Sir - Radio Oxford did an excellent job of informing motorists about traffic conditions during the floods, but it did virtually nothing for cyclists and pedestrians.
The only reference I heard was a statement that the South Oxford cycle route was closed, but a couple of hours later I cycled up it with no problems.
Surely many people would have preferred to cycle or walk into town if they had known that the water in Botley Road and Abingdon Road was nowhere deeper than ten centimetres. Every driver who had chosen that option would have removed one more car from the interminable queues. Failure to broadcast such information cannot have been motivated by a wish to protect the public, as the police were allowing bicycles and walkers into the 'closed' roads at all times. It seems to be just one more example of the undervaluing of non-motorized forms of transport.
P J Stewart, Boars Hill
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