Cafe 1 : Cars 0

The Oxford is Choking campaigners, in co-operation with Oxford FoE, staged a ’refreshingly' new form of protest in the heart of Oxford on 15th June, in the middle of the historic Broad street. The local council, presented with one of Europe's most beautiful urban spaces, ideally suited to the pursuits of pleasure, leisure and community, instead maintains the ancient Broad Street as a car park!. Having had little success convincing the bigoted council that there may be more sensitive ways of using public space, protesters marched through the heart of Oxford, turned into Broad Street, instantaneously a cafe of 10 tables and 30 chairs materialised in the middle of the street offering tea, coffee, juice, cakes, the obligatory vase of roses and full table service. At his point the police gave up any hope of controlling events and allowed the cafe to remain open serving protesters and members of the public for the rest of the afternoon as cars had to squeeze past on either side. Cafe society - 1 : Car Culture - 0