Broad Street consultation

The scheme is a big improvement. I agree with other comments about having permanent planting (including trees) to provide some shade. But this year's planting has been an improvement on the previous year.
It would be nice if cafes could be encouraged to provide more tables.

I think the scheme is an improvement, and has created a nice environment for pedestrians. It would be better if there were were more cafe tables.
The planting this year has been better than the previous year.

Good to have the open-air seating and tables. This is central area for locals and tourists alike - good to have it pedestrianised. but comfort of pedestrians is dependent on cyclists behaving (and I am a cyclist).

Some more shelter from the rain/shade from the sun would be welcome.

Please bring back the parking especially for those of us who are less mobile

What a waste of money! In both the money wasted in designing and proposing this project. Please don’t just sit in your office dreaming up projects like this, get on with the job and support the businesses. I understand deliveries are made using Broad Street, this would make it impossible. You have used a company in Buckinghamshire to do this. Are you not Oxfordshire? Could you have not used a local company to do this? You talk about enhancing Oxford. This will definitely not do that.
Schemes like this infuriate me, along with the low traffic neighbourhoods, binding Oxford roads and pushing people away.
PLEASE support the shops, colleges and homes that don’t want piped up schemes but constructive aid.

I think pedestrianisation is the best way to bring back community spaces in cities - seeing greenery with outdoor spaces to sit and relax and socialise in is really amazing and the calming atmospheres away from the constant noise and exhaust fumes of cars and busses is really nice. I first saw such a scheme implemented in the northern quarter in Manchester where outdoor seating increased for pubs and it became the most popular spot in town. I also come from york where pedestrianisation of the city centre has always been implemented - I really think its the best thing one can do and this project has been a massive success, with big social media channels even sharing it online and asking for it to be brought to their cities. Thank you for all your work on improving our city.

Positives first, nice to see trees and plants . Downsides, horrible clunky boxes, very utilitarian and not in keeping with beautiful medieval street.
And what are the horrid yellow Road markings for?
Need more stylish and flowing street furniture to enhance one of the loveliest streets of Oxford.

As a regular visitor to Oxford, I've found the revamp of Broad Street to be a very welcome addition to the city centre. It gives everyone a chance to sit and rest, and socialise, without using a pub or cafe. Even if its only for a few minutes a place to sit outdoors for free is welcome. I very much hope this stays in place for the foreseeable future.

Im a regular cyclist and using Broad street has become chaotic, I'm surprised I havent been knocked of my bike. No road rules are followed on the roundabout. At the main cycle rack by the college, people pull their bikes off the rack backwards into the cycle track, I've had 2 very near misses by this. Theres no order about who walks or cycles on the road between planters and college. Traffic turning right from road by the church pulls into the road and dont stop for bikes which have right of way. Pedestians cross the road when the traffic has right of way. The whole area is waiting for a disaster. The planters look nice though!
This route will be closed to me soon, I tested ridi g through St cements- that was terrifying. I've cycled my whole life and have never seen such unsafe cycle areas in recent yrs.

I would love to have big trees and plants in the ground for more shade, and maybe water for additional cooling. It feels the space has been snatched from cars for other use when it should be the other way round. There should be much less tarmac.

The space looks awful with horrible wooden boxes. Oxfords residents do not want this and neither do they want to encourage more non residents to the area.

Great, love the free public seating. Needs some shade!

I’m visiting Oxford as a tourist but also I’m a design student from India. I really love the space and the vibe here. The arrangement of the seatings and the flowers here are just lovely.
My one suggestion would be to add shades which will make it weather friendly
Thanks

To expand a little on a previous comment -- to allow traffic to permanently travel through the western end of the Broad is totally against pedestrianisation of the City Centre -- fumes / danger etc . Traffic needed for colleges or the covered market should use the the roundabout back to Parks Rd . Should such traffic be out-of-hours ? There are 2 pedestrian crossings in front of Balliol -- a constant flow of cars and lorries is expected ! The perspective is misleading , and should not be used -- where are the planned for vehicles ? And do the planters have to look like a pub garden ? A broader sweep of a design by a good architect is needed . Why not mature trees permanently planted ? Mike Gotch

The whole point about re-ordering central Oxford is to reduce traffic volume through the centre by restricting vehicular movements and parking , yet allowing college business and commerce to continue of course . Yet the Broad Street proposals introduce more and regular traffic movements at the western end of The Broad where minimising cars and lorries should be a priority - except emergency vehicles perhaps . this is particularly important if the concept of turning St Giles into a version of Las Ramblas is to be achieved . Mike Gotch

I do think about other people! Being 81 myself, I have found the traffic jams on the Oxford Ring Roads not at all helpful for people who NEED to travel by car to get from one part of the city to another - the local buses do not seem to use the Ring Roads. I understamd that the Botley Road plus the bridge repairs near Didcot are causing some of this traffic but it seems to me that the restrictions in the City centre also add to it. One example in the city centre are all the bollards down eight streets off the Iffley Road! These have made life VERY DIFFICULT IF ONE IS NOT A CYCLIST!! Nor does it help at night!!

I think these wooden boxes used everywhere in the City centre are not attractive at all. I also fear that the integrated irrigation system isn't up to it (and it certainly won't be in our present hot, dry weather); my comments apply to Broad Street as well as elsewhere. I'm not sure what containers would be more successful, however at present the attractiveness of historical Broad Street IS NOT ENHANCED by these boxes!

It looks rather random and higgledy-piggledy. Clunky furniture dotted around. The marks painted on the road surface are hideous and out of keeping. What are they for? I agree with other people who would like the street life side of Broad Street to be more orderly, as in say France or Italy - and to take account of winter as well as summer weather. It would make the junction between Broad Street and St Giles/Magdalen Street easier for pedestrians and cyclists to use, too.

I really like the Broad Street transformation, I like the flowers, however there could be more seating and a bit more shade from beach or garden umbrellas. I don't see the point of the parking area opposite Trinity College however I understand that vehicles need access for deliveries and that the tour bus needs to turn around. The cyclists go too fast on Broad Street and I have been worried about being hit by a cyclist when I have walked between the pavement and the seating area on many occasions, alot of the cyclists don't slow down and cycle at pedestrians which is scary.