Green member motion

Original text

This Council notes the international Bicycle Mayors and Leaders Network (https://bycs.org/our-work/bicycle-mayors/), a global initiative to accelerate the progress of cycling in cities and help get another one billion people onto bikes.

Bicycle Mayors are a catalyst to bring together the public and private realms to uncover the massive economic, health, and environmental benefits of increased cycling.

As a City which aims to improve cycling rates, this Council agrees to appoint an Oxford Bicycle Mayor in line with the Network’s aims and goals.

This Council asks the Leader:

To set in place the necessary arrangements to facilitate such an appointment

(Note: the Network’s rules state that a Bicycle Mayor must be someone appointed from outside the Council).

Councillor Wolff, seconded by Councillor Simmons, proposed the submitted motion as set out in the agenda and briefing note.

After debate and on being put to the vote the motion was not agreed.