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.
LTNs
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
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
General
Summer Stomp 2024
Low Traffic Neighbourhoods are sections of streets where through traffic to a residential area is drastically reduced through permanent infrastructure, such as bollards, planters, and signage. York Road has had its LTN since 2020 and, although receiving some criticism in its initial development, has ultimately changed a car-stricken danger
Campaign
Northbrook Street - A Car-free space we should all be proud of.
Until 2020, Northbrook Street in Ladywood was like any other street in Birmingham: a danger zone of excessive speeds and congestion, as drivers used it to "rat-run" to other sections of the city. It was, just like many of our streets, a danger to pedestrians and residents
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 Bournville responds to Places for People Consultation
Community group responds to the Bournville and Cotteridge Places for People Consultation. If you agree with it and want to support it, include a link to this page in your before 2 July 2023. Summary * The scheme is not a Low Traffic Neighbourhood (LTN), which was promised. A coherent area
Consultation
Our response to the Bournville and Cotteridge Places for People consultation
Our consultation response to the Bournville and Totteridge Places for People Scheme. We support the aims of the scheme to make residential areas safer for pedestrians and cyclists while making them more pleasant to live in. We explain our concerns about the scheme's implementation.
LTNs
Opinion: Alternative designs for Kings Heath & Moseley LTN Phase 2
BS4B member, Paul Manzotti, shares his alternative design for Phase 2 of the Kings Heath & Moseley LTN. Having detailed the problems with the design of Phase 2 in my previous article, I offer a better design. Design principles I will first detail the principles that have driven my thinking.
LTNs
Opinion: Appraising the design for Kings Heath & Moseley LTN Phase 2
BS4B member, Paul Manzotti, shares his take on the proposed design for Phase 2 of the Kings Heath & Moseley LTN. How we got here The original Kings Heath & Moseley LTN proposal consisted of four cells. Two on either side of the High Street, with aspirations of one below
LTNs
Opinion: 6 ways to improve the Kings Heath LTN
Following on from his opinion on the Kings Heath LTN, Better Streets for Birmingham member Paul Manzotti suggests ways to maximise success. Intra-city active travel connectivity LTNs are part of the cycling infrastructure network. They provide safe cycling environments in residential areas that do not have the space for
LTNs
Opinion: Where we’re at with Kings Heath LTN
One BS4B member, Paul Manzotti, shares his take on the initial roll out of modal filters in Kings Heath, and a vision for where we need to go next as a city to build on their success… Disclaimer I live on a road inside one of the LTN cells. However,