Aylesbury’s Transport Hub was officially completed in April 2009 with the opening of the Bourg Walk bridge and the installation of the public art panels along Great Western Street underpass (to the bus station).

Through joint working between Aylesbury Vale District Council and Buckinghamshire County Council, and supported by the government’s Community Infrastructure Fund, this transport hub delivers a wide restructuring of central area bus routes; strategically located bus ‘Super Stops’; new bus lanes; ‘real time’ passenger information systems;and an increase in the frequency and journey times for urban buses.

The bus station has also been re-furbished, including Europe’s largest example of enamel artwork on the walls of the underpass along Great Western Street, making the station brighter and more welcoming.

The combination of the new steel bridge, ‘Bourg Walk’ , the open space pedestrian crossing across Friarage Road and the new rail station boulevard together achieve a ‘high profile impression’ of Aylesbury and integrates the pedestrian and bus access from the train station to the town centre.

This transport infrastructure will deliver the following objectives in the planned growth of Aylesbury:

• Sustainability - to reduce car use, pollution levels and traffic congestion
• Healthy Living – to enable short journeys to be made by bicycle, on foot or via a short walk to a bus stop
• Economic Regeneration – to improve traffic management and vehicle movement

The main beneficiaries are local people and pedestrians. Traffic free zones have been created – in Market Square, for instance – as well as a series of pedestrian friendly road crossings along the ring road. Better Taxi access points, disabled parking and lifts to the train station platforms are also included as is the Urban Traffic Management and Control System. These transport initiatives complement the Cycle Aylesbury programme.