THE adverse effects of the reduced supply of road space for traffic, as a result of roadworks around the Woodstock Road and Banbury Road roundabouts, could be minimised by a corresponding reduction in unnecessary car trips.
To this end, I suggest a drastic reduction (even 100 per cent) in the cost of bus fares (including park-and-ride), for the duration, with the bus companies being recompensed in full for loss of revenue, and the costs of running additional buses, by charging these costs to the road-building project.
Everyone would gain – businesses, essential private car users, local residents, the environment. There would also be much enhanced incentive for the road-building companies to minimise the time for the project.
Chris Osman
Southdale Road
Oxford
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