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.
cycling infrastructure
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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.
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
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Our statement on the mayor's new commissioners
Cath Palgrave and Martin Price, Co-chairs of Streets for Birmingham said: “We congratulate both commissioners on their appointment. “The task they face together is huge: a stagnating number of collisions wrecking all too many lives while meaningful action continues to be lacklustre. “Today marks day 180 of Birmingham’s
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Our priorities for our new commissioners
It’s a new year: new commissioners and new task forces full of experts are on the horizon. We’re almost there, eight months after the Mayor committed to replacing ex-commissioner Adam Tranter. While we’ve been awaiting new commissioners, Birmingham has declared a road safety emergency (in its
Consultation
Our consultation response for the city centre cycling PSPO
This is our response to a consultation to introduce a public space protection order on cycling in parts of the city centre. If you support our comments, please . The consultation closes on 31 January 2025. Better Streets for Birmingham is a group that advocates infrastructural changes in our city to
Consultation
Our response to Moor Street Gateway proposals
This is our response to . If you agree with our response, you can reply to say you agree with Better Streets for Birmingham's response. The Moor Street Gateway proposals are the first step to creating a connected through-route between the A38 and A34 cycleways. In future, this
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Our statement on the proposed ban on city centre cycling
Last week, the Cabinet Member for Social Justice made a decision to consult on a proposed ban of cycling in pedestrian zones in Birmingham City Centre. This would be through a Public Space Protection Order (PSPO) which can ban anti-social behaviour and is different from a Traffic Regulation Order
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Our consultation response to City Centre movement measures
We broadly welcome the Birmingham City Centre Movement and Access Strategy proposals and support Pushbikes’ consultation response. Previously, we published an opinion piece with bold options to make the city centre more people-centred. We would like to see increased pedestrianisation and a robust challenge on whether vehicles need access
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Our response to local leaders' statements on road safety
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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Open letter: Our streets are in a state of emergency and we need sustained action now
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