alt Hacker Newswell he probably had a problem with cars around the university. Ive lived there and the traffic with cars is basically horrendous, for a small university town ( and Ive lived in Birmingham and London very crowded places). Finally after a century they have made big changes to reduce traffic.
Its such a problem that if you investigate cycling deaths, the biggest hotspot is literally a roundabout in the center of Oxford outside a college. By hotspot I mean , its literally the number one most dangerous location ( about a 10 meter stretch) for cyclists in about a 50 mile radius. I discovered this one day just doing some random research on my own.
Also unfortunately I know someone whose girlfriend got killed near that same roundabout.
I dont even think its common knowledge, other than "watch the traffic".
Its actually quite shocking they even allowed the traffic to get that bad, it is after all "meant" to be the brightest minds in the country ( or was at some point).
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What they were supposed to do, stop people from moving in ?
It's generally hard for any existing city (especially if it is older one with narrow streets) to transform communication, from cost to having to displace citizens in worst case.
I know the very roundabout you mean without having to look it up, I used to cycle in Oxford very often and while I’m sure there’s a tendency on the internet to underrate locals’ stories as hyperbolic, it really can’t be stressed enough how hazardous this particular feature of civil engineering is.