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Introducing our podcast: first three episodes out now!

We’re really pleased to shared our new podcast where we’ll be talking to residents, activists and experts about experiencing Britain’s motor city outside a car.

We're really pleased to shared our new podcast where we'll be talking to residents, activists and experts about experiencing Britain’s motor city from outside a car. Listen to the trailer episode for a better overview of the podcast.

We have initially released three episodes:

Pavement parking - A daily danger
How Birmingham's Transport Past Shapes Its Future
Transforming Birmingham's Roads: The Vision Zero Approach

We'll be releasing a new episode every fortnight.

Listen to the podcast

Also available on:
– Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/better-streets-for-birmingham/id1867451510
– Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7n2f4hPjhDaPkRxYFm8vvu
– YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@BetterStreetsforBirmingham

Giving feedback

If you're a supporter, you can find a feedback group chat in our WhatsApp Community. You can join the WhatsApp Community from an email sent when you signed up as a supporter.

Welcome to our new website!

We've now moved our data and website content to our new Ghost platform. When you go to https://www.betterstreetsforbirmingham.org you will now see a way to log in. Use the email address you're reading this on. You do not have a password, you will

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