Transport
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LTP4
12 March 2015
Oxfordshire County Council has published a comprehensive draft strategic transport plan for the county, known as LTP4 (LTP = Local Transport Plan). The strategic plan is out for public consultation. It is too complex to be summarised here, but headline proposals are the creation of bus rapid transit (BRT) routes in Oxford, ‘super’ and ‘premium’…
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Oxford Transport Options
15 January 2015
On 13 November 2014 the first in a new series of workshops on future growth in central Oxfordshire took place at Keble College, Oxford. It was sponsored by URBED with Keble College, and featured talks by four speakers: Professor Danny Dorling – Professor of Geography, Oxford. “The Housing Crisis in Oxford – the need for expansion and development.” Bev Hindle – Deputy Director:…
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New Transport Plan announced by County
25 April 2014
Oxfordshire County Council have announced the start of the process that will lead to a new transport plan for the county – LTP4. Consultations will be taking place during the course of the year. Their web page with more information and links is here.
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Connecting Oxfordshire – OCS response
7 April 2014
Oxford Civic Society welcomes Ian Hudspeth’s analysis that with 85,000 more jobs and 106,000 more homes coming to Oxfordshire by 2031 getting transport strategy right is crucial. We agree that wherever possible jobs and homes should be close together – ideally within walking or cycling distance. Where that is not possible we need to see excellent public transport provided from day 1.
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Connecting Oxfordshire – a vision for transport
7 April 2014
On 3 April Ian Hudspeth, Leader of Oxfordshire County Council, presented his vision for new transport networks in the county. Around 80,000 new jobs and 100,000 new homes are expected to come to the county by 2031. Under the title “Connecting Oxfordshire” Ian Hudspeth outlined how the County Council is rising to the challenge of ensuring that investment in transport matches growth in jobs, housing and hi-tech industry beyond 2020.
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Westgate Development
23 October 2013
(draft) Comments on Outline Planning Application 13/02557/OUT
Oxford Civic Society’s comments on the outline planning application for the redevelopment of the Westgate Centre (transport issues).
Transport issues
We note that the transport assessment analyses current visitors to the commercial centre of the city by number and by modal split for journey, and predicts a 24% or 30% increase as a consequence of the Westgate Centre redevelopment. We are concerned that the following conclusions are developed on the basis of the assumption that the modal split will remain the same as at present.
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