Walk Talk, OxPA
Newsletters
Index
"Accidents" - are not accidental 98
Active Travel 92, 119, 121
Agar, Elizabeth 98
Air Quality (see also under Pollution) 121
Air Quality Action Plan 66, 67, 109
Air Quality Management Area 93
Low emission zone 110
A More Walkable Oxford 85, 86, 114, 116, 120
"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
Bike polite 103
Blavatnik School of Government 104
BMW bridleway 52, 70
Bollards, child-shaped 89
Botley Road, 122
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
British Medical Journal 121
Broad Street
benches rejected 41
cafe approved 63
lights 118, 119
parking 45
survey 48, 49
Kim Wilkie design for 54
Building sites blocking pavements 31
Buses, Magdalen Street 106
services 115, 122
shelters - cycle lane conflicts 23
Cabinet Office - Urban Transport Analysis 91
Campaign suggestions 65
Canal path 103
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 pedestrians 103
Child Road Safety Bill 68
Children and Young People's Plan 67
Chivers, Andy 100, 120
Churchill Hospital, pedestrian access 59
City Centre 93
City walking strategy 36, 37
Civic Society - OxPA links with 100
Climate change 37
Community markets 122
Compensation for footway injury 36, 56
Congestion charge for Oxford? 112
Controlled Parking Zones 79, 90, 94, 95, 101, 104, 105, 106
Core pedestrian routes 39, 44
Cornmarket
design problems 51
Gap 113
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 the Shotover map 47
County Council
County walking strategy 26, 87
Refuses to appoint Pedestrian and Cycle Officer 61
Takeover by Conservatives 63
Cowley Road 122
Carnival 76, 82, 88
CCTV cameras 78
Tesco's cycle parking 34
CPZ - see Controlled Parking Zones
Crew, Vivien, death 112
Crossfalls (driveway extensions) 28, 31
Cullen, Paul.
Elected Chairman 66
Memorial bench 105, 107
Obituary 98
Cutteslowe and Sunnymead Park 79
CWIS (Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy) 119
Cycle rickshaws 80
Cycle parking spaces - need for more 51
Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy (DfT) 116, 119
Cyclox 55, 106, 110
Dahl See Sushila Dahl
"Death Row Crossings" 7
De-clutter the city centre 102
Department for Transport (DfT) 117
Der Spiegel; cyclists and car drivers clash in Germany 99
Diabetes type 2 as "walking deficiency syndrome" 120
Disabled pedestrians 98
Driverless cars, a possible future? 116
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, 120
Exhaust fumes from foreign coaches 47
Expressway Oxford (GTE) 49, 50
Facebook 113
Faculty of Public Health 121
Flooding 77, 110
Folly Bridge roadworks 100
Footpath neglected. Cherwell River to Marston 48
Footpath Wardens 114
Frideswide Square 94, 95, 102, 112, 113, 114, 116, 117
George Street 67
inappropriate resurfacing 76
pedestrian priority 18, 80
traffic lights 55, 64, 65
Worcester Street junction 115
Girona. Report from 59
Glass doors danger 33
"Going Green" paper from ETA 52
Gray, Sir Muir 84, 120
Green Spaces. See Oxford Green Spaces.
Guide Dog charity 111
Guided Transport Express (GTE). See Expressway.
Headington
Access to Headington project 118
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
school children safety concerns 105
walking map 109
Headington Action 106
Headington Festival 118
Headington Hill Park. Evening walk 104
Headington Neighbourhood Plan 111
Health benefits of walking 57
Health Centres 70
Health Walks 34, 51, 53, 64, 73, 112
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
Hythe Bridge Street 122
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, 108
County Council declines to support 45, 53
International Walk to School Day 119
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.
Obituary 107
Retires as Treasurer 100
Kierkegaard 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 spending. Oxford near bottom 109
Local Transport Plan 34, 59, 64, 67, 70, 84, 89, 90, 91, 92, 94, 95, 96, 112, 114, 119
Longwall Street traffic calming removed 41
Lord Mayor’s Parade 81
Low Emission Zone 90
Magdalen Street buses 106
Making British Roads Safer. Government paper 87
Mandala for healthy streets 121
“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
Medical Royal Colleges Report on CWIS 119
Missing Link Project 44
Mitchell, Keith. Appoints himself "City Liaison Person" 65"Murder most foul" 93
Mullard, Bess, poem "Going soth" 120
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
New Mexico 121
News from overseas 91
NHS Primary Care Trust “Walking where you live” 72
Nitrous oxide levels too high 53
OECD/ITF report on pedestrian safety 107
Old Road Campus development proposals 104
On Foot in Oxford 109, 117
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 Green Spaces 93, 106
"Oxford in 8 breaths" 122
" Oxford on Foot" 83, 84
launch 82
podcast 93
volunteers needed 95
Oxford-Marylebone rail proposals 87
Oxford Pedestrian Map 45
Oxford station - see Railway station
Oxford traffic growth above national average 46
Oxford Transport Strategy (OTS) 27, 48, 54, 57, 61
Report on Public Enquiry 19
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
Path wardens 121
Pavement cycling 35, 51, 101, 102
injury caused by 48
Pavement gritters 106
Pavement parking (See also Controlled Parking Zones) 57, 88, 94, 95, 97, 99, 101, 113, 114, 117
stickers 60, 62, 64, 65, 66, 82, 122
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 crossings 45, 59, 60, 106
Inner ring road 17,26
Puffins vs. Pelicans 21
St Aldate's 69
Crossing times insufficient 110
Pedestrian deaths rise 104
Pedestrian Forum 14, 21
Pedestrian Liberation 99
Pedestrian map of Oxford 113, 114
Pedestrian Officer. City Council refuses to appoint 26
Pedestrian pound 109
Pedestrian safety, urban space and health. OECD/ITF report 107
Pedestrians as special group 86
Pembroke Street
cycles blocking pavement 34
how to improve? 105, 116
Photo competition 116, 117
Planning. Government proposals unacceptable 46
Police Safer Streets Campaign 73
Police agree to impose 20 mph limits 104, 109
Political - OxPA is not! 89
Pollution, dangers of air pollution 100, 117, 119
air pollution levels in Oxford 18, 61, 62, 83, 86, 107, 109
air pollution and transport in Oxford centre 105
city centre pollution, a Councillor's view 108
Low Emission Zone 110
Port Meadow views damaged by development 105
Premium bus routes 83
Prison site redevelopment plans 51, 52
Pritchard, Andrew 103
Publicity by OxPA 39
Puddles 36, 68, 69, 102, 106
Queen Street changes 68, 118, 119, 122
OxPA's response 86
Railway Station 90, 92, 93, 104, 113
access problems for pedestrians and cyclists 101, 103, 104
Master Plan 108, 113
new transport hub? 103, 106
perverse "no pedestrians" sign 39, 53
Station site 10, 11, 13
ill-chosen cobbles 30
Refuges removed for convenience of lorries 39
Reid, Gordon. City Centre Manager 92, 102
Report it!, footpath hazard form 83
Resurfacing, roads 69, 83
Road Danger Reduction 115
RoadPeace 10, 115
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
Royal College of Physicians 121
Royal Geographical Society 119Saunders, Dr Lucy 121
Sawyer, Adam. Presentation on County Active Travel Plan 80
School Travel Survey 72
Shared space, shared pavements 85, 95, 99
government initiative 100, 102
Ship Street. For pedestrianisation? 104
Smartphones, dangers 118
Snow, ice, and pavement safety 37, 96, 101, 110
Snow warden scheme 101
South Hinksey rail bridge rebuilding 105
Special constables and pavement cycling 39, 41,
Speed
cameras 51, 59
High Court challenge to Government 50
management 95, 96
Speeding, crashes and economic consequences 96
St Aldates - how to improve? 105, 118
St Ebbes Street. Cycle route 18
St Giles 45
coach parking 33, 45, 47
County votes down design competition 35
Fair 77
redevelopment campaign 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 115
Speeding 105
Winter Fair 111
Stalls at Fairs 91, 96, 98, 99, 115
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
Sustainable City vision 110
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
update 106
Transition Oxford 86
Transport hub at Oxpens 103
Transport future in Oxford 111
Transport Tsar, new appointment 88
Trees, destruction of 79
Trouble spots for pedestrians 92
Turl Street. For pedestrianisation? 104
Twenty mph
County Council lack of enthusiasm 111
enforcement at last 104, 109, 112
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
USA, pedestrian crossings in New York 116
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, 109
Walk to Work Day 75, 80, 92, 97
"Walking deficiency syndrome" 120
Walking, health benefits 121
Walking in Oxford. A visitor's view. Bruce Gerry 58
"Walking in Towns and Cities" Report 38, 44
Walking map for Oxford 107, 108
Walking map for Headington 109
Walking Project bid 109
Walking Works 85
Walks in Oxford, website 120
Weatherall, Ros 113
Website 49, 87
"We don't drive" 117
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, 108, 111, 113, 114, 118
consultation 108
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
Winter Party 114
Wirral pavement parking campaign 105
Woodin, Mike. Obituary 58
Woodstock Road, cycle lane put on pavement 36
Worcester College pedestrian crossing 11, 28
petition organised 6, 7
Worcester Street junction 115
Worst places for pedestrians survey 93
Yellow Ribbon campaign 97
Zebra crossings 80