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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
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We welcome our city and regional authorities' renewed commitments to tackling the road safety emergency in response to our open letter. However, declaring that there is an emergency and therefore admitting we have a serious problem is the easy part. We’ve been here before. Last year, following another
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Following our open letter, we received a joint reply from the addressees and a separate reply from the Police and Crime Commissioner Joint reply from the Mayor, Police and Crime Commissioner and Council leaders240802_Better-Streets-for-Birmingham-Open-Letter-26th-July-2024-Response.pdf879 KBdownload-circleSeparate reply from the
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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
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All recipients have replied to our open letter - we have . Councillor John Cotton, Council Leader, Birmingham City Council Councillor Liz Clements, Cabinet Member for Transport, Birmingham City Council Andy Street, Mayor of the West Midlands and West Midlands Mayoral Candidate 2024 Richard Parker, West Midlands Mayoral Candidate 2024 Sent by
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On 19 December 2023, we held a webinar with Sergeant Jordan Keen, who leads the Allegations of Driving Standards team within the Traffic Investigation Unit at West Midlands Police. This is our write-up of the webinar, which has been edited to make it easier to read. About the Allegations
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We are meeting with politicians and authorities over the coming weeks to make three asks. Two of West Midlands Police to change the culture of thoughtless driving and one of Birmingham City Council to provide safe alternatives.
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On Sunday 18 June 2023, West Midlands Police, Birmingham City Council and Transport for West Midlands published a . Better Streets for Birmingham welcomes the fact that our demonstration today on Sunday 18 June 2023 in Kings Heath, Birmingham has prompted West Midlands Police, Birmingham City Council and Transport for West