This Budget was a crucial test of political bravery and environmental commitment. Reeves failed those tests by increasing bus fares by 50% to 'save £350m' while starving the Treasury of another £3 billion in fuel duty revenue. Judge politicians on the choices they make.

More heat than light? Full report on the surprising controversy over switching off Oxfordshire’s streetlights: oxfordclarion.uk/more-heat-than…

The Badly Parked Oxford team are saying 👋to X. So long and thanks for all the photos 🚗 🚘 🚲 🛵 🛴 🚍 🚐 🚚 ⛟ 🧵 1/2

You can find us at @badlyparkedox.bsky.social where we’ll continue to campaign for a national pavement parking ban, highlight the harms of antisocial parking in Oxford+surrounds and champion parking enforcement. 2/2 end

Is Oxford really a walkable city – or are pedestrians pushed to the edges of roads that used to be theirs? As the city council debates making Oxford “truly walkable”, we ask if walkers can reclaim the streets: oxfordclarion.uk/is-oxford-a-wa…

Heidi Alexander MP Good luck in your new role & hope you will act on our petition over shared use bus boarders & floating bus stops, which are not working for blind people. We are in Parliament today explaining our concerns for #IDPD2024 hope you can join us please.

❄️Winter is the ideal planting season because trees are dormant 😴, they suffer less stress💆 and they can focus on root development 💪 Planting now gives our trees the best chance for a successful growing season in spring and summer 2025 🌳

'“Cars and bins are the bane of my life,” Lucy told BirminghamLive. “When people park their cars on the pavement, there might be enough room for people to walk past, but there’s not necessarily enough space for a wheelchair.' birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-…

If you ever needed an advert for LTNs, look no further. - 56% decrease in collisions - 33% increase in cycling - 51% decrease in internal road traffic. - Only 3% increase in boundary road traffic.

A step further towards making Brum city centre welcoming for pedestrians & cyclists, bring it on! Improvements to walking/cycling routes btw rail stns & bus interchanges are much needed. Birmingham city streets could be pedestrianised for 11 hours a day birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-…

When cars are parked on pavements, people with a vision impairment may have to risk their lives by walking into the road just to get by them. This is an issue that also impacts many others. Today we're at Westminster to talk to MPs about these risks, and how they can help 🚗

Seen a lost or fallen e-scooter or e-bike in Oxford? Report to Voi at report.voi.com, email [email protected] or phone 07476 550190 or Report to Lime at help.li.me/hc/en-gb/categ…, email [email protected] or phone 0800 808 5233

"Change is never easy but the benefits are well worth it." Unless the area you live in was excluded from the project, only included after official complaints lodged and then only one filter put in. No real change for far North Levenshulme.

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“In Vancouver, we had about 150,000 cars pass through the four blocks around our house each day but in the Netherlands it’s about 1,500.” Melissa Bruntlett of Melissa & Chris Bruntlett explains how the Netherlands became a #cycling haven. zagdaily.com/featured/autho…

Dangerous trip and fall hazards

A new ‘Dutch-style’ roundabout - which’s cost £18 million - has opened today at West Bar in #Sheffield. It gives priority to cyclists & pedestrians 🚴‍♀️ 🚶‍♂️ 🚶 Councillor Ben Miskell from Sheffield City Council has been speaking to our Senior Reporter Chris Davis Smith about the project:

Seriously! Who is responsible for this nonsense. Oxfordshire County Council Oxford City Council What are wheelchair users and blind people – and the public in general – meant to do here when using the pavement. jump over bicycles. st. michael street. #inaccessibleoxford Unlimited Oxfordshire

Reminder that OxPA has a new home for 2025 (you can also join our discussion group on Facebook) Happy New Year to all walkers and wheelers!