What's going on in Oxford,why have locals voted for this

[Grumpycat6]

From October,or whenever it starts
My DH is going to have to pay £5 a day ,that's £100 a month
Just to get to work
He can't go by train or bus because he starts and finishes times when they don't run .
Apparently from what I understand this was voted in at the local council elections.or the person who wanted to put this scheme in place was voted in ,.
This is going to effect the price of houses ,it's going to put people off moving to Oxford.
With this in mind I can't understand how this was agreed

He's outside of those hours

Come in a different way? There's no filter on the Abingdon Road or either of the northern roads in.

Your husband could use one of the 5 park and ride sites around the city and either use the buses or store a bike there.

Is it at the Mini factory (wild guess - but I am going by his shift pattern)?
Do they provide a staff bus?
(or the JR?)

They don't run at 4 .30 am to get him to work for 5 am or run at 2.30 am to get him home

What?! £85 a day!! Whatttttt

I can see what you're saying, OP. It must be frustrating to keep explaining that either going TO work or coming BACK, he's in the hours, but he can't drive there and get a bus home, or a bus there and drive home. It doesn't work.

There's no point getting a bus to work and then be stuck there at 2am with no way of getting home again. Or driving in at 5am and getting dinged on the way back with the charges.

Which would be where the bicycle comes in. It's a 15-minute cycle from most of the Park&Rides to the city centre.

Exactly

If lots of his colleagues are going to be affected by this they need to all get together and talk to the managers.
A company can't run without staff so surely management will want to come up with a solution.

On other thoughts. If vans are exempt then you might be better off buying a cheap van.

he might have to get a motorbike or a van? They are exempt!

Bath has had this for a couple of years except it's £6
Public transport is shit, hence the shops are closing
Debenhams a few years ago, and the legendary Jolly's in Milsom Street recently
I lived there from birth until 9 years ago and DS1 still does
i now live in a beautiful market town, Bradford on Avon.
Big range of every shop necessary up the road in Trowbridge, much maligned but it's better served than Bath.

So drive to a park and ride then cycle to work .
Fantastic
I expect he will look for another job

Actually.... as others have said - sell the car and get a van !
(easier said than done though)

They actually don't give a shit
They are a nightmare company to work for
They just employ their friends who can't actually do the job , people go of sick constantly for months at a time
Which is why I've not named where he works
He will be glad to leave
This will be a he push he needs to get a different job

Yep. Bus gates (at the same places as the congestion charging cameras and for the same hours) so no cars allowed through without permits and a penalty of £85 if they do so.

@Grumpycat6 I hope he manages to get a different job 🙂

So this congestion charge is actually a good thing hopefully!

I live in Oxford, have done for all of my 50 plus years on this earth and I can assure that that locals have not bloody voted for this - many of us are furious about it!
Most of the councillors who are trying to bring this in don't even live in the city - they are all smug bastards who think they have the utter right to dictate to residents of the city how we go about our business.

Also, to be completely fair, the congestion charge will be temporary - well, at the moment they're saying temporary. Whether it stays that way is another thing altogether.

So drive to the park and ride, get the bike off the rack/out of the boot and cycle the rest of the way.

Alternative is to buy an electric bike and cycle in or p & r then bike.

Carshare.

There are lots of options. It's really good for the people who live in Oxford. I wish they would do something similar in Abingdon.

I don't understand.cant you explain

It's going to start happening in all cities. Forcing people to work locally. There's talk of it (congestion charges) happening in my city too.

I'm so sorry you are having to deal with this
It would be a disaster financially if this was brought in where we ,Iive
I don't know how they expect locals to manage the disruption and cost