🚦Oxford’s Temporary Congestion Charge: Myth vs. Reality
Oxford is facing a crisis on our roads — congestion, unreliable public transport, and dangerous air quality are making everyday travel a struggle for thousands. The proposal for a temporary congestion charge is a targeted response to relieve pressure while longer-term solutions like the traffic filters are delayed.
But with any bold proposal comes confusion, fear, and misinformation. So let’s set the record straight.
Here are the most common myths we’ve heard — and the facts that counter them.
🟢 From Gridlock to Green Light: Sign the Open Letter to Cabinet
Today, we at Oxfordshire Liveable Streets stood outside County Hall with a group of founding signatories to officially launch an Open Letter backing Oxfordshire County Council’s proposed temporary congestion charge — and to invite organisations, community groups and businesses across Oxfordshire to join us.
In the face of vocal opposition and rising misinformation, it was a clear and confident message to Cabinet: Stay the course. Oxford is ready for this.
Signed by groups spanning health, business, active travel, climate and social justice, the letter urges Cabinet to move forward with a practical, necessary measure to ease gridlock, improve public transport, and create cleaner, fairer streets for everyone.
Oxfordshire Liveable Streets Supports Bold Decongestion Measures!
We welcome the County Council’s proposal for a temporary congestion charge. Right now, with Botley Road closed, some of Oxford’s roads are quite often gridlocked, noisy, overheated, and choked with fumes. It’s not good for anyone whether on wheels, on foot, or trying to run a business in town. We urgently need bold decongestion measures that make Oxford work better for everyone. Doing nothing is not an option.
