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Faringdon’s Farcycles get local people cycling

April 12, 2023

By Mark Harrison

How can local communities encourage people of all ages and backgrounds to choose bicycles for everyday travel? Faringdon in Oxfordshire has a shining example of this in

pedestrian tunnel at Botley Road rail bridge

Bikes and the Botley Road closure

April 8, 2023

By Lois Muddiman

After months of anticipation, the first 6-month closure of the Botley Road at Oxford railway station will begin on Tuesday 11 April. This is when work starts to divert 11

Kidical Mass cyclists assembled in Broad Street Oxford

Oxford’s Kidical Mass

March 30, 2023

By Owen McKnight

Did you see a parade of children cycling joyfully through Oxford at the weekend? Maybe you heard them ringing their bells, chanting and singing? This was Oxford’s second

We want active travel, not new roads

March 23, 2023

By Chris Church

Earlier in March the government announced a massive £200 million cut to the active travel budget in England. The government has also delayed its roads programme. Many

Small child on bike in East Oxford LTN road

Whose freedom are we talking about?

March 15, 2023

By Robin Tucker

Let’s talk about freedom. On 18 February, around 2,000 people descended on Oxford to protest for freedom and against traffic filters. What concerns us here is their view of

Why we like 15-minute neighbourhoods

March 8, 2023

By Alison Hill and Brenda Boardman

Over the last few decades, people have made fewer and fewer journeys on foot or by bike. Services and amenities have become dispersed, located in places

White silhouette of hedgehog against a background of road at night

Vision Zero for wildlife?

March 1, 2023

By Natasha Matsaert

Thanks to Cyclox’s campaigning, Oxfordshire County Council has adopted a Vision Zero strategy which aims to eliminate all road deaths and serious injuries. But one

Van parked across cycle lane and pavement outside Peugot garage

The problem of pavement parking

February 27, 2023

By Andy Chivers

Here’s a game to play as you make any journey through town. Score 1 point for every car (or van or lorry) parked correctly. Then take off 1 point each time they are parked

Active travel and the Oxpens development

February 16, 2023

By Alison Hill

On 20 January the Oxford Mail reported on the new multi-million pound plan for apartments, student accommodation, office space and a hotel at the currently dowdy, unloved,

No more vans: Wolfson College trials e-bike deliveries

February 11, 2023

By Sir Tim Hitchens and Katherine Miles

Wolfson College has launched a trial to switch its parcel deliveries from vans to electric bikes. It is partnering with local cargo-bike delivery

Cyclist and buses at junction of Broad Street and Cornmarket, Oxford

Learning to love our buses again

February 4, 2023

By Brenda Boardman

We are gradually getting back on to our buses as fears about Covid subside. The government is encouraging us with the £2 single fare on most buses within Oxfordshire.

End road deaths: learning from Helsinki

January 28, 2023

By Jamie Clarke

More than 100 people from across Oxfordshire gathered on the evening of Tuesday 25 January to kick start a campaign to put an end to cyclist deaths on our roads. This

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