It should be easy to walk along Botley Road. All side roads should be easy to cross. They should be no more than about 6m wide at the junction mouth. The corner of the pavement should have a tight radius (about 2m), so when you are about to cross the road, you can easily see approaching traffic, and be reasonably sure it will be going slowly. Where this can’t be achieved, there should be a traffic island, to reduce the crossing distance, or (at traffic light junctions) pedestrian lights.

It should also be easy to cross Botley Road. There are probably enough pedestrian crossings already. But there are two improvements – making them change straightaway when traffic is crawling, and consider making the road narrower at crossings.

It should be easy to cycle quickly along Botley Road. There are already cycle tracks or lanes along the whole of Botley Road (until you get to the railway bridge). But there are places where cyclists come into conflict with pedestrians and at bus stops. The route for cyclists should avoid these conflicts as much as possible – for everyone’s benefit.

All side streets should be 20mph. This speed should be the norm on all streets where people live. Most streets in West Oxford are short or obstructed by parking, so speeds are already low. The few streets that have a speeding problem should have simple things done to stop drivers picking up speed.

There should be quiet, easy-to-use cycle routes to the main shops and schools. These mostly exist already, but a few gaps need to be improved.