Consultation
Our response to bus franchising proposals
We fully support plans to franchise bus services in the West Midlands along with new bus priority measures to make buses more reliable.
Better Streets for Birmingham
Consultation
Our response to the Moor Green Lane proposals
This is our response to proposals to remove through-traffic from Moor Green Lane from Birmingham City Council. If you agree with our response, you can reply to say you agree with Better Streets for Birmingham’s response. The Moor Green Lane proposals are a response to proven concerns from
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Our statement on the mayor's new commissioners
Cath Palgrave and Martin Price, Co-chairs of Streets for Birmingham said: “We congratulate both commissioners on their appointment. “The task they face together is huge: a stagnating number of collisions wrecking all too many lives while meaningful action continues to be lacklustre. “Today marks day 180 of Birmingham’s
Consultation
Our consultation response for the city centre cycling PSPO
This is our response to a consultation to introduce a public space protection order on cycling in parts of the city centre. If you support our comments, please . The consultation closes on 31 January 2025. Better Streets for Birmingham is a group that advocates infrastructural changes in our city to
Consultation
Our consultation response for Kings Heath to Druids Heath bus priority
This is our response to . If you agree with our response, you can reply to say you agree with Better Streets for Birmingham's response. Whilst we are fully behind the sentiment behind the proposed design, we have reservations around specific aspects of its implementation, which we will explore
Consultation
Our response to Moor Street Gateway proposals
This is our response to . If you agree with our response, you can reply to say you agree with Better Streets for Birmingham's response. The Moor Street Gateway proposals are the first step to creating a connected through-route between the A38 and A34 cycleways. In future, this
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Downgraded volunteer commissioners ‘do not reflect the scale and urgency of the challenge’
Critical commissioner roles for the West Midlands are to be filled by once-a-week volunteers reporting to a volunteer task force, in what appears to be a significant and disappointing downgrade to the previous Cycling and Walking Commissioner position. The active travel role has been reduced from three-days-
Consultation
Our response to the proposed A38 city centre changes
This is our response to . If you agree with our response, you can reply to say you agree with Better Streets for Birmingham's response. We enthusiastically welcome these proposals which will make vital progress towards achieving the city’s transport plan. The proposals do not prevent cars from
Consultation
Our consultation response for Hockley Circus to Holyhead Road bus priority
This is Better Streets for Birmingham and Soho and Handsworth Neighbourhood Planning Forum's joint response to . If you agree with our response, you can reply to say you agree with Better Streets for Birmingham's response. Overall feedback We support the need for a 24-hour bus
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Our statement on the proposed ban on city centre cycling
Last week, the Cabinet Member for Social Justice made a decision to consult on a proposed ban of cycling in pedestrian zones in Birmingham City Centre. This would be through a Public Space Protection Order (PSPO) which can ban anti-social behaviour and is different from a Traffic Regulation Order
Consultation
Our consultation response for Longbridge to Sutton Coldfield bus priority
Overall feedback We welcome these proposals and advocate their full implementation. This project should have been designed and delivered with the A38 cycle lane extension. Not doing so means we have two design teams looking at the same highway layout separately, along with two rounds of construction work, and surely
Cycle Lane Proposal
What can we do about Russell Road?
This article is an opinion piece written in September 2024. It explores issues raised by residents, following the Council dropping previous traffic calming proposals over value for money concerns. Since this article was posted, the Council has started to design a new set of measures to address the road safety