Stories from Europe’s busiest bus route

Stories from The Road is a new story-telling project that casts light on life and work along Oxford Road. The people who live, work and travel along Europe's busiest bus route are telling their stories through a new project which will document life on Manchester's Oxford Road Corridor. From a cyclist to a doctor, a book seller and an artist, University of Manchester researchers are collating the tales of those who spend their days on the bustling stretch where Rutherford split the atom, Alan Turing pioneered the first computer, Graphene was first isolated and LS Lowry studied. The Stories from The Road project will map this part of the city through the words of more than 20 workers, commuters and residents who are part of its world-class universities, hospitals, scientific hubs and cultural attractions and the communities that they neighbour. Oxford Road is one of the most important areas of economic growth in Manchester today. The project is a collaboration between The University of Manchester's urban research group cities@manchester and up and coming Manchester-based writer Sarah Butler - her first novel is called Ten Things I've Learnt About Love and her latest book is called Before the Fire . Andrew Karvonen , co-director of cities@manchester and Senior Lecturer in Architecture & Urbanism at The University of Manchester, said: " Stories from The Road provides unique insights into an important area of Manchester.