Despite saying:
there is nothing in it to advance that goal. It is purely a ban on some traffic. It seeks to reduce car usage by making people travel further in their cars. Maybe it is part of a grand plan that includes lots of other stuff, but that''s not linked to or mentioned.what we are aiming to do is to ensure that areas of the city such as Barton, Blackbird Leys and Rose Hill have all the essential services that areas such as East Oxford and Jericho already have.
And the cited page complains of misinformation, yet indulges in it itself:
However, claiming that only 8% are negative seems very far from the truth. I would regard many of the classifications as negative (e.g. "Plan will increase pollution"), and some are ambiguous (e.g. "Public transport needs generally improving") because some people might intend that to mean that public transport needs improving rather than this scheme or that it is a necessary prerequisite (so without it the view would be negative). They certainly should not be regarded as positive, which does in fact leave those clearly expressing a view in favour being the 7%. And if you read the whole report (https://mycouncil.oxfordshire.gov.uk/do ... hecked.pdf) you will find that that was about Table 29, while there is a question in Table 32:The independent survey company summarised some responses as generally positive or negative. This showed that 8% of the answers could be broadly categorised as “Disagree with schemes/Can’t see benefits”, while 7% could be broadly categorised as “Support/agree with scheme/Can see the benefits”. The 93% figure is not found anywhere in the 73-page report.
and 17% were classified as "Disagree with proposal(s)", which is a lot more than 8%Do you have any other views on the proposals?
However, I would very much agree with their final sentiment:
But wait, there's more. The figures seem wrong. Table 29 says "All responding n=4814", and the 8% and 7% classes are 764 and 656 responses respectively. That should surely be 16% and 14%?? And Table 32 says "All responding n=4606" but says that the disagree class is 17% with 1605 responses. That should surely be 35%???!!! What's going on here??deliberate misrepresentation of data is harmful to the public debate