Consultation on the County’s Transport Plan ends 1 August

Local Transport Plan 4 – Stage 1: Goals and Objectives

The County Council has published a consultation document setting out proposed goals and objectives for the new Local Transport Plan. You have until 1 August to send in your comments.
To see the document please click here
These are the questions that residents are being asked:

Consultation Questions

  1. Do you feel we have correctly identified the most important transport challenges that need to be addressed? If NO, please say what you think are the most important challenges.
  2. What do you think is the best way to reduce the need to travel?
  3. Please tell us your ideas for making the best use of the existing transport network.
  4. How could travel around Oxfordshire be made easier for you?
  5. What do you think are the best ways to meet the travel needs of people who do not have access to a car, for example younger, older and disabled people?
  6. Where in Oxfordshire do you think future development would best be located to help reduce transport problems?
  7. When trying to reduce journey times and improve journey time reliability, what (if any) types of journey should be prioritised?
  8. What do you think would make public transport more attractive to people who don’t normally use it?
  9. The need for of goods and materials to be transported will increase as the population grows – how should our transport strategy address the negative impacts of increased freight transport (lorries and vans) on people’s lives and the environment?
  10. What do you think are the best ways to reduce carbon emissions from transport in Oxfordshire?
  11. What are the best ways to encourage more people to walk?
  12. What are the best ways to encourage more people to cycle?
  13. Overall, do you agree with the draft high level goals and objectives for LTP4? If NO, please say which you disagree with and explain why.
  14. Is there anything which the goals and objectives do not adequately cover? If YES please tell us what you think they should cover.
  15. Finding the money to install mass transit schemes such as trams may not be possible within the current funding mechanisms (government grants and developer funding). How do you think the money could be raised in other ways?

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