Sir – The many hundreds of visitors and residents that I saw in Cornmarket on Sunday afternoon have much reason to be grateful to Ann Spokes Symonds and the then city engineer. Their foresight helped to create space for people to move, shop, eat and be entertained.

Ideally Queen Street, George Street, both Magdalen Streets and Broad Street should also be closed to all traffic for some part of the day.

However, I am not convinced that this process should start with Queen Street. Shops need people walking past them, pausing and entering the shops. This is often not possible in Cornmarket, where one’s wits are fully engaged in getting through the crowds! If Queen Street became as crowded as Cornmarket, this could reduce footfall in the Queen Street shops which would not be healthy.

Any expansion of pedestrian-only areas has consequences for all users of central Oxford, in particular the servicing of businesses and the needs of those unable to walk far or carry heavy loads and those who want to use buses.

‘Little trains’ or ‘oxtrollies’ or golf buggies may well be part of a solution, as may moving the central bus and rail stations to Oxpens, as may a Worcester Street bus gate.

As your correspondents requesting the reopening of Cornmarket to buses show, there are no ‘pain-free quick wins’ in central Oxford planning.

Transform Oxford was a statement of a vision which always lacked a robust implementation plan. It needs revisiting before further changes to street use are made.

Vernon Porter, Oxford