2023-06-30
"Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit. A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit ... Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them" King James Bible Matthew 7: 17-20
Oxford City Council should pay attention. Their reworking of Broad Street in furtherance of their Net Zero ambitions that we should all get out of out motor transport (and what exactly?) doesn't inspire J Sorel:
"The new sitting area ... isn’t a paved-over section of its own, but is instead grafted straight onto the tarmac itself – this is not an attempt to build something, but to deface something else"
"The purpose of this place isn’t for people to sit, but simply to obstruct the street"
"The ... bollards are irregular in shape and irregularly placed, forming a jagged line. Skin disease-like patches of solid yellow are strewn about the ground"
