Better Streets for Birmingham
We campaign for changes to our travel and planning infrastructure to improve the sustainability, efficiency and safety of our streets.
By connecting Birmingham to reduce car dependency, we will make it a more pleasant place to work, live and play.
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Open Letter about the A47 pop-up cycle lane removal
Last week, we recently attended a very enjoyable LCWIP workshop to help shape our city’s future cycling network. It was…
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Open letter about the Footway Crossings Policy
Dear Cllr Chaman Lal; Cllrs Barker, Brooks, Green, Huxtable and Perks; and relevant council officer Footway Crossings Policy This open letter is…
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Open letter in support of Kings Heath and Moseley Places for People and the Birmingham Transport Plan. Regarding Cabinet meeting on 17 January 2023
Dear Cabinet members, We are writing to urge you to back the bold transformative plans for Places for People in…
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Celebrations and thanks!
Better Streets for Birmingham is one year old! (ish) In 2021 a group of people were lucky to meet one…
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Our response to the moving traffic enforcement consultation
The proposals are for Birmingham City Council to enforce various traffic offences through automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) cameras. Once…
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Harborne and Quinton pedestrian wait and crossing times
Tired of waiting forever, then rushing to get across? Join our campaign to update pedestrian wait and crossing times across…
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Our response to the A435 Alcester Road South Bus Priority Scheme
Better Streets for Birmingham is a volunteer community group that campaigns for changes to our travel and planning infrastructure to improve…
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Our response to the Moseley local centre consultation
This is our response to the Moseley local centre public consultation that closes on 30 September 2022. If you agree…
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Our response to the Russell Road traffic calming proposal
Russell Road is a dangerous road despite having a 20mph speed limit. It is choked with traffic during rush hour…
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Our email to councillors for July 2022’s Transport Delivery Committee
We sent this email to Birmingham councillors who sit on the West Midlands Transport Delivery Committee (TDC). This is a…
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Our response to the Selly Oak A38 cycleway extension proposal
As we say in our bio, Better Streets for Birmingham aims to tackle our city’s car dependency problem. The biggest…
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Thoughts on the Priory and Edgbaston Road cycleway
On the recent 4-day Bank Holiday weekend, I planned to put together a long twitter thread on what problems I…