Better Connectivity

ELECTED GREEN COUNCILLORS ARE:

  • Supporting ‘Vision Zero’ – the eradication of deaths and serious injuries on our roads; making Oxford a safer, healthier place
  • Lobbying with the bus companies to improve services, develop fairer pricing & become one of the UK’s first all-electric bus cities
  • Campaigning for the introduction of electric shuttles to deliver goods around the city – avoiding HGVs in the City – and expand freight delivery by bike
  • Implement cycle and pedestrian-friendly transport improvements and work to improve/deliver ‘Connecting Oxford’
  • Improve cycling infrastructure by creating joined-up cycleways, improving cycling priority and safety
  • Create a real Zero Emission Zone to improve air quality, not the small congestion charge zone introduced by the Council
  • Support current trial Low Traffic Neighbourhoods but with better local consultation and monitoring to determine permanence
  • Support a ban on pavement parking with exceptions for marked parking bays
  • Support the expansion of School Streets – safe zones around schools
  • Support the introduction of car-sharing schemes and peer-to-peer lending schemes; and install more electric charging points
  • Expand the proposed workplace parking levy to fund transport improvements; examine road pricing options
  • Promote online and home working, and improved internet access to reduce the need to travel
  • Ensure that Quickways are introduced only after proper consultation and consideration of how displaced parking is managed

My Policies

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Quality Homes

Oxford has the least affordable housing in the UK. We believe that access to affordable, secure and decent housing is a human right, not a privilege. Nobody should be left homeless or have insecure accommodation.

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Better Connectivity

Both City and County Councils have a key role to play in delivering sustainable transport solutions; including using the planning system to reduce the need to travel. In the past, there have been many poorly designed schemes implemented without proper consultation.

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Healthier Communities

When it comes to health, Oxfordshire is a two-tier County. Most enjoy above average wellbeing but Oxford also includes six wards which are amongst the most deprived in England. In these areas, death from preventable causes, self-harm and obesity are above average.

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Zero Carbon

Under pressure from the Greens, the Council has recently committed to go ‘net zero’ by 2030 and set itself the target of making the City ‘net zero’ target by 2040. Though worthy, these commitments exclude many sources of carbon emissions and are largely unfunded.

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Protecting Nature

All species on Planet Earth are the life support for all others. Greens have long warned of the threat posed by the loss of species – a threat parallel with climate change. We need to do more locally to protect our flora and fauna.

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Prosperous Economy

COVID-19 turned the world upside down, rapidly followed by a cost of living crisis. These events have exposed the major weaknesses in our economic system and the deep-seated inequalities in our City. Invariably, it is the most vulnerable whom have suffered the most.

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