Sir – Talk of the parking charges in Oxford city centre reminds me of when I ran a guesthouse during the 1990s in Iffley Road.
I had a group of guests from America, three went out exploring the beautiful city while one stayed in his room.When I asked him why, his reply floored me, he said he would not get a bus, and he asked why Oxford did not have more foresight regarding parking and knock down a few of those old colleges and make car parks. I had a vision of High Street minus a couple of colleges but with multi-storey car parks in their place. Oxford can be compared to Cambridge, Bath and Canterbury. and has to be protected against fuel fumes destroying our beautiful buildings.
I just love walking over Magdalen Bridge on a sunny day, the gateway to the city I call it.
Park-and-rides are a great idea to keep cars out of the city. I always catch the bus, it stops in the city centre and if I have shopping, I take my trolley.
Bernadette Downes
Temple Cowley
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