Within the hour, three men said they had to get through for their pregnant wives. Video footage of angry motorists shows one driver pushing forward into Ms Dhall. Police were called to the incident by some of the frustrated drivers, however, said Ms Dhall and her fellow campaigners had the right to protest - and it is illegal to try and pass through the square - so the police helped steer the cars back where they had come from. Ms Dhall said: “It is the most frightening experience I have ever had campaigning for Oxped. “I thought at any minute somebody was going to come and deck one of us, or accelerate towards us.
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Taking Hythe Bridge Street, the main (and heavily used) walking route between the rail station and Oxford city centre, the pavement narrows to 1.3m (52”) over the bridge, meaning wheelchair users cannot pass one another at all, and pedestrians are forced to step into the road to avoid coming too close to one another. Hythe Bridge Street in Oxford Combine this with traffic now often speeding due to fewer vehicles, and there is no way at all to keep safe, even if people really need to do so. The remodelled Frideswide Square, designed with buses, coaches, and lorries in mind, has lanes of 3.3m (130”) wide.
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