The Oxford Cycle City project will, through joint working with stakeholders, identify gaps in the provision of cycle network links as well as cycle parking provision and subsequently cross reference this with the available funding. This will lead to a prioritised list of cycle path schemes being developed, and may also include wider initiatives to promote cycling.  The City Council is the lead authority on the project. 

The project objectives are:-

v     To establish a stakeholder working group tasked with progressing Oxford Cycling City;

v     To identify an integrated package of cycle improvement and promotional measures, and

v     To identify the means of delivering some of these measures over a 4 year period, with early wins and longer-term goals.

The Board is being recommended to endorse the objectives and project plan and receive a further report in due course on specific initiatives.

The Head of City Development submitted a report (previously circulated, now appended) seeking endorsement of the Oxford Cycle City project and draft Project Plan contained in the report.

Resolved to endorse the objectives and draft project plan set out in the report and request a subsequent report in due course on the specific initiatives and schemes proposed by the working group.