Better Streets for Birmingham

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Sarah’s video and this piece really say it how it is. Some of the driving & parking in our area is appalling and has become normalised. Our representatives must take action - children deserve to be protected. #SafeStreetsNow!
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We've joined with 15 local and national organisations, setting out 10 practical steps to address the city's road safety emergency and prevent needless deaths on our city's roads.

Will you join us by co-signing the asks in 2 minutes?: betterstreetsforbirmingham....

Flyer with text: Birmingham CIRCLE THE CITY Group Ride First Friday of every month. 6pm Start. Meet at Hippodrome Square, Hurst Street All ages and all abilities are welcome. The more the merrier! Meet people, learn new cycle routes and enjoy the fun and freedom of cycling safely in the city.

🚲 Come join our monthly cycle around Birmingham City Centre. Open to all ages and abilities. Every first Friday of the month, 6pm start from (currently) Hippodrome Square on Hurst Street. We look forward to welcoming you! 🙂

Support us – Better Streets for Birmingham Our mission Better Streets for Birmingham wants safer streets and more transport choice for everyday trips. To do this, we need to make changes to our streets, improve enforcement, and reconsider how we move around Birmingham. We help residents to unde...

Do you find that getting around your patch of Brum is too difficult and unsafe? ⁠We want a Birmingham where walking, cycling, wheeling and public transport are the first choices for getting around. Get behind the movement for better streets today.

Will you make Birmingham's roads safer? Better Streets joins with 15 organisations to make ten asks of tomorrow's politicians to address road safety.

106 people will be killed on Birmingham's roads next council term.

Along with 15 organisations, we're calling for Birmingham's future leaders to adopt 10 practical steps to prevent these deaths and many more serious injuries.

Who will make Birmingham's roads safer?

A shovel at this point 😅

A guide to requesting and reporting transport things How to request and report things on roads, buses, trams, trains and ticketing in Birmingham, whether you're a resident or political candidate.

Standing for election this May? Here's our guide to getting transport improvements requested and fixing broken stuff. Check out the guide on our website.

A street closed to through-traffic. A bright blue two-way cycle lane runs through it. There is a planting as part of a drainage system. There are cycle racks full of bikes. There is some chalk writing on the pavement from where children have been playing. Two pedestrians walk into the distance away from the camera.

🗓️ 🗪 Did you know we have a public meeting called #6to8? It takes place on the first Monday of every month, between 6pm and 8pm at The Warehouse on Allison Street in Digbeth. There's an open agenda. See you there?

Watch 👀 as drivers mount the pavement where a young mother pushes a baby, 20 metres from a primary school. This is normal in Birmingham. It’s the kind of behaviour which led to plans for an LTN in this area, which have now been abandoned by the Council after 6 years of development.

Birmingham campaigners 'disappointed' over LTN scheme setback Birmingham Council said phase two proposals needed to be “revised” and “further work” was needed

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And with reports of an increase in the percentage of pedestrian deaths, the sooner these street redesigns are achieved, the better.

It is important that we all remember the crux of a low-traffic scheme is to make residential streets safer for everyone by re-routing shortcutting through traffic to main roads designed for it.

We await the publishing of cabinet papers to understand the detail of the changes, noting that there appears to be the intention to progress with a scheme. This is positive news following the cabinet member’s decision after last year’s traffic regulation order consultation.

Kings Heath Low Traffic Neighbourhood phase two to be scrapped A Birmingham council report says part two of the Kings Heath plan can't go ahead in its current form.

The Kings Heath and Moseley scheme has always been ambitious and we continue to be disappointed that it has taken six years to get to this point.

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West Midlands annual pedestrian deaths 'nearly double in four years' Figures show 48% of road deaths across the West Midlands last year were that of pedestrians.

The response must be a safe system approach, not guardrail. We emphasise subsequent lines in the report: "We are also assessing common contributory factors in pedestrian KSls to establish appropriate interventions", "excessive or inappropriate speed remains the most prevalent contributory factor".

American cars set for huge UK rollout including 'favourites' GMC, Chevrolet and Cadillac Three of the most popular vehicles in the United States are now available in the UK

This is awful news for anyone not in one of these hideous machines.

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Demand better transport in new development! Launched with a pledge to “go further than ever before” to meet housing targets, the Government is consulting on the biggest shake-up of planning rules since 2012. A few welcome words on transport, li...

Want housing estates where you can't walk to the local shops?

Take action today and demand better transport in new development!
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We've joined with 15 local and national organisations, setting out 10 practical steps to address the city's road safety emergency and prevent needless deaths on our city's roads.

Will you join us by co-signing the asks in 2 minutes?: betterstreetsforbirmingham....

Birmingham's top bus lanes where drivers were fined this year City centre bus lanes continue to catch out drivers in huge numbers

Bus lane fines are easy to avoid and are reinvested back into transport. It's currently paying towards recent Iron Lane junction improvements, decluttering of Broad Street, Dudley Road improvements, further bus lane enforcement cameras and the upcoming A38 cycleway extension.

Our response to plans for the Knowledge Quarter Better Streets for Birmingham agrees with much of the plans however has serious concerns about Cardigan Street, Woodcock Street and integration to wider routes.

We've published our response to proposals for the Knowledge Quarter. We welcome the intent but cannot support some of the interventions, particularly on Cardigan St. We also want to see it better connect to the wider network. If you agree, please write in to endorse our response by midnight tonight.

🚨 Better Streets Call to Action! ⏰

Our ask:
1️⃣ Take a look through the list of scenarios we need to film
2️⃣ Take a portrait/upright* camera footage for around 10 seconds
3️⃣ Submit to our form by 28th February 2026

🔗 List of scenarios and submission forms: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1...

Transport in Birmingham: What's going on in 2026? Better Streets for Birmingham's Chair, Martin Price, reflects on transport achievements in 2025 and looks forward to projects being delivered in 2026.

What was delivered in 2025 and what's in store for 2026? Our Chair, @mrmjprice.bsky.social, takes a moment to summarise what's going on with Birmingham's transport plans.

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🚨 Better Streets Call to Action! ⏰

Our ask:
1️⃣ Take a look through the list of scenarios we need to film
2️⃣ Take a portrait/upright* camera footage for around 10 seconds
3️⃣ Submit to our form by 28th February 2026

🔗 List of scenarios and submission forms: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1...

Will you make Birmingham's roads safer? Better Streets joins with 15 organisations to make ten asks of tomorrow's politicians to address road safety.

106 people will be killed on Birmingham's roads next council term.

Along with 15 organisations, we're calling for Birmingham's future leaders to adopt 10 practical steps to prevent these deaths and many more serious injuries.

Who will make Birmingham's roads safer?

www.pushbikes.org.uk/blog/consult... Please look at this consultation response from #PushBikes #Birmingham if you agree and live in the city let Council know by 1st March. It’s not a bad scheme but parts are dangerous and below LTN1/20 standards. Yes introduced nationally 6 years ago

🚨 Better Streets Call to Action! ⏰

Our ask:
1️⃣ Take a look through the list of scenarios we need to film
2️⃣ Take a portrait/upright* camera footage for around 10 seconds
3️⃣ Submit to our form by 28th February 2026

🔗 List of scenarios and submission forms: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1...

Donate to Better Streets for Birmingham Help us to cover our group's operating costs like membership management, insurance, printing and event materials.d

Did you know that Better Streets for Birmingham CIC is grassroots funded and run by volunteers?

Help to cover our organisation's costs by donating today: actionnetwork.org/fundraisi...

🚨 Better Streets Call to Action! ⏰

Our ask:
1️⃣ Take a look through the list of scenarios we need to film
2️⃣ Take a portrait/upright* camera footage for around 10 seconds
3️⃣ Submit to our form by 28th February 2026

🔗 List of scenarios and submission forms: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1...