Spent about 10 minutes checking out the new layout for this junction.
The changes clearly have not substantially alleviated the congestion, meaning rat-running on the side road is as prevalent as ever, but the changes have also re-introduced the two major cycling safety issues with the two lane format:
a) Straight-ahead traffic encroaching into the cycle lane to squeeze past the right-turning queue
b) Cycle movements required to turn right onto Church Cowley Road, i.e. you have to position yourself between the right-turning queue and the straight ahead traffic flow (which squeezes both yourself and any straight-ahead cycle traffic)
Is this revised junction treatment conducive to a supervised 8 year old cycling to school? Obviously not. Has the overall road hostility increased? Undoubtedly. Is this a step backwards for Active Travel in Oxford? Clearly.
The full film shows the following:
1. Blue Citroen stranded in Advance Cycle Box after light change
2. Right turning queue blocking straight-ahead queue (beyond side road entrance)
3. Red Nissan close passing/encroaching in cycle lane
4. Right turning queue blocking straight-ahead queue (beyond side road entrance)
5. Scrap truck dangerous lane filtering into cycle lane (to avoid right-turning queue)
6. Blue Toyota (Royal Cars taxi) rat running on side road
7. Blue BMW (in distance) filtering into cycle lane (to avoid right-turning queue)
8. White Peugeot blocking advance cycle lane
9. Right turning queue blocking straight-ahead queue (beyond side road entrance)
10. Blue van rat running on side road
11. Black Vauxhall rat running on side road
12. Red Tesla filtering into cycle lane (to avoid right-turning queue)
13. Black Renault filtering into cycle lane (to avoid right-turning queue)
14. Black VW rat running on side road
15. Right turning queue blocking straight-ahead queue (beyond side road entrance)
16. Orange Fiat filtering into cycle lane (to avoid right-turning queue)
17. Blue Fiat Van rat running on side road
18. Two lane layout forcing dangerous cycle positioning for right-turn (squeezed between right-turning queue and straight-ahead lane)