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CoHSAT - Coalition for Healthy Streets and Active Travel (Oxon) @cohsat.bsky.social · 17h

Who are Oxfordshire's Quiet Lanes for? They are to make vulnerable road users, like children, safer from harm by motorists. They enhance ability to get places by walking and cycling, but don't stop anyone getting anywhere by driving.

A clip from a local newspaper annotated to show that quiet lanes are to make children safer, not to make grumpy motorists happy.

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CoHSAT - Coalition for Healthy Streets and Active Travel (Oxon) @cohsat.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Oxford's Traffic Filters start on Monday, after 11 years of planning and 6 consultations. Here's a simple guide to what and why... oxfordtrafficfilters.co.uk

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Oxford’s Traffic Filters

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CoHSAT - Coalition for Healthy Streets and Active Travel (Oxon) @cohsat.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Chris Boardman opens the Making Active Places conference, referring to the success of the Bee Network in Manchester, over doubling active journeys

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CoHSAT - Coalition for Healthy Streets and Active Travel (Oxon) @cohsat.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

As petrol and diesel prices continue to rise, now is a good time to look at options that are cheaper, healthier and more enjoyable. #BeatTheFuelCrisis Options at www.oxfordtraveloptions.co.uk

An Oxfordshire fossil fuel station with prices of petrol at 173.9p a litre, diesel at 193.9p a litre

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Timby2 @timby2.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

It's a joy to drive in Wales now. England should follow suit.

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CoHSAT - Coalition for Healthy Streets and Active Travel (Oxon) @cohsat.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Latest data from @newautomotive.org shows that EVs were 30% of the UK new car market in August, continuing their rise and more than (pure) petrol+diesel sales for a second month. Hybrids and plug-in hybrids are also gaining share.

A chart of the shares of different fuel types of new cars sold in the UK

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CoHSAT - Coalition for Healthy Streets and Active Travel (Oxon) @cohsat.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Japan becomes the latest nation to move to 30km/h (19mph) speed limits in order to reduce deaths and injuries. This will apply to 870,000km of streets under 5.5m with no centre line or median. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...

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Japan halves speed limit to 30km/h on all narrow city streets

Speed limit dropped from 60km/h for around 70% of general roads in the hope of making narrow streets of crowded cities safer

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CoHSAT - Coalition for Healthy Streets and Active Travel (Oxon) @cohsat.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

It's a drizzly, end-of-holiday morning in Oxford, but plenty of people out shopping.

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Elizabeth Kolbert @elizkolbert.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

A simple point that surprisingly few people understand: "The longer we wait to reach net zero, the higher the eventual peak temperature will be, and the worse the associated damage. Warming is now nearly 1.4C above pre-industrial levels. Imagine summers when it gets closer to 2C."

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How to stop global warming

The answer is obvious to all except the real climate change zealots: the anti-net zero movement

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CoHSAT - Coalition for Healthy Streets and Active Travel (Oxon) @cohsat.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Devastation across the New Forest caused by 'a van that caught fire' and heatwaves worse for climate change. In the UK, motor vehicles are the biggest single cause. Yet you can still buy cars for private use emitting over 200g/km CO2. When will the madness end? www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cm...

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More than 120 firefighters battle to stop New Forest wildfire spreading

Drivers abandoned their vehicles on Sunday after the blaze spread from a van that set alight - watch live aerial shots of the fire on this page.

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CoHSAT - Coalition for Healthy Streets and Active Travel (Oxon) @cohsat.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

UK Retail sector is being hit by climate change and the run of heatwaves, with Footfall down 2.1% in July compared to July 2025. High Streets were worst hit - down 3.8% yoy in July and 6.2% in June. Quicker action on climate is needed to avoid more losses. www.retailsector.co.uk/744047-total...

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Total UK retail footfall drops 2.1% in July during summer heatwave | Retail Sector

High streets suffer biggest decline while retail parks return to growth. Read the full story at Retail Sector.

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Oxford Clarion @oxfordclarion.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Campaign group, the Coalition for Healthy Streets & Active Travel, welcomed the fall. Co-chair Hannah Kirby said: “One day we'll look back in astonishment that our society considered the current level of injury, death and loss of independence due to road danger as acceptable.”

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CoHSAT - Coalition for Healthy Streets and Active Travel (Oxon) @cohsat.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Lyon, France has got its parking charges sorted, based on harm and ability to pay. * Large vehicles pay more than small, but adjusted for EVs - 3x or more * Visitors pay more than Residents * Low income, large families and some professionals can pay lower rates * Free for 'blue badge' equivalents

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CoHSAT - Coalition for Healthy Streets and Active Travel (Oxon) @cohsat.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

More rural bus services in Oxfordshire are being improved. These include the X9 between Witney and Chipping Norton going from two-hourly to hourly, seven days a week.

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CoHSAT - Coalition for Healthy Streets and Active Travel (Oxon) @cohsat.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

The new active travel bridge just north of Cambridge, that spans the A10 for walking, wheeling, cycling and equestrian users to travel to and from the new settlement of Waterbeach has now been completed. www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/graha...

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Graham completes A10 bridge linking Waterbeach New Town and Cambridge city centre | New Civil Engineer

The bridge provides a traffic-free crossing connecting the growing Waterbeach New Town with Cambridge Science Park and Cambridge city centre. It was

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CoHSAT - Coalition for Healthy Streets and Active Travel (Oxon) @cohsat.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Another benefit from the Congestion Charge - faster Airline coaches. The company is also investing in 13 new coaches for the service.

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CoHSAT - Coalition for Healthy Streets and Active Travel (Oxon) @cohsat.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Tackle the cost of living - Tackle the cost of transport. Instead of spending a small fortune burning prehistoric sea creatures from despotic regimes in a wasteful and polluting process - find smarter, cleaner are healthier ways to travel! www.oxfordtraveloptions.co.uk

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Oxford Travel Options | Smarter Ways to Travel Around Oxford

Oxford Travel Options lets you discover alternative travel solutions for Oxford and the surrounding area, from bus routes and bike paths to lift shares and route planning.

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Oxfordshire Liveable Streets @oxlivstreets.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

🧵 A county-wide proposal on EV Charger locations is out for consultation. We support EV charging as part of the move to sustainable transport but we object to where these are going. Almost every scheme takes space from the pavement instead of the road with the most vulnerable people most impacted.👇🏽

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Kate Guest @inky-fluff.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

I was walking behind a group of Americans this morning who were commenting on how clean the air smells here. One said "It's because the buses are electric, and nobody drives." 💚

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CoHSAT - Coalition for Healthy Streets and Active Travel (Oxon) @cohsat.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Climate adaptation is a huge economic opportunity for the UK. A new report highlights 648 adaptation-related solutions already provided by UK firms in infrastructure, engineering, data and analytics, finance, insurance and professional services. www.gov.uk/government/n...

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New analysis of the economic opportunities of climate adaptation

The Government Office for Science has published a new report showcasing the economic opportunities from climate adaptation for the UK.

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CoHSAT - Coalition for Healthy Streets and Active Travel (Oxon) @cohsat.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

New guidance from the Chief Medical Officers of the UK: For good physical and mental health, adults should aim to be physically active every day. Any activity is better than none and more is better still. www.gov.uk/government/n...

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New UK CMO activity guidelines show every movement counts

Updated UK Chief Medical Officers' physical activity guidelines find even small amounts of physical activity benefit health.

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CoHSAT - Coalition for Healthy Streets and Active Travel (Oxon) @cohsat.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

The Government's 'Keep Britain Working' review identifies a £212 million cost of long-term illness in Britain's workforce. * It notes 'healthy working' as a way to improve this, but not the obvious 'healthy travel'. * Active Travel can be a big part of the solution. www.gov.uk/government/p...

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Keep Britain Working review – March 2026 update

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CoHSAT - Coalition for Healthy Streets and Active Travel (Oxon) @cohsat.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Active travel is so important for health, that the NHS is going to reward people to do it. But would it not be better for DfT and Councils to invest in pavements and cycle routes that are fit for purpose first? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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NHS to reward people who walk 30 minutes a day

The "marathon a month" scheme, developed with former Olympic medallist Sir Brendan Foster, will launch early next year.

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Oxford Pedestrians Association @oxfordpedestrians.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

The 13 benches provided by OxPA are now having their plaques fitted so we thought we'd show them off! The benches are a legacy from late OxPA member Keith Holly. Friends of Quarry and Cllrs Pressel, Fry & Upton also gave funds from their budgets. Please take a moment (or longer) to use them...

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CoHSAT - Coalition for Healthy Streets and Active Travel (Oxon) @cohsat.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Why do people suspend their normal judgement when talking about motoring? Drivers will kill people today, and nothing will be done to learn the long-term lessons. For no other transport is this true.

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CoHSAT - Coalition for Healthy Streets and Active Travel (Oxon) @cohsat.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

I'm at the national Delivering Vision Zero conference in #Birmingham today. Powerful Introductions emphasise how road casualties and fear of them have removed people's freedom and even lives. #VisionZero More below from @shivajishivalaw.bsky.social

A view of the auditorium with audience, panel and introductory slide on a giant screen

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CoHSAT - Coalition for Healthy Streets and Active Travel (Oxon) @cohsat.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Welcome to Goring Gap Active Travel - CoHSAT's 26th Member Group in Oxfordshire. GGAT working to make walking, wheeling and cycling safer, easier and more enjoyable throughout the Goring Gap @goringgapcycling.bsky.social

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The Ranty Highwayman @rantyhighwayman.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

If only we had a collective way that a small group of people could be chosen by everyone to manage lots of things for us through the creation of rules that improve our lives and those rules could be used to ensure cars are designed differently.

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CoHSAT - Coalition for Healthy Streets and Active Travel (Oxon) @cohsat.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Below: a blog in which @nathanley.com gently skewers certain councillors who cause 'transport panic' for their own political gains rather than for the benefit of citizens...

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CoHSAT - Coalition for Healthy Streets and Active Travel (Oxon) @cohsat.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

The government's Cycling & Walking Investment Strategy CWIS3 was announced yesterday. It prioritises cheaper, safer, healthier journeys, and better connected new developments.

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Oxfordshire Liveable Streets @oxlivstreets.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

1 / 4. Who benefits from Oxford's traffic scheme revenue? The reinvestment plan for the temporary congestion charge was approved at Cabinet last month & things are heading in the right direction. But this is one, temporary scheme. There's more on the horizon. How do we decide? 👇🏽

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Dave Walker @davewalker.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

For World Bicycle Day: Cycling = multitasking. #WorldBicycleDay

Black and white cartoon drawing of a woman riding a bicycle. Showing how cycling is multitasking: mental health, drying hair, taking the dog out, showing off your bike, going in an adventure, exercise, transport, shopping, seeing friends, childcare, entertainment

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Tom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

The Bicycle.

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Urban Truth Collective @urbantruth.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

When it comes to the likelihood of car crashes, or the deadly consequences of car crashes, speed is ALWAYS a factor. Speed kills. #UrbanTruth

Graphic of car crash wreckage. Text over top says “Speed wasn’t a factor” referencing what’s usually said by police and the media. They mean the speed limit might not have been exceeded. But the speed limit was probably too high, and speed is always a factor.

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Iain Roberts @slowbikeiain.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

The 1970s, when a temperature of 23C saw front page stories of "sizzling" Britain.

Headline: Stand by for a helter swelter weekend - Britain sizzles in the 70s

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MetJam @metjam.co.uk · 27/05/2026

Oxford, the longest running continuous weather station in UK history, with temperature observations stretching back to 1815, has preliminarily broken its maximum temperature record for May yesterday by OVER 3ºC with a temperature of 33.7ºC. Unprecedented in its 211-year history.

Spaghetti chart showing Oxford Radcliffe Observatory daily maximum temperatures for every day of the year from 1815 to 2026. 211 years of historical data are shown as very faint grey lines tracing a seasonal cycle from around 5°C in winter to a summer peak of roughly 25–30°C in July and August. A blue smoothed 30-day mean line highlights the average annual temperature cycle. The 2026 line is shown in bold red, running from January through to late May before spiking sharply upward to reach 33.7°C on 26 May, well above the entire historical grey envelope for that time of year. A single dashed red reference line marks the previous May record of 30.6°C set on 29 May 1944. The 2026 reading exceeds this by 3.1°C and, in statistical terms, is the 6th most anomalous maximum temperature in Oxford's 211-year record, ranking as the most anomalous May maximum ever observed and coming within 0.6°C of the all-time June record of 34.3°C set in 1976.

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CoHSAT - Coalition for Healthy Streets and Active Travel (Oxon) @cohsat.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Provisional data published yesterday by DfT shows the number of people killed and seriously injured on Oxfordshire roads at their lowest level since the motor car became popular. Measures branded as 'controversial' by some are proving their value in lives and limbs saved.

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Oxford Clarion @oxfordclarion.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

The number of people Killed or Seriously Injured (KSI) on Oxfordshire roads in 2025 fell by 18% to 213 according to provisional data issued by the Department for Transport yesterday. This is the lowest level on record. (Traffic data is not yet available for context, but in 2024 it increased 2.4%.)

Alt text: a chart showing a reduction of 18% in people Killed or seriously injured in Oxfordshire roads in 2025, and the lowest level on record. There is a fall from 2015 to 2020, then a rise to a peak in 2022 and falls since then.

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Oxford Clarion @oxfordclarion.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

Ahead of the expected heatwave this weekend, civic leaders across Oxfordshire have urged residents to be safe when wild swimming. Oxfordshire Fire & Rescue have launched a YouTube campaign: “If you fall in, remember to relax, lean back and “float to live” until you can control your breathing.”

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Water safety: What do I do if I fall in?

YouTube video by Oxfordshire Fire & Rescue Service

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Cyclox @cycloxoxford.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Fuel prices keep going up. There's an alternative way to get around that costs nothing. And the only thing you need to fill up is your water bottle! Cycling's a great way to save money and stay fit. #BeatTheFuelCrisis 🌍💚🚴 @oxlivstreets.bsky.social @cohsat.bsky.social @lowcon.bsky.social

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CoHSAT - Coalition for Healthy Streets and Active Travel (Oxon) @cohsat.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

More than double British adults support a ban on pavement parking with a fine than oppose it. And that's just adults, no-one asked the children. Let's make it easier and safer for people in one of the few spaces that is meant to be safe for them. Let's reduce damage to pavements & costs of repairs.

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