Spread of the One-Way Mind
The inhabitants of Oxford have protested against the new one-way traffic system in the centre of the city. They say that it has not made the congestion any less. The authorities were no doubt inspired by Birmingham's example where there is a one-way system which works all right if you know Birmingham like the back of your hand, but which is hope- lessly mystifying if you are silly enough to try to drive into Birmingham without an intimate knowledge of that city. It is no good, however, knowing Oxford well and thinking you can benefit by the one-way system there. The streets through which it goes are narrow and you find yourself faced with congestion after congestion miles away from where you want to set yourself down. There is only one solution of the Oxford traffic problem, and that is to blow up Magdalen Bridge.
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