While transport is primarily the responsibility of the County, the Cherwell and West Oxon Councils are consultees and can play a key role in delivering planning solutions that reduce the need to travel. Public consultation needs to be improved.
ELECTED GREEN COUNCILLORS HAVE:
- Supported ‘Vision Zero’ – the eradication of deaths and serious injuries on our roads; making Oxfordshire a safer, healthier place
- Encouraged the bus companies to improve services and develop fairer pricing
- Backed cycle and pedestrian-friendly transport improvements and work to improve/deliver ‘Connecting Oxfordshire’
- Backed calls for improved cycling infrastructure; creating joined-up cycleways, improving cycling priority and safety
- Supported a ban on pavement parking with exceptions for marked parking bays
- Supported the expansion of School Streets – safe zones around schools
- Supported the introduction of car-sharing schemes, peer-to-peer lending schemes; and installation of more electric chargers
- Promoted online and home working, and improved internet access and connectivity to reduce the need to travel
- Supported calls for buses to be re-regulated allowing for public control over fares and routes
