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View of Cornmarket Street Oxford looking north with pedestrians and cycles

Our response to Central Oxfordshire Movement and Place Framework

Read the response by our infrastructure group

Warneford Lane quickway in oxford. A lane for bikes and a lane for cars, separated by bollards.

Treating cars as guests on our streets

By Ian Loader

What if our cities, instead of favouring motor transport, expected cars to behave as guests? What would our streets look like if they were structured for the benefit of everyone, instead of being shaped around the needs of motorists?

Blue car parked in parking bay that is marked out so that car obstructs half of pavement

How did cars come to ‘own’ our streets?

By Ian Loader

How did we end up with our cities dominated by cars? With streets where pedestrians, residents, cyclists, children feel excluded and unsafe? With the idea that car owners have ‘rights’ to access, parking and speedy journeys?

Portrait of Ian Loader. White man with short spiky grey hair in open-necked khaki shirt

Why I care about cycling

By Ian Loader

I feel honoured and privileged to be chosen as the new Chair of Cyclox. I am also a little daunted. But mainly I am excited about taking on this role. I am passionately committed to Cyclox’s values and goals and look forward to working with the trustees and our members to take them forward.

Longtail ebike loaded with bags in garden

A family cycling adventure in the UK

By Valerie van Mulukom

n the summer I attempted my first cycling holiday in the UK with two small children. We headed for Southampton for beach and forest visits, and the long-desired Peppa Pig World.

Screen shot of Google map with cycling routes marked in different colours

Cycling map of Oxfordshire

By Emily Kerr and Robin Tucker

After we created our cycling map for Oxford we realised people across the county were interested in the safest routes for cycling.

Woman standing with arms outstretched in tarmaced walled area marked out with parking spaces

Parking becomes playground at Christ Church Cathedral School

By Anna Fairhurst

Half our staff live outside Oxford, so we’ve always had staff parking. Around 22 cars were parked in the same playground that the children used at breaktime. This was a problem, but one it seemed impossible to fix. Pupils complained about not having enough space to play and there was constant concern about cars being damaged.

White woman with Manchester scene in background speaking to camera

Kate Arnold wins Bikeability Instructor of the Year

On 12 July Kate Arnold, Cyclox trustee, was announced as winner of the Bikeability Instructor of the Year award.

Young white woman in cycle helmet giving thumbs up

Going car free

By Hirra Khan Adeogun

Politicians in the UK have spent decades putting policies in place which make driving easier and cheaper. We have normalised mass private-car ownership and all the problems it creates, telling ourselves that this is the only way of doing things. But there is another way.

Cyclists on Donnington Bridge Oxford cycling in narrow two-way cycle path separated from road by concrete kerb blocks

Let’s give cyclists some road space

By Danny Yee

Large numbers of people cycle in Oxford despite poor-quality infrastructure that is sometimes dangerous. Read on for examples from the city.