Sign our petition for cycle racks!

Please sign our petition calling on Oxford City Council and Westgate Shopping Centre to put back all the cycle racks that were removed during construction, and to put in the number they have contracted to install!

One of the planning conditions attached to the development of the Westgate Shopping Centre was the provision of 1022 bike parking spaces. These bike racks were intended to replace those removed from the City Centre during the construction works and provide additional spaces to encourage more sustainable travel.

So far, Labour-run Oxford City Council (who voted through the development on their own land) have failed to enforce this condition, allowing the Westgate to open with only a small fraction of the promised cycle parking and without the promised cycle hub. Overall, Oxford now has far fewer cycle racks than before the Westgate development began. 

The Council have, however, found time to expand the number of car parking places in the City Centre and negotiated a reduction in car parking fees leading to increased traffic and a worsening of Oxford's already badly polluted air. 

Please sign our petition to ensure attention is given to cyclists! After all, isn't Oxford supposed to be a "cycle city"?!