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Oxford and its bicycle bollards

Fault on both sides here

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Richard Seager
May 12, 2023
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Oxford has garnered a lot of publicity over the last year or so especially in regards to the car restricting bollards that have appeared there.

A picture of local residents one holding a sign that says 'ban the bollards'
Some residents have held protests opposing the LTNs (BBC)

Like others have been when I’ve seen these stories I’ve been ready to spit tacks despite being a big advocate of cycling infrastructure myself. But…..

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When the powers that be installed car infrastructure many decades or maybe even a century ago in many places the rich men who advocated for cars at the time didn’t play fair with trams & bicycles.

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