Elections
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Transport for West Midlands
podcast
Ep. 7 - The Future of Railways in Birmingham with Gareth Dennis
A conversation with Gareth Dennis of the Rail Natter podcast. We talk about capactiy, HS2, Midlands Hub and air quality in New Street.
General
Making sense of Birmingham's transport funding
We look ahead to 2032 following the publication of two key reports outlining transport capital funding from 2026 to 2032.
General
Transport in Birmingham - Looking ahead to 2026
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.
Consultation
Our response to proposals for bus priority in the city centre
We have submitted this response to a Transport for West Midlands consultation that closes on Sunday 2 November. You can submit a reply to the consultation and point to our response. We are in favour of improving the reliability of bus services as a means of enticing more people out
Consultation
Our response to early plans for Hagley Road
We welcome that Transport for West Midlands is looking to address the Hagley Road corridor. The corridor is currently hostile to walking, wheeling and cycling, and buses often suffer from congestion caused by a lack of priority. Rebalancing our city’s main corridors through road space allocation is important for
Campaign
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
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.
General
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 Kings Heath to Druids Heath bus priority
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. Whilst we are fully behind the sentiment behind the proposed design, we have reservations around specific aspects of its implementation, which we will explore
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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-