Councils in getting people out of private cars and onto buses, for the following reasons: Buses can take and keep people out of cars thus reducing congestion and air pollution in Oxford.Buses run from very early to very late on […]
OxPA Meeting – February 23 2016
“Introducing Community Transport Oxford” Speaker: Christopher Gowers, Acting Transport Manager. A very interesting presentation described the development of CTO over the last 5 years. Community Transport is defined as the sharing of vehicles on a not-for-profit basis, organised communally: car clubs, lift-giving and minibuses (seating a maximum 16), all included. The need to expand this […]