“This Council recognises
our ambition to achieve economic growth whilst improving the health and
wellbeing of communities in Oxfordshire. Active travel provides an
effective mechanism to achieve such goals, with potential to co-deliver multiple
social, environmental and economic benefits. This council has recognised in LTP4 the importance
of investment in sustainable transport and shares the Government’s Cycling and
Walking Investment Strategy ambition to double cycling by 2025. Cognizant of
Andrew Gilligan’s recent recommendations to the National Infrastructure
Commission, it now wishes to accelerate progress towards this goal. This
Council therefore calls upon the Cabinet Member for Environment to:
Minutes:
With the consent of Council, Councillor Bartington and Councillor
Buckley seconded her motion, amended at the suggestion of Councillor Paul
Buckley as follows:
“This Council
recognizes our ambition to achieve economic growth whilst improving the health and
wellbeing of communities in Oxfordshire. Active travel provides an
effective mechanism to achieve such goals, with potential to co-deliver
multiple social, environmental and economic benefits. This council has recognised recognises in LTP4 the importance of investment in sustainable transport and
shares the Government’s Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy ambition to
double cycling by 2025. Accepting Cognizant of Andrew
Gilligan’s recent recommendations to the National Infrastructure Commission into
and within Oxford, it now wishes to accelerate progress towards this
goal. This Council therefore calls upon the Cabinet Member for Environment to:
Following debate,
the Motion as amended was put to the vote and was carried unanimously (49 votes
to 0).
RESOLVED: (49 votes to 0)
“This Council recognizes our ambition to achieve
economic growth whilst improving the health and wellbeing of communities in
Oxfordshire. Active travel provides an effective mechanism to achieve
such goals, with potential to co-deliver multiple social, environmental and
economic benefits. This council recognises in LTP4
the importance of investment in sustainable transport and shares the
Government’s Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy ambition to double cycling
by 2025. Accepting Andrew Gilligan’s recent recommendations to the National
Infrastructure Commission into and within Oxford, it now wishes to accelerate
progress towards this goal. This Council therefore calls upon the Cabinet
Member for Environment to:
i. Apply Local Cycling and Walking Infrastructure Plans (LCWIPs) to agree a prioritised and costed Strategic Active Travel Network (SATN), building on work of the Oxfordshire Cycle Network.
ii. Actively seek capital and revenue funding for SATN delivery through local and national sources.
iii. Assess what co-benefits could be gained by allocating a fraction of local transport funds to active travel infrastructure (e.g. 5 or 10%) following best practice examples.
iv. influence the Planning authorities use of planning powers more proactively and effectively to achieve beneficial active travel outcomes.
v. Establish a framework to oversee quality control of all active travel infrastructure projects in accordance with the Oxfordshire Cycling Design Standards, from inception through planning to implementation, ensuring all proposals are audited for safety and encouragement of active travel.
vi. Use innovative data sources and technologies to identify active travel patterns and latent demand, and to monitor and increase effectiveness of interventions.”