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Walk Talk, OxPA Newsletters
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"Accidents" - are not accidental 98
Active Travel Strategy 92
Agar, Elizabeth 98
Air Quality (see also under Pollution)
          Air Quality Action Plan 66, 67
          Air Quality Management Area 93
A More Walkable Oxford 85, 86
"Angry Pedestrian" poem by Peter Bearder 78
Area Committees, City Council 43, 74, 92
          volunteers needed 93, 94
Atkinson, Tim. County Traffic Signals Manager 80
Banbury Road
          Pavement extensions 33
          /Woodstock Road corridor 57
Barton, City extension 94
BBOWT 97, 98
Bearder, Peter. "Angry Pedestrian" poem 78
Beaumont Street, zebra crossing proposed 54
Bhutan, report from 54
BMW bridleway 52, 70
Bollards, child-shaped 89
Botley Road, core pedestrian network proposal 54
Brake: road safety charity 51
Bridges, Walking increases over Magdalen and Folly Bridges 54
Brighton New Road shared space scheme 99
Broad Street
          benches rejected 41
          cafe approved 63
         
parking 45       
          survey 48, 49
         
Kim Wilkie design for 54
Building sites blocking pavements 31
Bus shelters - cycle lane conflicts 23
Cabinet Office - Urban Transport Analysis 91
Campaign suggestions 65
Capital Shopping, Westgate development 77, 78, 81
Car Free Day - see International Car Free Day
Car-free Cities Conference 92
"Cars: for and against" OUP publication criticised 47
Car tax does not pay for roads 37
Car tyres recyledfor pavement surface, California 41
Chairman needed 94
Chewing gum 68
Child Road Safety Bill 68
Children and Young People's Plan 67
Chivers, Andy. Speaker at 2011 AGM 100
Churchill Hospital, pedestrian access 59
City Centre 93
City Council Pedestrian and Cycle Sub-committee
City walking strategy 36, 37
Civic Society - OxPA links with 100
Climate change 37
Compensation for footway injury 36, 56
Controlled Parking Zones 79, 90, 94, 95, 101
Core pedestrian routes 39, 43, 44
Cornmarket
          design problems 51
          granite "perchers" at £10,000 each 53
          Scrutiny Committee 60
          traffic lights 55, 56, 57, 64, 65
Cotswold Line Promotion Group 90
“Countryside Events” City Council leaflet 81
Countryside Officer puts walking on theShotove map 47
County Council
          County walking strategy 26, 87
                    Oxford to be included 42
          Disbands Pedestrian and Cycling subcommittee 42
          Refuses to appoint Pedestrian and Cycle Officer 61
          Takeover by Conservatives 63
Cowley Road
          Carnival 76, 82, 88
          CCTV cameras 78
          Tesco's cycle parking 34
CPZ - see Controlled Parking Zones
Crossfalls (driveway extensions) 28, 31
Cullen, Paul.
          Elected Chairman 66
          Obituary 98
Cutteslowe and Sunnymead Park 79
Cycle rickshaws 80
Cycle parking spaces - need for more 51
Cyclox 55
Dahl See Sushila Dahl
"Death Row Crossings" 7
De-clutter the city centre 102
Der Spiegel; cyclists and car drivers clash in Germany 99
Disabled pedestrians 98
Driveway extensions (crossways) making pavements dangerous 31, 33
Dropped-kerb parking 88
East Oxford Farmers' Market, OxPA stall 83
Editorial team - help wanted 91
Engines running in parked vehicles 56
Environmental Transport Association 52
European Car Free Day See International Car Free Day
European Mobility Week 95
European Transport Committee urges 20mph limits 99
Exercise, benefits of 100
Exhaust fumes from foreig coaches 47
Expressway Oxford (GTE) 49, 50
Flooding 77
Folly Bridge roadworks 100
Footpath neglected. Cherwell River to Marston 48
Frideswide Square 94, 95, 102
George Street 67
          inappropriate resurfacing 76
          pedestrian priority 18, 80
          traffic lights 55, 64, 65
Girona. Report from 59
Glass doors danger 33
"Going Green" paper from ETA 52
Guided Transport Express (GTE). See Expressway.
Headington
          Headington and Marston Traffic Strategy (HAMATS) 46, 47
          London Road - Latimer Road Toucan crossing 52
          Nuffield Hospital traffic 63
          Old Road/Lime Walk junction 55
          proposed London Road changes 76
          residents parking 55
Health benefits of walking 57
Health Centres 70
Health Walks 34, 51, 53, 64, 73
Hertford Street. Home zoning pilot project 44
High Street 73, 81
          bus gate 66
Highway Code consultation 68
Hollybush Row, illegal turns by taxis 53
Home zones 28, 38, 44
Horspath Road traffic calming 31
Howell, Steve 90
Hudspeth, Ian 75, 88
Inner ring road.
          Lack of pedestrian crossings 17
                    County Council refuses to consider 26 
Integrated Transport Strategy 59
International Car Free Day 48, 61, 63, 65, 67, 71, 72, 75, 77, 78, 89
          County Council declines to support 45, 53
          OxPA protest demo 42
In town without my car. See International Car Free Day
Iffley Road traffic calming 18
Isis Farmhouse pub 83
Jackson Road "rat run". Highways Authority fails to help 24
Jericho boatyard 70, 76, 77, 78, 82, 84
Jones, Ray. Retires as Treasurer 100
Kieerkegaarde quotation 41
Kingston Road 28
Kraftl, Martin 70
Leisure Strategy 67
Leopold Street crossfalls 31
Life begins @ 20 70, 71, 72
          Oxford Times poll 84
Lindsell, Jenny. Retirement as Chairman 28
Lingwood, Patrick, OxPA Technical Advisor 30
          "Walking to the Shops" Summertwon survey 25
Little Clarendon Street 71
Living Streets (National Pedestrians Assocation) 36, 50, 67, 88
          
Forum 95
          OxPA declines affiliation 45
Local correspondents wanted 89
Local Election candidates. OxPA quizzes 9
Local Plan consultation on housing development 45
Local Transport Plan 34, 59, 64, 67, 70, 84, 89, 90, 91, 92, 94, 95, 96
Longwall Street traffic calming removed 41
Lord Mayor’s Parade 81
Low Emission Zone 90
Making British Roads Safer. Government paper 87
“Manual for Streets”. Government publication 77
          priorities for improving provision for pedestrians and cyclists 77
Mapping matters 38
Marston Road/Banbury Road junction 99
McKibben, David. County Council Head of Transport. 58
Missing Link Project 44
Mitchell, Keith. Appoints himself "City Liaison Person" 65
"Murder most foul" 93
National Pedestrians Association (Living Streets) 36
          Worst/best pavement survey 23, 35
National Walk to Work Day 81
Nature Walks 97, 99
New Inn Hall Street
          progress 88
          yellow lines 89
New Road pavement widened 41
News from overseas 91
NHS Primary Care Trust “Walking where you live” 72
Nitrous oxide levels too high 53
Oriel Square parking 50
Osney footbridge,
           refurbishment programme 85
           footbridge, refurbished 87
OTS see Oxford Transport Strategy
Overhanging foliage 7
Oxford Bus Company. Drivers asked not to leave engines running 24
" Oxford on Foot" 83, 84
          launch 82
          
podcast 93
          volunteers needed 95
Oxford-Marylebone rail proposals 87
Oxford Pedestrian Map 45
Oxford traffic growth above national average 46
Oxford Transport Strategy (OTS) 27, 48, 54, 57, 61
          Report on Public Enquiry19         
OxPA  gets seat on Working Party 45
OxPA
          City Centre bench proposed 47
          is not political 89           
          local correspondents, wanted 89
          membership geography 74
          survey of obstructed and cluttered footways 71, 74
Parking. More free short term parking 63
          residents' parking charges 62
Park and ride
          Kidlington proposal public enquiry 25
          relative costs 63
          transfer of Council ownership 82
Parks Road
          crossing points 39
          cycle lane on pavement 26
Pavement cycling 35, 51, 101, 102
          injury caused by 42, 48
Pavement not a pavement but a place for a pole 42, 43
Pavement parking 57, 88, 94, 95, 97, 99, 101 (See also Controlled Parking Zones)
          stickers 43, 60, 62, 64, 65, 66, 82
         
cost of pavement damage 101
Pavements
          Are for People 16, 18
          blocked by wheelie bins 89
          damage from parking 55
          ice and snow not cleared 49, 50
          obstructed 12, 52, 58, 70
          survey of obstructed and cluttered footways 71, 74, 97
          unsafe 64, 80
                   footpath hazard report form 83
Pay and Display machines vandalised 56
Peddler, Gwynneth. Oxford Access Forum 93
Pedestrian and Cycle sub-committee 31
Pedestrian Forum 14, 21
Pedestrian Liberation 99
Pedestrian crossings 45, 59, 60
          Inner ring road 17,26         
          Puffins vs. Pelicans 21         
          St Aldate's 69
Pedestrian Officer. City Council refuses to appoint 26
Pedestrians as special group 86
Pembroke Street cycles blocking pavement 34
Planning. Government proposals unacceptable 46
Police Safer Streets Campaign 73
Political - OxPA is not! 89
Pollution, dangers of air pollution 100
          air pollution levels in Oxford 18, 61, 62, 83, 86
Premium bus routes 83
Prison site redevelopment plans 51, 52
Publicity by OxPA 39
Puddles 36, 68, 69, 102
Queen Street changes 68
         OxPA's response 86
Railway Station 90, 92, 93
         
access problems for pedestrians and cyclists 101
          perverse "no pedestrians" sign 39, 53
Refuges removed for convenience of lorries 39
Reid, Gordon. City Centre Manager 92, 102
Report it!, footpath hazard form 83
Resurfacing, roads 69, 83
Roadpeace 10
Road Safety, have your say 87
Road Safety Week 51
Roadpeace 63, 84
Road user hierarchy 34
Road Witching 96
Road works - unnecessary blockage of footpaths 33, 100
Roberts, Anthony. City Council Countryside Officer 81
Roundabout, Park End Street/New Road 81, 82
ROX bididng for more parking places 52
Sawyer, Adam. Presentation on County Active Travel Plan 80
School Travel Survey 72
Shared space, shared pavements 85, 95, 99
            government initiative 100, 102
Snow, ice, and pavement safety 37, 96, 101
Snow warden scheme 101
Special constables and pavement cycling 39, 41, 42
Speed
         cameras 51, 59
                    High Court challenge to Government 50
          management 95, 96
Speeding, crashes and economic consequences 96
St Ebbes Street. Cycle route 18
St Giles 45
         
County votes down design competition 35
          Fair 77
          coach parking 33, 45, 47
Stalls success at Fairs 91, 96, 98, 99
Station site 10, 11, 13
          ill-chosen cobbles 30
Stop Westgate Campaign 80
Street clutter 95
Streets of the past 88
Streets for People Day See International Car Free Day
Summer Speed Watch 69
Summertown
          pavements changed without consulting pedestrians' interests 6          
          proposals for traffic easing 72
          residents parking 54
          20 mph limit success 75
          "Walking to the Shop" survey report 25
Sushila Dahl
          retirement as editor 89
         
appointed as Chairman 96
The more you walk the more you smile 75
Towards a sustainable Transport System. Government paper 84
Towpaths, maintenance 46, 57, 64, 74, 83
Traffic calming, 82
Traffic "disappearance" 22
Traffic wardens 56
Transform Oxford
           launch 84
          OxPA's response 85
Transition Oxford 86
Transport Tsar, new appointment 88
Trees, destruction of 79
Trouble spots for pedestrians 92
Twenty mph
          enforcement (lack of) 90
          phone-in 53         
Jericho and North Oxford 61
Twenty’s plenty,
          launch 66
          action day 73, 74, 75
          major success 87
Twenty mph limits in London 85
Upper Fisher Row, inappropriate crossing placement 52
Urban Transport Analysis, Cabinet Office 2009 91
Volunteers for Area Committees needed 92
Vulnerable Roadusers Survey 42,46
Walkability, national support for 96
Walkability Test 92
Walk & Talk 2009 89
Walk4Life 95
Walk to School Week/Month 35, 69, 75, 80, 92, 93
Walk to Work Day 75, 80, 92, 97
Walking in Oxford. A visitor's view. Bruce Gerry 58
"Walking in Towns and Cities" Report 38, 43, 44
Walking Works 85
Website 49, 87
Wet November 91
West End
          Area Action Plan 76
          Core Strategy 71 
Westgate development 62, 65, 66, 68, 69, 70, 71, 73, 77, 78, 81, 98, 102
           gets approval 96
           Stop Westgate Campaign 80
Wheelie bins 73, 89, 90
Whelan, Deborah 98
Whitehouse Road (cycle path on footway) 68
Wilkie, Kim. Design for Broad Street 53
Woodin, Mike. Obituary 58
Woodstock Road, cycle lane put on pavement 36
Worcester College pedestrian crossing 11, 28
          petition organised 6, 7
Worst places for pedestrians survey 93
Yellow Ribbon campaign 97
Zebra crossings 80