ID CAPACITY TOWN ROAD VIEW COMMENTS As a cycle‐user I frequently use Walton Street both as a destination in its own right and also as a through‐route to and from the rail and coach stations, and West Oxford. The conditions for those who cycle have been immeasurably better since the junction was closed to motor traffic but still open to cycles and those on foot. The simplification of the junction makes a very big difference. Charlbury 9628641 individual Oxford Support That said, the remaining pedestrian crossing at Worcester Street North is now on the wrong alignment to Road facilitate southbound cycle‐users crossing the northbound vehicular flow as it turns into Beaumont Street. This needs urgent solution, now that traffic is rising again post‐COVID. Only when the Traffic Control Point proposed in Connecting Oxford is installed in Worcester Street, operating 24/7 year‐long, should the Walton Street junction be reopened to motor vehicles It is essential to reduce motorised transport both to reduce carbon emissions and to reduce the air pollution caused by motor vehicles. All vehicles cause pollution, including electric vehicles, which require CO2 emissions at power stations and generate particulates from road, brake and tyre wear. Eynsham 9642049 individual Oxford Support The experimental closure of Walton Street is one small step towards creating a safer, healthier and more Road civilised environment for walking and cycling, and reducing vehicle traffic. It should be extended indefinitely, and should be only the first step in a comprehensive suite of measures to eliminate private cars from the city, with the exception of those required by people with physical disabilities that prevent them from using foot, bicycle or public transport. Maidcroft 9642817 individual Oxford Support Road group/organ Rawlinson 9645345 Oxford Support I'm very much in favour, though I do have some concerns about the execution and its effects. isation Road Cavendish This proposal will make cycling and walking safer which should be encouraged. I use this street for cycling and 9656065 individual Oxford Support Drive walking. The traffic has become much smoother since the road was closed. I work on Walton Street It is so much quieter and safer there now. Children can cycle along it to the primary school. Little Clarendon St is much safer too. Parker 9668929 individual Oxford Support I've not seen an increase in traffic along St Giles. Street We need to reduce car traffic in Oxford and prioritise walking, cycling and bus use. This won't happen if we keep prioritising cars. Sunningwell 9707041 individual Oxford Support A huge improvement for cyclists and pedestrians. Road Southmoor 9797313 individual Oxford Support Road Walton St and though now retired, I often visit and am so pleased for the residents 9830689 individual Oxford Apsley Road Support that the endless queues at the traffic lights and the stream of traffic going north are ameliorated. I appreciate that St Bernard's Rd has become busier ‐ though I haven't seen it looking bad myself. Some 1 junction design may help. Crucially the huge lorries that deliver ‐ the worst offender seems to be the Dutch flower lorry going to Daisies ‐ need to be banned and an effective transhipment policy in place. Oxford needs to decarbonise asap. It also needs to have clean air for its residents to breathe. Untill electric Chawley transport becomes the norm, the only effective way to clean up transport is to ban combustion engines. That's 9909345 individual Oxford Support Lane why I support this proposal. However, I do think that opening Walton Street to clean transport should be on the table in the future. The traffic calming that the temporary closure has created has made cycling from the north of the city into the Woods 9950657 individual Bear Close Support centre much, much safer. Please keep the road closed to cars and consider closing other roads in the city tock centre This measure has worked very well and has been supported by a majority of local residents. We need to ensure that the huge environmental benefits are not lost and that we work with local businesses so that they can take group/organ Oxford City 9951169 Oxford Support advantage of the resulting greater attractiveness of the area to spend time in. We have seen how during this isation Council period a number of local businesses have been able to adapt and make the most of the increased road and pavement space, not to mention the large numbers of pedestrians and cyclists supporting local businesses. I fully support the closure of Walton Street. I am a cyclist, pedestrian and occasional car driver in this area, Speaking as a driver, I would not be inconvenienced in any way by taking the longer route to e,g, the train station or Cumnor. As a pedestrian and cyclist there's absolutely no doubt that my journeys along Walton Street are hugely safer, and more agreeable and safer, with the reduced traffic. Air quality ‐ which over the last three or four years I had begun to find increasingly disagreeable, is also now much improved. Cyclists in Walton street, which is not wide, ‐ have been in ever closer contact with car and van exhaust which it is impossible to avoid inhaling. Southmoor 10121633 individual Oxford Support It as been a pleasure to see how local residents have been able to walk along the street safely. The Road opportuinites now, for local shops to increase their business from locals they can get to know better must surely be a big plus al round. The potential is there, with a quieter Walton Street, to develop a vibrant community life ‐ more space for cafes, for seating, to accommodate children and families, to display local produce and crafts. The Council is to be congratulated for 'seizing the moment' and given us all a welcome break from cars/vans/fumes. There's a lot going on in the areas, all within walking distance of the city centre ‐ it's a great place for residents and also Oxford's many visitors. Any local who has ever visited e.g. many similar cities will have noticed their vibrant, traffic free, clean and quiet city centres. Bring it on! Oatlands 11942561 individual Oxford Support Road It doesn't take any longer to travel through the area by car, and it is far less frustrating seeing people from another road moving when you haven't been able to. There is less aggression and people are less likely to drive 11943617 individual Oxford Gorse Leas Support illegally and stop in the yellow box at the bottom of Beaumont Street 3 abreast (from Walton Street). It also makes the Walton Street area much more pleasant to be and less car‐choked Cranham The street closure has demonstrated the potential of a low‐traffic zone for a residential area. The Covid‐19 12434945 individual Oxford Support Street experience has only added to this experience with many more pollution‐free streets. Now is the time to 2 transform Jericho into a more vibrant and pedestrianized area with space for cafes and other businesses to open out into the street offering safer spaces. It's been such a breath of fresh air (literally) and such a joy to see an increase in children using bikes and Hayfield playing. It's much less noisy and far safer. Businesses get most of their footfall from cyclists and walkers. We 13518945 individual Oxford Support Road need to get away from this car dominated society, it's so antisocial. Walton Street is a very small change, we need more than this. Rosamund 13523137 individual Oxford Support Road Cycling from town to Jericho up Walton Street is now a joy. Less traffic, better air quality and a calmer experience. It is well worth the small inconvenience of having to drive out to the Woodstock Road in order to access the Botley Road by car. Southmoor Branca is one of the restaurants that is complaining. Bear in mind that they have recently tripled in size which is 13553345 individual Oxford Support Road a better explanation for any trouble they might have in filling seats than blaming a lack of passing trade. There is still plenty of car traffic around the cinema and restaurants at the top end of Walton Street. I think this is an excellent intervention that prioritises the quality of life of Jericho residents over the convenience of rat‐runners. I have experienced a real difference to the walking experience, air quality, and sense of neighbourhood since the closure. My daughter, has said how much safer and less stressed she feels. The Covid 19 emergency has obviously made it harder to assess Farndon current reality as a guide to the future, but I'm sympathetic to traders who fear closure on top of their other 14388449 individual Oxford Support Road worries. However, I think that an intelligent scheme which builds on the experience of the present closure, not replicating it, could give residents and traders together real benefits. I've just become aware of a draft plan coming from the community which creates enough of a closure to stop rat runs AND encourage cyclists and pedestrians, with space for outside cafe tables, disabled parking and deliveries, and I would support that. Adelaide 14586401 individual Oxford Support This will stop Walton Street being a rat run ,reduce pollution,and improve pedestrian and cyclists safety. Street I run a business in Little Clarendon Street, which connects with Walton Street near the road closure. Most of the businesses in Little Clarendon Street have customers who prefer to walk and cycle.