Delivering Better Bus Services for Oxfordshire – Oxon4Buses Expert Workshop report

In February 2025 Oxfordshire for Buses (O4B) ran an expert workshop on ‘Delivering Better Bus Services for Oxfordshire’, supported by a grant from the Foundation for Integrated Transport (FIT).  38 people attended, including senior managers of the bus companies, representatives of the county council and of community transport, district authorities, the hospitals, universities, bus users and the disabled community, among others.  The workshop was an opportunity to debate and explore a range of issues and resulted in a number of conclusions and insights into how to improve bus services and increase bus use, summarised in this report.

The report will feed into the local debate about future management and ownership of bus services, alongside the recent Citizens’ Assembly on the future of transport in Oxfordshire, and a report commissioned by the County Council from sustainable transport planning consultancy ITP.

Oxon4Buses report on Park & Ride sites 

In 2023 O4B carried out a review of the five Park and Ride sites that serve Oxford, from the perspective of bus users. The review was requested by one of the Working Groups of the Enhanced Partnership in Oxfordshire (which brings together the bus companies and the County Council to work on improving bus services). O4B’s report was submitted to, and welcomed by, the Working Group on 2 June 2023, and has since been sent on to relevant officials at the City and County Councils. You can download the report here.

Taking the bus – local voices

Find out why people from across Oxfordshire like taking the bus – from comfort, convenience and cost to joy, pleasure and relaxation.