Transport & Infrastructure
Stay up to date with the latest news and developments on roads, rail transport, buses, park and ride, public car parks, car parking, household waste, recycling facilities, electricity, broadband, and other essential infrastructure across Oxford and Oxfordshire.
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City Sightseeing Oxford recognised as tourist favourite with industry award
The city centre travel and tour operator received Tripadvisor’s Travellers’ Choice Award for 2024 for being placed in the top 10 per cent of listings globally by tourists in the last year.
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Oxford Bus Company launches a new Oxford-Thame service
Oxford Bus Company launched the new 280 service connecting Oxford and Thame via Headington and Wheatley following the news that Arriva had withdrawn the route.
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Wheatley in Oxfordshire faces new parking restrictions despite concerns over reduced spaces
Oxfordshire County Council cabinet member for transport, Andrew Gant has given the green light to plans for double yellow lines on various roads in Wheatley.
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Oxford MP hits out at “extremely disruptive” postal delays in the city
Anneliese Dodds, MP for Oxford East, is urging the responsible authority to “improve their delivery record” after figures appeared to indicate 2019/2020 was the last time the company met its target of delivering 91.5 per cent of all first-class mail by the next working day.
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New speed limits approved for areas of Oxfordshire
Highways chief Andrew Gant gave the green light to the 30 and 40mph rules in Long Wittenham and Shiplake near areas of Abingdon, Didcot and Henley at a cabinet member for transport management meeting on Thursday last week.
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Design plans for a major road into Oxford city centre have been agreed
Design plans for a new toucan crossing, raised side road entry treatments, shared use footway and cycletrack, and a new crossing point were given the green light by Oxfordshire County Council highways chief Andrew Gant in a transport cabinet meeting on Thursday, 23 May.
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Oxford’s park-and-rides joint ticket prices frozen for another year
The combined ticket, which offers parking for 16 hours plus return bus travel, will stay at £4.00 for a car with one adult or £5.00 for a car with two adults until April 2025. With both options, up to three children under 16 can travel for free.
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Open top bus company launches fully accessible city tour to the public
City Sightseeing Oxford’s renowned walking tour will now be accessible for wheelchair and mobility scooter users.
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A School Streets initiative trial has come into force in Oxford’s Meadow Lane
A ‘School Streets’ initiative trial has come into force at the St Mary and St John School in Meadow Lane in Oxford this week, resulting in the closure of Bedford Street by Argle Street to motorists at school pick-up and drop-off times.
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Oxford’s Market Street reopens following pedestrian-friendly improvement works
Oxford’s Market Street has reopened following the completion of the main improvement works by Oxford City Council to make the street more pedestrian-friendly for an 18-month trial period.
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Residents of an LTN street in Oxford react to findings of a damning report
We spoke to those living on Magdalen Road in Oxford this week to find out what it is like living on a street where traffic is prevented from taking shortcuts through a residential area.
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Share your views on proposed bus, cycling and walking improvements for Woodstock Road
Oxfordshire County Council is asking for people’s views on the Woodstock Road Sustainable Travel Improvements Scheme until Wednesday, 05 June.
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Cowley Post Office to close with politicians blaming low traffic neighbourhoods (LTNs)
Templars Square in Cowley is set to lose its parcel-sending facility on Saturday, 25 May, as the Midcounties Co-op store, which hosts it, leaves the area. A new office will come to the closest viable Co-op location, in Rose Hill.
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Roll-out of new 20mph speed limits begins in East Challow near Wantage
East Challow, which is just a mile from the market town of Wantage, is “taking part” in the 20mph scheme approved by Oxfordshire County Council in April of last year.
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Open top bus company launches Black Oxford: Untold Stories
Oxford Bus Company has teamed up with the author of Black Oxford: Untold Stories and award-winning producer Pamela Roberts to offer people a unique trip back in time, unlocking the secret histories of Oxford’s black scholars.
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Oxford Bus Company reaches halfway point in electric vehicles rollout milestone
To mark Earth Day, Oxford Bus Group has announced it has reached the halfway point of its roll-out of electric vehicles, with 52 of the 104 buses now on the road.