Alison Hill

IN ORDER to get more people cycling and walking once lockdown eases, the Government created an Emergency Active Travel fund that councils with responsibilities for highways could bid for. The invitation to bid set out a very clear requirement that any project should ‘promote cycling as a replacement for journeys previously made by public transport’.

When the spirits are low, when the day appears dark, when work becomes monotonous, when hope hardly seems worth having, just mount a bicycle and go out for a spin down the road, without thought on anything but the ride you are taking.

Every Thursday evening at 8pm people are out in the streets applauding, banging pots and pans, and playing music, to celebrate our NHS and social care workers. Even Tom Tower has turned blue for the first time ever to mark the moment each week. This outpouring of gratitude and support shows how much we as a nation care for our key workers as they take risks on our behalf to provide such dedicated care to those in desperate need.

By Alison Hill

Oxford city is gridlocked. Our beautiful streets are blighted by traffic jams morning and evening. With more vehicles crossing the ring road, journey times both by bus and car are increasing. Air pollution exceeds safe levels in many of our congested streets.

By Alison Hill

Column by Alison Hill

TODAY Tuesday 6th November should be a red-letter day for cycling in Oxford and Oxfordshire. Two motions are being discussed at Oxfordshire County Council’s full council, both of which are about cycling and active travel.