road safety emergency
Campaign win: Healthy Streets funding increase!
Cabinet agrees to increase ward-level street change funding to £50k per year per councillor, a key step to address the road safety emergency
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Marking two years of the road safety emergency
More than 50 residents, politicians and officers turned out yesterday afternoon in Victoria Square for a moving event to mark the second anniversary of Birmingham's road safety emergency. The event happened within the context of a grim string of fatal collisions. The latest being a 68-year-old
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Statement: 20's plenty for Birmingham
20mph means calmer, safer and easier to cross residential streets where fewer crashes happen. Crashes that do happen are less severe. This couldn’t be more important in a city where someone dies in a crash every fortnight on average while someone is seriously injured every single day. The first
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Our message to the new cabinet team for transport
An email that sets out the importance of the road safety emergency, delivery of the Birmingham Transport Plan and our priorities for transport in the city.
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Ep. 10 - City of Cars - Birmingham's road trauma on film
Host Kevin Carmody interviews documentary maker Sarah Chaundler. She spent 18 months following Better Streets for Birmingham and captured the lives of many people who were impacted by loss on our roads. This at times hearbreaking interview gives an upclose view of the tragedy that is happening in Bi
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Help mark the first anniversary of the road safety emergency
It's approaching the first anniversary of Birmingham's declared road safety emergency and we are planning to mark this on Friday 1 August 2025. We are looking for people to share their stories of road danger. We are also looking for volunteers to help mark the anniversary