jonesy
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2Loose said:Cambridge Uni also strongly disapproves of students bringing their cars into an already congested town (iirc a bursar's letter is required before they are allowed)... being pretty flat also helps the students make their minds up as to their preferred mode of transport
Yes, the same is true in Oxford: no undergraduate parking is provided at all. Despite what I said above, I certainly wouldn't dispute that a large student population certainly helps - it means there are lots of people with low levels of car ownership, usually pretty centrally based, and whose travel needs are predominantly short journeys. Furthermore, the development patterns and local services available in places with high student populations also contribute to making cycling a more viable option for the rest of the population. Nonetheless, neither lots of students nor favourable terrain will give you lots of cycling unless the other factors are there, and traffic and parking constraints are central to this.