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Active Travel: Bicester and Witney

  • Money C

    Total Project Cost: £1.7m

  • Money C

    LGF Awarded: £1.4m

  • Idea C

    Project Status: Completed

A series of exciting new measures to improve cycling and walking routes in Bicester and Witney, creating a safer environment to cycle and walk and supporting a shift towards cleaner travel.

The plans for Bicester were based on an official blueprint to increase cycling from the current 3,000 bike trips a day to 9,000 trips a day by 2031 and increasing walking trips from 18,000 a year to 24,000 a year. The active travel corridor in Witney incorporated many aspects of the east Witney cycle strategy.

Delivery Partner: Oxfordshire County Council

Active Travel Bicester

Works included the creation of off-road shared footways and cycleways, improvement to existing paths, upgrades to signalised crossings, implementation of necessary speed limits and parking restrictions, and the creation of new cycle lanes.

Further works are anticipated in the future for both Bicester and Witney.

Project impacts by 2025:

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    Promotion of Active Travel

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    Improved Air Quality

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    Improved Health

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    Make the areas more attractive to live and work