Priorities 👀 £400m support for people who can afford to drive, but nothing for people who walk, ride a bike or catch the bus? “The cost of the package, including postponing the 5p rise and the discount on red diesel duty, is expected to be around £400m.”

I don't quite understand the folks responding to this by saying, "Yeah, it's not great but there are no alternatives." That's the point! Calling things out is the first step in fixing a problem. "It's bad, but what can anyone do about it?" is an example of motonormativity!

- Subsidising consumption in the face of a supply shock - reducing incentives to drive less/switch to EVs - using up limited fiscal space to help better-off drivers rather than the most vulnerable. Hard to think of a worse policy right now.

I'm absolutely delighted that Cabinet has agreed to pilot a locally-led filtered Quiet Lanes policy to improve rural active travel. It's innovative and I'm so proud of my role in it alongside others. Do share, AT policy enthusiasts (short thread) mycouncil.oxfordshire.gov.uk/%28S%2803u25...

The average person has no idea just how many “historic landfills” are about. Everywhere you think is nature is a green hat on god only knows what toxic horrible shite was dumped there.

Delighted that the Magdalen Road Village summer festival is back!! Sat 6th June, all day. Come and support our fabulous local East Oxford businesses. Excited the flea market is on and I always get great clothes from there.

Oxford University says its staff are “entitled to participate in civic and political life in a personal capacity” after the head of its Staff Immigration Team, James Baker, stood as Reform UK’s candidate in Littlemore. Around 40% of Oxford’s research and teaching staff originate from outside the UK.

All three of Oxford’s major political parties are now led by women. The city’s Liberal Democrat group last night elected Katherine Miles as its leader, joining Susan Brown (Labour) and Lois Muddiman (Green).

The new leader for the council’s Liberal Democrat group is Councillor Tim Bearder. There will be an extraordinary general meeting of the council on a date to be set to elect a new leader. In the interim, the current Deputy Leader of Oxfordshire County Council, Cllr Neil Fawcett, leads the authority.

Just been appointed chair of Transport Committee! I’ve been a transport campaigner since the early 1990s and have spent ten years on the Assembly scrutinising the Mayor’s transport policies. This role feels like a natural continuation of work I care so much about and I’m excited to get started 💚

Fascinating blog on timeline changes to walking and cycling in East Oxford. Notably, County Council switched from Tory to progressive Lib Dem / Green / Labour Coalition in May 2021. wanderingdanny.com/oxford/2023/...

I discovered that my Green candidate won by 2 votes against Reform after 2 recounts. Don’t ever think your vote doesn’t count. So glad I made the effort.

And the Greens’ Emily Kerr retains St Mary’s with the sort of majority that you weigh rather than count. 💚 Green 1154 🌹 Lab 473 🔶 LibDem 105 ➡️ Reform 86 🔵 Con 82

The final scores on Oxford City Council, combining tonight’s 24 elections with the 24 from 2024, are: 🌹 Labour 20 💚 Green 13 🔶 LibDem 9 🟪 IOA 4 ◻️ Ind 2 This gives the Greens and LibDems a chance to run the council in coalition if they choose. Here’s tonight on a map. Thanks for following along!

A please @labouruk.bsky.social, stop saying that it's up to us to stop Reform. YOU could stop a Reform government in 2029, by introducing the proportional representation so many in the country have been clamouring for. The only way Farage can win is through our crazy first-past-the-post system.

Delighted to be re-elected to St Mary’s in Oxford. Thanks to everyone who voted for me & hope. Also thrilled Oxford has rejected the divisive rhetoric of Reform: 0 Reform Councillors.

If you want results for Oxford City elections, follow The Clarion. ⬇️

Another Oxford upset: the Greens sensationally gain Carfax & Jericho from Labour, with Sushila Dhall unseating planning chief Alex Hollingsworth. Two Green gains in two declarations so far. 💚 Green 811 🌹 Lab 523 🔶 LibDem 123 🔵 Con 84 ➡️ Reform 75

I like to leave it ambiguous as to which party I am voting for. #VoteGreen

Just exercised my democratic right to vote. #VoteGreen

Getting lots of love for this rather lovely bench which is actually mostly @rosierawle.bsky.social and @maxmorris.bsky.social - we talked about it and thought it would stop anti-social parking and improve that corner & it seems to be doing so.

A community gardening initiative in Bicester is set to close following a five-year wait for the Town Council to grant permission. Cherwell Collective says “Despite years of regular correspondence, reminders, and assurances, this has not materialised.” cherwellcollective.com/closing-harv...

A great local petition from a campaigning local Mum wanting the A40 near Sandhills primary to be safer. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ac...

The Met promises to take learnings from this awful case and change the way they investigate road crime. The trial will at least give the families answers. Huge respect to them for fighting for this so hard amid devastation - I can't imagine how difficult it must be. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Well this is fascinating! Buried in the depths of the Oxfordshire Judicial Review report, an n=1,200 survey on how people got to town and to Jericho: just 9% got to central oxford by private car and just 2% to Jericho by private car. So much here! See next posts

In breaking news, Abingdon's Abbey Close finally has a new bollard! After months! Doesn't it look great? @worldbollardassoc.bsky.social

Just saying @worldbollardassoc.bsky.social

In other news, THIS was todays party bag - a basket with a nicely wrapped range of charity shop books they could choose from. I hate party bags and LOVED this. Also 5 tern GSDs parked in the background - someone tried to take the wrong one. SO EAST OXFORD.

Extremely proud of my husband who is now a world-record marathon runner (whilst wearing a mortarboard, obvs)

Hard to convey just how pleasing and East Oxford the new BMAN brewery is. Think “Missing Bean for booze”. Just by Donnington bridge. Never seen so many cargo bikes. Riverside. Grass. Guest food trucks. Hard recommend.

And the "Oxford Online Walking Map" hosted by OxPA! www.oxpa.org.uk/oxford-onlin...

Oxfordshire people: reminder about safe cycling routes maps: 1. The "Oxford Online Cycling Map" - now at 397k views! 2. The "Oxfordshire Online Cycling Map" - now at 112k views! (that's what I search up, but both linked here). LMK if any amendments / updates needed.

Wildly shocking amount of ignorance and untrue claims on GMB about 20mph and truly shocking lack of knowledge on the topic from the Labour ex-minister. I was so cross I had to leave the gym. ;) Please get me or someone who actually knows about the topic next time @goodmorningbritain.bsky.social

The only candidate at the @islingtontrib.bsky.social hustings last night to fully support Low Traffic Neighbourhoods was @greenbenali.bsky.social with a story about seeing a young child cycling with their parent proudly saying “look daddy I’m riding on the road”.

In shock news, industries that continue to rely on fossil fuels without major efforts to electrify will risk recurring price shocks in the future, a University of Oxford analysis has found.

Falling school rolls must be the major issue of the next 5-10 years which has least media attention.

Priceless post from the official White House social media

Quite into this Oxfordshire bus map which I hadn't seen previously. www.cartogold.co.uk/oxfordshire/...

Have just been made aware of the "Mini Switzerland" being trialled in Derbyshire for better integrated transport in rural areas. Check this out!! Thanks @lauragordon.bsky.social for raising in the Oxfordshire Place Scrutiny meeting and @freewheeling.info for concept! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

School Streets: I'm in a Place Scrutiny meeting and have just had an update for how School Streets are prioritised in the County. 1. Does the school want one? 2. What initiatives has it done to move towards sustainable transport? 3. Is it suitable geographically?

A bike ride and an excellent cause - what's not to like? Asylum Welcome is putting together team of cyclists to raise money during refugee week. Contact them if you might be up for taking part, or contribute here. www.justgiving.com/campaign/awb...

The Clarion & I have both been talking about potholes in the last 24 hours. Great minds etc. See my clip for high level summary (heavier cars and climate change) and theirs for a lot more analytical detail.

Delighted to go on BBC Politics South yesterday and talk about the @righttoroam.bsky.social amongst other things. Sweden has had this law of “public access to land” for decades, Scotland introduced it in 2003, its time we did the same in England.

Given the considerable lags in the academic publishing process, I'm surprised and gratified by how rapidly motonormativity is becoming a thing in the literature

Oxfordshire’s Special Educational Needs provision is no longer officially failing. The improvement notice issued in 2023 after an Ofsted inspection has been lifted, with Secretary of State Bridget Philipson noting “significant progress” in reducing waiting times and commissioning services.

Residents in East Oxford gathered yesterday to celebrate the 5th anniversary of the installation of the Cowley LTNs. Installed during lockdown to facilitate active travel as a response to concerns over reduction of public transport use during the pandemic, the schemes started in March 2021.

So terrified are Labour ministers of being thought of as “anti-car” that their belated acknowledgement that sharing transport is a good idea was buried in a blink-and-you-miss-it “strategy” document. 🧵1/3

It take weapons grade arrogance to invent popesplaining.

Sharing transport makes sense when fuel is expensive, that's why we want it to be easy to get to and from Oxford Rail Station by bus, on foot and by bike. Only then can we #BeatTheFuelCrisis @emilykerr36.bsky.social @andrewgant.bsky.social @lowcon.bsky.social @oxfordshirecc.bsky.social

🚨BREAKING NEWS: Bicester is set to get its much-desired underpass - with a motor traffic lane, segregated cycleway, and pavement. East West Rail today announced the solution is its “preferred option” subject to funding being found.