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.
Birmingham City Council
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.
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
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
Consultation
Our response to the A38 cycle lane extension
We enthusiastically welcome the plans while identifying specific design issues.
Campaign
Help mark the first anniversary of the road safety emergency
It's approaching the first anniversary of Birmingham's declared road safety emergency and we are planning to mark this on Friday 1 August 2025. We are looking for people to share their stories of road danger. We are also looking for volunteers to help mark the anniversary
Consultation
Our response to the A45 Cycle Lane Phase 2 consultation
We welcome the scheme but have suggested several ways it can be improved for usability.
General
Second multi-year closure of Kent Street cycle track
A letter sent to Birmingham City Council about a second multi-year closure of the Kent Street cycle track for construction works.
General
Urgent call to pause and redesign speed cushion local schemes
Our letter to the Council asking for several schemes to be paused and redesigned as they do not effectively reduce speeding.
Consultation
Our response to proposals for Steelhouse Square
This is our group response to the proposals to remove traffic from part of Steelhouse Lane to create a square. The consultation closes on Friday 16 May 2025. If you would like to support our response, you can respond to the consultation with a link to this page. We welcome
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