podcast
Ep. 1 - Transforming Birmingham's Roads: The Vision Zero Approach
A conversation with Jeremy Leach of Action Vision Zero about the 2025 Birmingham Road Harm Reduction Strategy.
General
Transport in Birmingham - Looking ahead to 2026
As we head into 2026, our Chair looks back at Birmingham’s transport achievements in 2025 and what we can expect in a pivotal year for the city.
Consultation
Our response to the City Centre to A457 Dudley Road consultation
We welcome proposals to upgrade the pop-up lane between Jewellery Quarter and City Hospital while requesting some design changes.
Consultation
Our response to road safety and accessibility proposals for Vauxhall and Duddeston
We welcome the changes to improve the area by removing shortcutting through-traffic from residential streets.
Campaign
10 asks to address the road safety emergency
Based on current fatality rates, 106 people will be killed in crashes on Birmingham's roads during the 2026 to 2030 council term. We are partnering as an unprecedented coalition of 16 national and local organisations to ask the politicians of tomorrow: Will you make Birmingham’s roads safer?
Consultation
Our response to proposals for bus priority in the city centre
We have submitted this response to a Transport for West Midlands consultation that closes on Sunday 2 November. You can submit a reply to the consultation and point to our response. We are in favour of improving the reliability of bus services as a means of enticing more people out
Consultation
Our response to proposals for new wayfinding totems
We have submitted this response to a Birmingham City Council consultation that closes on Friday 28 November. You can submit a reply to the consultation and point to our response. We support the rollout of more wayfinding totems to improve the walkability of the city centre. We believe the underpinning
Consultation
Our response to early plans for Hagley Road
We welcome that Transport for West Midlands is looking to address the Hagley Road corridor. The corridor is currently hostile to walking, wheeling and cycling, and buses often suffer from congestion caused by a lack of priority. Rebalancing our city’s main corridors through road space allocation is important for
Consultation
Consultation on Cross City Bus: Longbridge - Hamstead
We are in favour of improving the reliability of bus services as a means of enticing more people out of their cars and onto buses. We would also love to see more holistic schemes developed. We believe that the quickest and cheapest way to improve the reliability of the bus
Consultation
Our response to the Bradford Street cycle lane consultation
General points Better Streets will always approve of improvements to the city’s cycle network. We believe a high-quality cycle network is the quickest and cheapest way to significantly improve so many aspects of the city. London and Paris have shown how quickly you can change a city for
Campaign
Public demo - One year of Birmingham's Road Safety Emergency
On Friday 1st August 2025, Better Streets for Birmingham is marking the first anniversary of of the council declaring a city wide Road Safety Emergency with a demonstration infront of the council office. Friday 1st August 2025 - Victoria Square, central Birmingham 5pm - Gather in Victoria Square 5.30pm - Speech - Martin
Elections
Our approach to the 2026 local elections
As an organisation, Better Streets for Birmingham CIC does not endorse candidates or parties standing for election. We cannot do this because of our CIC status. We are able to engage with candidates to help with pathfinding for casework. Send us an email about the casework. You can also sign