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Co-chairs Paul Manzotti and Florence Cadge have revealed Better Streets for Birmingham’s aims for 2026-27 at the group's annual supporters meeting, held on 19th May 2026. Aim 1: Provide resources for local communities to drive change for their streets We will achieve this with: · Guides
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Advice for the public and political candidates for how to achieve things with the roads and transport.
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We look ahead to 2032 following the publication of two key reports outlining transport capital funding from 2026 to 2032.
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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.
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As we head into 2026, our Chair looks back at Birmingham’s transport achievements in 2025 and what we can expect in a pivotal year for the city.
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A letter sent to Birmingham City Council about a second multi-year closure of the Kent Street cycle track for construction works.
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Our letter to the Council asking for several schemes to be paused and redesigned as they do not effectively reduce speeding.
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Co-chairs Cath Palgrave and Martin Price have revealed Better Streets for Birmingham's aims for 2025-26 at the group's annual general meeting, held last night on 31 March 2025. At the meeting, members also voted in favour of applying to change the group's
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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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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
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Critical commissioner roles for the West Midlands are to be filled by once-a-week volunteers reporting to a volunteer task force, in what appears to be a significant and disappointing downgrade to the previous Cycling and Walking Commissioner position. The active travel role has been reduced from three-days-
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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