Oxford Mail readers have been giving their views on the trial of Low Traffic Neighbourhoods in the city and proposals to extend the scheme.

A survey conducted by Oxfordshire County Council into plans to extend the LTN scheme, into East Oxford, has shown most people are opposed to the plan.

Householders and businessess in East Oxford have given a resounding ‘no’ to the plans in a survey.

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NIGEL BLEASDALE: “All for reducing traffic on roads in domestic areas but seriously, aren’t those planters dangerous

“They look about the right height to make it difficult for a child under the age of about 10 to see oncoming cars and to hide the child from a driver’s view - looks like a child ran out from behind the planter accident waiting to happen.”

TONY BRETT: “The planters mean people won’t be driving cars fast past them!”

JAN WALLIS: “Get rid of it. I takes ages to get where you want to go and ages to get out of Cowley Centre to get home. Its just making people use more petrol and its only moving one problem to another area. Absolute waste of time and money. Who’s stupid idea was this? Probably the same person who suggested cyclists should be able to ride on the pavements!”

TONY BRETT: “It only takes ages if you’re too lazy to get out of your car and out of your blinkers.”

⁠VIMAL GEORGE: “Vehicle owners pay road tax to drive on the road and here priority is for people to walk/ cycling/ electric scooter - what a disaster.”

DAVID WALFORD: “The only reason Oxford doesn’t LTN is because the arterial roads, bus network and cycling routes are not able to carry commuter traffic.

“So locals figure out the optimum route on roads through suburban areas to get where they need to go at that time of day.

“They aren’t reducing traffic they are totally blocking cars and trucks at varous point to force people of local streets and on to arterial roads. So that when ever there are roadworks, a break down, accident or burst water main the result is total gridlock which will happen more and more as the city grows.

“The pro and anti-sentiment will map to car drivers v cyclists as Oxford has very high rates of cycling. Bus commuters will also start complaining if transit times are raised by traffic.

“The pro LTN councillors are trying to eliminate traffic, but the only place it can go is onto bicycles. However, Oxford already has very high cycling but poor infrastructure so it probably isn’t going to increase enough.”

DAVID BRIMSON: “They really haven’t thought it through. An electric bike can go through on a motor but a motorcycle can’t. I I think the council don’t know about electric motorcycles. Electric motorcycles could be a loophole.”

⁠MICHAEL HOLDEN: “I’m all for safety on our roads but what we are being put through by the council at the moment is ludicrous. Get rid of. Immediately!”

SIMON NICHOLLS: “Haven’t the shops had a hard enough time as it is? They want people to come to Oxford. Not to go shopping elsewhere because everything is congested

TONY BRETT: “Simon Nicholls where’s the evidence that most shop users get there by car?”

CHRISTOPHER BENTON: “Simon Nicholls cars don’t = customers.”

COLIN STRAUGHAN: “It does if you fix cars for a living.”

ADRIAN LINDSAY: “Thankfully the the Walton Street closure was overturned and it’s been great since it’s been open.

“And long may it stay open, we don’t want an LTN here, we don’t need it.”

CHRISTOPHER DAY: “As you say, it’s a complex issue. Looking at the survey results in your article, it seems a bit strange that there’s such a big difference of opinion between Cowley and East Oxford. The Cowley residents seem to be in favour of LTNs by a large margin, whereas the East Oxford residents are clearly against (albeit by a smaller margin). I’m just curious as to what the reasons for the difference in opinion between the two areas might be.”

BRIAN WELCH: “Christopher Day because everyone now can only queue along the Cowley/Oxford road to get anywhere (and yes I cycle to work, thank goodness).”

TONY BRETT: “Thank you for cycling to work. I hope LTNs will make that easier and safer for you and encourage many others to follow your good example.”

DANNY YEE: “There’s a very clear majority of Divinity Road residents in support of the LTNs, and a plurality of residents in the other areas in support.”