Editing Oxford (section)

====Bus gates====

Oxford has eight bus gates, short sections of road where only buses and other authorised vehicles can pass.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Bus lanes and bus gates|url=https://www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/residents/roads-and-transport/parking/parking-and-bus-gate-fines/bus-lanes-and-bus-gates|publisher=Oxfordshire County Council|access-date=16 November 2022|archive-date=15 November 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221115143836/https://www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/residents/roads-and-transport/parking/parking-and-bus-gate-fines/bus-lanes-and-bus-gates|url-status=live}}</ref>

Six further bus gates are currently proposed. A council-led consultation on the traffic filters ended on 13 October 2022. On 29 November 2022, Oxfordshire County Council cabinet approved the introduction on a trial basis, for a minimum period of six months.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Colivicchi |first1=Anna |title=Plans for six traffic filters in Oxford approved by council |url=https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/23157606.plans-six-traffic-filters-oxford-approved-council/ |access-date=4 December 2022 |publisher=Oxford Mail |archive-date=4 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221204162608/https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/23157606.plans-six-traffic-filters-oxford-approved-council/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The trial will begin after improvement works to Oxford railway station are complete, which is expected to be by October 2024.<ref>{{cite web|title=Consultation on trial traffic filters 2022|url=https://letstalk.oxfordshire.gov.uk/traffic-filters-2022|access-date=6 December 2022|publisher=Oxford Mail|archive-date=5 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221205200909/https://letstalk.oxfordshire.gov.uk/traffic-filters-2022|url-status=live}}</ref> The additional bus gates have been controversial; Oxford University and Oxford Bus Company support the proposals but more than 3,700 people have signed an online petition opposing the new traffic filters for Marston Ferry Road and Hollow Way, and hotelier Jeremy Mogford has argued they would be a mistake.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Oxford University and Oxford Bus Company back traffic filters |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-63500562 |publisher=BBC News |date=4 November 2022 |access-date=16 November 2022 |archive-date=15 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221115143825/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-63500562 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Opinion: Why six new bus gates will be a mistake for Oxford says top hotelier |url=https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/23076506.six-new-bus-gates-will-mistake-oxford-says-top-hotelier/ |newspaper=Oxford Mail |first=Andrew |last=Ffrench |date=25 October 2022 |access-date=16 November 2022 |archive-date=15 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221115143827/https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/23076506.six-new-bus-gates-will-mistake-oxford-says-top-hotelier/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In November 2022, Mogford announced that his hospitality group The Oxford Collection had joined up with Oxford Business Action Group (OBAG), Oxford High Street Association (OHSA), ROX (Backing Oxford Business), Reconnecting Oxford, Jericho Traders, and Summertown traders to launch a legal challenge to the new bus gates.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Legal challenge to bus gates is 'last resort' says Jeremy Mogford |url=https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/23147823.legal-challenge-bus-gates-last-resort-says-jeremy-mogford/ |newspaper=Oxford Mail |first=Andrew |last=Ffrench |date=25 November 2022 |access-date=6 December 2022 |archive-date=6 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221206134003/https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/23147823.legal-challenge-bus-gates-last-resort-says-jeremy-mogford/ |url-status=live }}</ref>