Sir – Connecting Oxfordshire clearly poses the county council’s well-considered questions about its next local transport plan.
And councillors Hudspeth and Nimmo Smith are brave and right to offer one answer: a congestion charge within the Oxford ring road.
Councillor Price is wrong to dismiss that as “regressive” (Report, July 3). The charge could be bigger on bigger cars, as in London.
Councillor Tanner is wrong to prefer a levy on employers who provide workplace parking. As Connecting Oxfordshire explains, such a levy has drawbacks. People who take a bus to work from Rose Hill (for example) are delayed by queues of cars.
Connecting Oxfordshire sets out some better options: more park-and-ride sites, more reliable buses, and safer cycling and walking routes.
A congestion charge would nudge people to choose those better options. Everyone would gain.
Nicholas Lawrence, Oxford
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