Consultation
Our response to bus franchising proposals
We fully support plans to franchise bus services in the West Midlands along with new bus priority measures to make buses more reliable.
Richard parker
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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
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Downgraded volunteer commissioners ‘do not reflect the scale and urgency of the challenge’
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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Dear Mayor: Retain the cycling and walking commissioner role
30 organisations and figures urge Mayor of the West Midlands Richard Parker to keep the Cycling and Walking Commissioner role.
Elections
Where do the mayoral hopefuls stand on transport and road safety?
With less than a week to go until the West Midlands Mayor election on Thursday 2 May, we've been paying close attention to the mayoral candidates and their stances on active travel, public transport and road safety. We've also had the chance to unpick some of
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Responses to our open letter against road deaths
On Friday 26 January 2024, we sent an open letter to city and regional leaders, setting out several challenges for authorities to go faster and reduce the opportunity for further deaths on our roads. We have now received replies from all recipients, which are published on this page. Response from