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We welcome our city and regional authorities' renewed commitments to tackling the road safety emergency in response to our open letter. However, declaring that there is an emergency and therefore admitting we have a serious problem is the easy part. We’ve been here before. Last year, following another
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Following our open letter, we received a joint reply from the addressees and a separate reply from the Police and Crime Commissioner Joint reply from the Mayor, Police and Crime Commissioner and Council leaders240802_Better-Streets-for-Birmingham-Open-Letter-26th-July-2024-Response.pdf879 KBdownload-circleSeparate reply from the
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Low Traffic Neighbourhoods are sections of streets where through traffic to a residential area is drastically reduced through permanent infrastructure, such as bollards, planters, and signage. York Road has had its LTN since 2020 and, although receiving some criticism in its initial development, has ultimately changed a car-stricken danger
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Today, Birmingham City Council councillors will discuss the report of a scrutiny inquiry that looked at active travel delivery in Birmingham. We welcome the publishing of this report and back many of its broad, far-reaching recommendations. Though the fact that the inquiry took over a year to conclude shows
Campaign
Until 2020, Northbrook Street in Ladywood was like any other street in Birmingham: a danger zone of excessive speeds and congestion, as drivers used it to "rat-run" to other sections of the city. It was, just like many of our streets, a danger to pedestrians and residents
Newsletters
Action on Wake Green/Yardley Wood Road This particular location has been identified as a hotspot for dangerous driving by local residents. It was decided at committee that the next BSfB action would take place here as part of the national Safe Streets Now campaign. The action was attended by
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30 organisations and figures urge Mayor of the West Midlands Richard Parker to keep the Cycling and Walking Commissioner role.
Elections
With less than a week to go until the West Midlands Mayor election on Thursday 2 May, we've been paying close attention to the mayoral candidates and their stances on active travel, public transport and road safety. We've also had the chance to unpick some of
Consultation
Before we set out our response, which was automatically scheduled yesterday afternoon, we learned of yet another serious collision in one of our local centres. We do not yet know how many people were seriously injured or killed. This serves as a critical reminder that while we consider long-term
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On Friday 26 January 2024, we sent an open letter to city and regional leaders, setting out several challenges for authorities to go faster and reduce the opportunity for further deaths on our roads. We have now received replies from all recipients, which are published on this page. Response from
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All recipients have replied to our open letter - we have . Councillor John Cotton, Council Leader, Birmingham City Council Councillor Liz Clements, Cabinet Member for Transport, Birmingham City Council Andy Street, Mayor of the West Midlands and West Midlands Mayoral Candidate 2024 Richard Parker, West Midlands Mayoral Candidate 2024 Sent by
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On 19 December 2023, we held a webinar with Sergeant Jordan Keen, who leads the Allegations of Driving Standards team within the Traffic Investigation Unit at West Midlands Police. This is our write-up of the webinar, which has been edited to make it easier to read. About the Allegations