Oxford prepares to journey into the future

Restraining traffic and controlling parking do not seem to have harmed Oxford’s booming economy

The orthodoxy of Post-War planning was that for towns and cities to thrive they needed to be accessible by car. This led to an urban scene dominated by flyovers, ring roads, car parks and kerbsides lined with parked vehicles. However, in the early 1970s the historic city of Oxford was among the first British cities to put the brakes on the car.

Over the past 45 years Oxfordshire County Council and Oxford City Council have implemented a series of transport policies that seek to manage traffic...

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