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.
Cycle Lane Proposal
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
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
Be Bold, Birmingham
Opinion - How University of Birmingham can lead the fight for change
These existential times we live in demand that our centres of intellectual excellence lead the fight for change. I hope I've provided a series of measures that the University could either put in place or lobby the Council for. Change is possible if the will is there. I call on the University to step
Consultation
Our response to the Russell Road traffic calming proposal
Russell Road is a dangerous road despite having a 20mph speed limit. It is choked with traffic during rush hour and suffers from horrendous speeding. Drivers adhering to the speed limit are regularly tailgated and overtaken. Cycling on it results in a litany of illegally close passes. There is a