CoHSAT - Coalition for Healthy Streets and Active Travel (Oxon)
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We are a group of voluntary and campaigning organisations, working across Oxfordshire to create attractive, accessible and people-friendly streets. cohsat.org.uk
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."
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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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...
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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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...
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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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.”
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
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.
Oxford Clarion@oxfordclarion.bsky.social · 2w agoThe Witney to Chipping Norton bus is going hourly, seven days a week. The X9 service currently has two-hour gaps in the afternoons and on Sundays. Thames Travel will take over the route from sister company Pulhams on 30 August, with financial support from Oxfordshire County Council.
Oxford Clarion@oxfordclarion.bsky.social · 3w agoAnti-congestion charge organisation, Open Roads For Oxford Limited, is winding itself up – but with outstanding legal costs of £14,000 still to cover. Earlier this year, the company failed in its attempt to secure a judicial review into the charge. openroadsforoxford.org/campaign-upd...
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...
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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Another benefit from the Congestion Charge - faster Airline coaches. The company is also investing in 13 new coaches for the service.
Oxford Clarion@oxfordclarion.bsky.social · 4w agoThe Airline coach service from Oxford to Heathrow and Gatwick is to be sped up, in a timetable rewrite which its operators attribute to the city’s congestion charge reducing traffic. 13 new coaches are entering service this year with laptop trays, USB charging points and aeroplane-like map displays.
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
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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🧵 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.👇🏽
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." 💚
Oxford Clarion@oxfordclarion.bsky.social · last mo.Electric buses have helped Oxford to hit its air quality target for the first time. Only three out of 118 monitoring sites – none considered “sites of relevant public exposure” – were over the local NO₂ target level of 30 µg/m³. None of the 118 exceeded the UK limit of 40 µg/m³.
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...
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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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...
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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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...
Keep Britain Working review – March 2026 update
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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...
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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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...
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.
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
Shivaji Shiva@shivajishivalaw.bsky.social · 2mo agoAt the Delivering Vision Zero conference today. Richard Parker delivers the opening speech. He says: “We have made some progress but frankly not enough.” I agree. @betterstreetsforbirmingham.org
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
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.
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...
Nathan Ley@nathanley.com · 2mo agoThe government's Cycling & Walking Investment Strategy CWIS3 was announced yesterday. It prioritises cheaper, safer, healthier journeys, and better connected new developments.
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? 👇🏽
Oh for the open road! What is freedom on the road? Cyclox Chair @ianloader.bsky.social will be speaking at this free online webinar on world cycling day (Wed June 3) cykelcentrum.vti.se/larande---ku... @cohsat.bsky.social @oxlivstreets.bsky.social @cyclinguk.bsky.social @londoncycling.bsky.social
Rethinking Freedom on the Road: Cycling, Law, and Safety
To mark World Bicycle Day, the Swedish Cycling Research Centre at VTI is pleased to host yet another international webinar, this time to explore how laws, regulations, and enforcement shape people’s a...
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@roadcc.bsky.social has re-watched the segment and, along with @nedboulting.bsky.social has pointed out JHB's show actually *did* turn off my mic during our discussion, which is astonishing: road.cc/news/turn-he...
“Turn her mic off!” Talk TV host Julia Hartley-Brewer has meltdown in bizarre exchange with cycling journalist, claiming cyclists “often go faster than cars”
Talk TV presenter Julia Hartley-Brewer has been accused of “stonewalling, patronisation, and resorting to straw man arguments” after a segment on a new cycling infrastructure project in Cambridge desc...
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When it comes to the likelihood of car crashes, or the deadly consequences of car crashes, speed is ALWAYS a factor. Speed kills. #UrbanTruth
