OXFORD CYCLING CITY

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That this House congratulates Oxford on its ambition to become the UK's first Cycling City; thanks cycling group Cyclox and the Oxford Cycling Forum for their campaign to improve facilities for cyclists in the city; further thanks Oxford City Council for installing 11 new signs on all roads entering the city centre to proclaim Oxford as a Cycling City; notes that the creation of safe and accessible cycling routes across Oxford are vital to helping to reduce air pollution; and calls on the Government to support communities in Oxford, Oxfordshire and across the UK to improve cycling infrastructure and to increase the number of people travelling to work and school by bicycle.