Welcome to the Oxon4Buses website.
What is Oxon4Buses?
Oxon4Buses (O4B) is an informal association of users of bus services in Oxfordshire. Our members are representatives of a wide variety of groups in the County and City, including parish representatives, who all have an interest in improving and promoting bus services. We aim to represent a wide range of views from people who do or might use buses. Our main aim is to increase bus usage throughout the County.
Oxon4Buses represents the views and needs of bus users with Oxfordshire County Council and bus companies; carries out research to develop evidence to support the needs of bus users; and publishes useful news and resources for bus users. Find out more by clicking on the links below:
- Click here to find out more about our work with the county council and bus companies
- Click here to access our research and reports on Delivering Better Bus Services for Oxfordshire and Park & Ride sites
- Click here to access news and useful resources
Need help planning your bus journey? Check out new website Oxford Travel Options
LCON has launched the website Oxford Travel Options, bringing together information, advice and inspiration about buses, bikes, walking, Park and Rides, lift sharing and scooting – all in one place. It has lots of clear information to help bus users, covering everything from different bus tickets to wheelchair bus access, from online journey planners to tips on bus travel with children. It also has a host of real stories from local people, with case studies and advice on taking the bus into and across Oxford.
Oxford Travel Options was developed by Low Carbon Oxford North in collaboration with Zero Carbon Oxfordshire Partnership, a group of leading Oxfordshire institutions and employers, and with support from Low Carbon Hub and the Foundation for Integrated Transport.
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.
Tell us your views
O4B would be delighted to hear from you about the major policy issues you believe are important, and that we should be focusing on, in order to improve the experience of bus users. We are particularly keen to hear about proposals that would encourage those who are currently car-dependent to try their local bus.
While our initial emphasis is on providing constructive input to the County Council and bus companies Enhanced Partnership working groups, we anticipate that other issues will emerge as we focus on improving the experience of bus users. We have become members of the Coalition for Healthy Streets and Active Travel (CoHSAT Oxfordshire) and look forward to working with them on the interactions between the various active travel modes – cycling, wheeling, walking and buses – at, for instance, the planned mobility hubs.
Please contact us at: info@oxon4buses.org.uk We look forward to hearing from you.
Could your bus stop be improved?
The County Council is gradually providing more bus stops and the upgrading existing stops to bus shelters. This is a gentle transformation, rather than a rapid one, but nonetheless welcome. If you think that the bus stop near you needs some TLC, let Dave Harrison at the County Council know (dave.harrison@oxfordshire.gov.uk).
Do you feel bus services to Oxford’s hospitals work for you?
Do you ever use the bus for hospital trips? What would make you use the bus more? Oxon4Buses would love to hear from you. We are concerned that there is still too much emphasis on getting there by car and not enough focus on the needs of patients, visitors and staff using alternative modes, particularly the bus. There are some excellent bus services, but they are not, somehow, appealing to people sufficiently. As a result, there are still enormous problems particularly with parking at the JR, the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre and the Churchill.
There are some developments planned that may create extra challenges but also opportunities, including additional construction at the JR which will involve building over some of the car park; and major new buildings at the Warneford, which will increase the number of patients and researchers to visit the site.
What would make using the bus more attractive for you? Or are you happy with the present bus provision and access? Please let us know by writing to info@oxon4buses.org.uk.
Is this the perfect rural bus stop? It has a seat, a shelter, no pole. It is set back from the path. Seen near St Endellion, Polzeath, Cornwall. Please send us your photos to illustrate what you consider to be a good design for a rural bus stops, so that we can find the best ones:
