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We campaign for changes to our travel and planning infrastructure to improve the sustainability, efficiency and safety of our streets.

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@for_birmingham
Better Streets for Birmingham
9 days
Today, 30 organisations and public figures have written to @RichParkerLab @MayorWestMids , urging him to commit to keeping the Cycling and Walking Commissioner role.
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@for_birmingham
Better Streets for Birmingham
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Good morning from Institute Road, the Kings Heath M25.
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Across the UK, someone is killed or injured on our roads every 16 minutes. Join the national day of action on Saturday 30 September 2023. Find out more:
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@for_birmingham
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@cllralexyip Cllr Yip, there aren't any LTNs in this patch of Kings Heath yet.
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Better Streets for Birmingham
8 months
@WhitbyHarvey Hi Harvey, an LTN isn’t implemented here yet. This is just traffic.
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@for_birmingham
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8 months
. @MailOnline Please can you report on the number of deaths and serious injuries on Birmingham’s roads this year? Then you might be able to see why these necessary pieces of infrastructure have been installed over the years?
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@for_birmingham
Better Streets for Birmingham
11 months
We welcome this joint statement. However, the Police’s statement does not go far enough as it offers no action for change. Eight people’s lives have been seriously changed or ended in just four weeks. Read our statement:
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@WMPolice
West Midlands Police
11 months
Working together to make our roads safer is a priority for us and our partners. We’ve come together to issue a joint statement around the work we are already involved in across the region’s road and transport networks.
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@for_birmingham
Better Streets for Birmingham
8 months
@WhitbyHarvey The LTNs are primarily on the opposite side of the high street, the nearest filters on this side of the high street don’t divert through traffic down Institute Road. But thanks for chipping in. 🙂
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Better Streets for Birmingham
5 months
It's important that this is investigated and not written off as an accident. A mother and child were extremely lucky to escape this entirely preventable incident uninjured.
@adamtranter
Adam Tranter
5 months
It is a miracle that the mother and her child escaped serious injury in this incident in Solihull. I am concerned that the driver has not been arrested and have asked the Police for more information. If we are to reduce danger on our roads we need to learn from every collision.
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8 months
ℹ️ This patch of the East side of the high street doesn’t (yet) have an LTN. This is just too many cars.
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@for_birmingham
Better Streets for Birmingham
9 months
How on earth has it taken almost two months to get to issuing an appeal?
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Better Streets for Birmingham
1 year
Exciting report on @BrumLeader 's ambitious plans for Birmingham... ..."making us as green as Vienna, and to double active travel routes to some 200km which will put us at the same level for cycle friendliness as Copenhagen." 💚🚲💚
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@for_birmingham
Better Streets for Birmingham
4 months
Thank you to everyone who showed up for our demonstration today, demanding no more deaths or serious injuries on #Birmingham ’s roads. We urgently need strategy to turn into infrastructure.
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@for_birmingham
Better Streets for Birmingham
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Kudos to @WMPolice for taking this dangerous driver off the road. But what sort of a justice system was ever going to let a man who killed someone at 101mph in a residential area back behind the wheel, and why has he still not lost his license for good?!
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@for_birmingham
Better Streets for Birmingham
10 months
Every 94 seconds we found a motorist using their phone behind the wheel, just metres from where 12-year-old Azaan Khan was killed while crossing the A45. Join us at 12pm this Sunday on the corner of Deakins Road - Coventry Road to show enough is enough.
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@for_birmingham
Better Streets for Birmingham
11 months
Another joyful Kings Heath critical mass bike ride. Thank you all who came along, and thank you for all who couldn't, but support our call for safer roads and sustainable modes of travel. 💚🚲💚
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@for_birmingham
Better Streets for Birmingham
11 months
Saturday 17 June 4pm; come along to York Rd Kings Heath: the active travel critical mass; with Growing up Green 💚 A lovely family-friendly event. We recognise it has been a tragic few weeks on our roads. Cycling is still a wonderful way to travel around our great city.
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@for_birmingham
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9 months
This is what pavement parking does. People who really need pavements cannot use them. Yet the government has buried @transportgovuk ’s response to the pavement parking consultation.
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Doug Paulley
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Sue me. Outside Selly Oak Station yesterday.
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10 months
Today, 120 members of the Hay Mills community and friends gathered to remember Azaan Khan and say #EnoughIsEnough .
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@for_birmingham
Better Streets for Birmingham
11 months
Today we have sent an open letter to @CllrJohnCotton , @Cadman1Deborah and members of the @BhamCityCouncil Management team to challenge them to bring all funded schemes forward to 2025, not 2027. Read the full letter on our website:
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@for_birmingham
Better Streets for Birmingham
1 year
@LisaTrickett41 @garethjhooper @David4BKH @MoseleyHeathWMP Totally agree. “We speak of vulnerable road users, but they’ve only been vulnerable since the advent of fast traffic with big, heavy vehicles. Why don’t we call those fast, heavy vehicles dangerous road users?”
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@for_birmingham
Better Streets for Birmingham
11 months
The demonstration today was in response to very recent tragic and wholly preventable incidents. There were strong emotions, as there should be. The vast majority of people; attendees, passers by, and drivers, are united in our call for safer streets. Road danger affects us all
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11 months
Our thoughts are with everyone affected by yet another horiffic incident of violence on Birmingham's roads. The danger posed by motor vehicles and the design of our roads can and must be removed. #VisionZero
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@for_birmingham
Better Streets for Birmingham
1 year
This is an old #LTN around Speedwell Rd in Balsall Heath. The filter has been recently replaced, however the design now blocks cycling. Any idea who designed and signed this off @LizClements ? It's contrary to #BrumTransportPlan to spend money on new barriers to cycling.
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“In addition to the 50 people who attended, it was fantastic to see drivers and passers by show their support for this important vigil.
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@adamtranter @andy4wm Thanks for all your work, Adam. You’ve achieved a lot during your time as commissioner. We’ll be writing to Parker on Tuesday to set out the case for the role and seeking a commitment to retain it. Community groups can co-sign the letter and should get in touch by DM or email.
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Our group is growing in membership and scope. Our original focus on LTNs in Kings Heath has widened to campaign for better active travel and public transport across the city; we hope this is captured by our new mission statement and vision. Looking forward to 2022!
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@for_birmingham
Better Streets for Birmingham
10 months
It was great to meet @BrumLeader @LizClements and senior officers yesterday. We’re delighted that the Council will reduce the speed limit across the city by the end of the year, as well as make progress on tripling the number of average speed cameras in the city.
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11 months
RIP to the person just trying to go about their life. Killed by a coward, thoughtlessly driving and running away. This is not normal. Turn the tide now.
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Better Streets for Birmingham
3 months
This incident has left us speechless. We won’t retweet the video. Our thoughts are with the many families and community that this utterly reckless driver has so carelessly ripped apart.
@BrumPolice
Birmingham Police
3 months
#ALERT | We're currently dealing with a traffic incident on Soho Road and the road is blocked near its junction with Holliday Road. Please find alternative routes as the road is expected to remain closed for some time.
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Better Streets for Birmingham
11 months
A huge relief that the injuries sustained by a four year old in another traffic incident are not thought to be life threatening or changing. We should not have to feel relief, these incidents should not be happening in the first place.
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@for_birmingham
Better Streets for Birmingham
3 months
Regrettably, the MP for Birmingham Northfield has printed a circular with false information about the upcoming @A38Cycleway extension, which is funded entirely by government grants that cannot be used for other projects or propping up its services.
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"We've had decades of car dominance in this city and its lead to a widespread attitude that these sorts of incidents are essentially a normal part of urban life"..."That's not the case"..."we have the ability to change and improve things on our streets"
@bbcmtd
BBC News Midlands
11 months
Campaigners @for_birmingham want a “state of emergency” declared on Birmingham’s roads because of an “epidemic of dangerous driving.” Mat MacDonald spoke to #PoliticsMidlands after four deaths on the city’s roads in a month. #PoliticsMidlands
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@for_birmingham
Better Streets for Birmingham
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We're delighted to finally publish the results of our massive study showing the extent of red light jumping by drivers across Birmingham. The numbers have been vividly brought to life by @ChrisWoodsSays in this incredible interactive
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@for_birmingham
Better Streets for Birmingham
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Very grateful to be invited to help these parents campaign for safer roads. All areas and communities in Birmingham are suffering the negative effects of decades of car-first policies. We are pleased messaging is changing, it must be matched with immediate tangible improvements
@ChaundlerSarah
Sarah Chaundler
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"If nothing happens I'm scared we'll lose another child" These parents have to cross 7 lanes of traffic on the A45, Birmingham, clutching their children tightly, just to get to school They're demanding change after a schoolboy was killed on this road on 8 June @for_birmingham
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Better Streets for Birmingham
2 months
If you had a license for a shotgun which you used to maim someone YOU WOULD NEVER GET IT BACK! This man will drive again in < 5 years. Where's the justice for his victim, and all who will have to share the roads with him? #SafeStreetsNow #PeaceSpaceJustice
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Better Streets for Birmingham
6 months
Great morning chatting to people at Brum’s German Market about problems in the city and beyond with speeding and how this impacts us all as pedestrians. Thanks to @Brakecharity for organising #RoadSafetyWeek to help start these important conversations ❤️
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@for_birmingham
Better Streets for Birmingham
25 days
It was brilliant to see so many join today’s #SafeStreetsNow action. Our movement grows stronger every time we stand together to challenge the unacceptable status quo in our city. Together we will make our streets the safe, vibrant & joyous places that we all deserve ❤️👏✊
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@for_birmingham
Better Streets for Birmingham
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Please read our open letter calling for action from the Government on #SafeStreetsNow And join us today at 2.30 to demand streets where we can all get around safely. #SafeStreetsNow #PeaceSpaceJustice
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7 months
Today, we have submitted our response to @bhamconnected 's proposals to reduce 25 outlier road speed limits to a consistent 30mph. This low-cost intervention, paid for with ringfenced money, will reduce speeds on our city's roads and save lives.
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Better Streets for Birmingham
10 months
This u-turn at the junction where Azaan Khan was killed is banned. For good reason.
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@for_birmingham
Better Streets for Birmingham
11 months
No more deaths. Join us at 5pm this Saturday at the junction of Belgrave Middleway and Horton Square as we remember the three people killed on our roads, including a 4-year-old child. #RoadViolence @LizClements @adamtranter @JaneRockHouse @pennycenturyy
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We have written to @BrumLeader , @LizClements , @andy4wm and @RichParkerLab to demand no more deaths on #Birmingham 's roads. We have issued a series of challenges to prevent these avoidable tragedies. Read the letter in text format on our website:
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@for_birmingham
Better Streets for Birmingham
9 months
We share our streets with people that see them as nothing more than racetracks. This TikTok account (ForzaBirmingham) has a bank of evidence and they’re not even hiding their reg plates. How long until they brutally kill a child? @Trafficwmp @WMPolice @birmingham_live
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@for_birmingham
Better Streets for Birmingham
8 months
Please help us get #SafeStreetsNow trending by sharing this film far and wide at 6-7pm this evening. Tag as many politicians, campaigners, influencers and decision makers as you can and use the hashtag #SafeStreetsNow
@for_birmingham
Better Streets for Birmingham
8 months
Across the UK, someone is killed or injured on our roads every 16 minutes. Join the national day of action on Saturday 30 September 2023. Find out more:
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Better Streets for Birmingham
8 months
Today, we had an FOI rejected from West Midlands Police. The FOI was to understand just how many ANPR activations happen in Birmingham. This is where an ANPR camera picks up a vehicle that has no MOT, no insurance, no VED, is stolen, or the registration plate is of interest.
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@for_birmingham
Better Streets for Birmingham
3 months
No red light cameras are switched on in the West Midlands. The impact of this is visible as our citizen science project found that someone jumps a red light every three cycles.
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Thank you to @BrumPolice and @Trafficwmp officers for running today’s operations. These operations must be ongoing and highly visible, as part of our first ask of West Midlands Police. The tide is turning. Thoughtless driving is unacceptable.
@BrumPolice
Birmingham Police
11 months
🚗 We’re taking action to make our roads safer! Today, our officers from @Trafficwmp teamed up with partners for a multi-agency road safety operation in #Birmingham . We stopped vehicles for excessive tinted windows, dangerous defects and various driving standards issues.
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@for_birmingham
Better Streets for Birmingham
10 months
It’s not anti-car to say every brummie should be able to get home safely.
@graeme_brown
Graeme Brown
10 months
We can't need 2 tons of metal around us to have to feel safe on our roads - some thoughts
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Better Streets for Birmingham
3 months
As we approach a grim council budget, with an expectation that we'll lose access to some vital services, there's been some discussion about how the council can go ahead with transport schemes while possibly cutting other things. Let's sense check where that money comes from. 🧵👇🏼
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@for_birmingham
Better Streets for Birmingham
3 years
This 10yr old had just used these local safer streets to learn how cycle whilst indicating. She's building confidence cycling with slow motor traffic, beginning to achieve independence to travel around the city without needing to be driven. A small part of a better future. 🛹🛴🚲
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Chris Kenyon
3 years
A reminder that creating space for humans on streets is always the right decision. Skates & spirit levels.
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Better Streets for Birmingham
4 months
Two pedestrians have been killed on our streets in the last month. These tragedies can and should be prevented. Join us at MIDDAY (12pm) on Saturday 27th January to demand no more deaths on our roads and put a full stop to this senseless loss of life.
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Better Streets for Birmingham
11 months
It’s good to see the tide finally turn on the thoughtless driving culture that plagues our city. This now needs to be commonplace in every neighbourhood so that we can all make it home safely. Whether that’s walking, wheeling, taking public transport or driving.
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Adam Tranter
11 months
Thank you to @WMPolice for showing me their enforcement work today around Belgrave Middleway. It is quite astonishing to see first hand some of the vehicles and drivers we share the roads with. Robust enforcement and close partnership working is essential to reducing road harm.
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Better Streets for Birmingham
5 months
‘The tide is starting to turn’. We spoke to @birmingham_live about how things have changed since we focused our campaigning on road safety this year.
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Better Streets for Birmingham
11 months
Cannon Hill Park is a great public space, and part of @Sustrans national cycle network connecting south Brum to the city centre. We love sporting events. Edgbaston stadium is brilliant. We don't love the decision to give a public green space and cycle route to cars.
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Sarah Chaundler
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Time to come up with a better solution @BhamCityCouncil , @WarwickshireCCC Turning our city's green spaces into car parks for the convenience of cricket fans driving to matches isn't working. It's a densely populated area-what's the health impact on people living here?
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@for_birmingham
Better Streets for Birmingham
1 year
On 22nd December our amazing volunteers are helping people to #ShopLocal whilst reducing car traffic in Kings Heath this year by offering a free cargo bike delivery service for purchases too big to carry! We'll be on All Saints Square on 22nd December between 10 and 5 🎄🚲🎁
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Better Streets for Birmingham
1 year
Bollards appeared near Bournville Village Primary School! There has also been @BhamCityCouncil civil enforcement officers every day for 2 weeks now. It's a shame our pavements and pedestrians need protection from people driving cars; but great to see this action. @LizClements
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@for_birmingham
Better Streets for Birmingham
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Today people across Bham stood in solidarity with yet another community devastated by a brutal collision. We refuse to accept that this should be a normal part of life in our city. Thanks to @shuranjeetsingh @SohoRoadBID for a powerful collaboration.
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@for_birmingham
Better Streets for Birmingham
4 years
Bollards installed for LTN4. There's no cut through between A4040 Howard Rd and B4122 Vicarage Rd. Signage is up and there's been welcome tweaks at junction of All Saints and Abbots🚶🏾‍♀️🤸🚴🏿‍♀️👍 @LisaTrickett41 @CllrMikeLeddy @BournvilleOur @ForMoseley @KingsHeathCAN @joe4greentravel
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Better Streets for Birmingham
2 years
Kings Heath to Ladypool Rd bike lane...a 🧵 Ladypool Rd bike lane had been plagued by illegal parking; so having heard it'd been recently protected, took a quick ride down LTNs filtered roads to check it out. Start on All Saints Rd nr A4040, once a rat run, now a safe LTN route
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Better Streets for Birmingham
11 months
This article is devastating to read. Our loved ones are being killed on dangerous roads. The A45 near @redhillprimary1 is 7 lanes wide. 8 including car parking. Irrespective individual incidents, this is dangerous by design.
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Better Streets for Birmingham
8 months
The influence of @SohoRoadWMP is spreading 👀
@LadywoodWMP
Ladywood Police
8 months
#Traffic | Officers have heard what the community have said and have targeted vehicles causing obstructions and un-taxed vehicles. 🚔 We were out with ticket officers and a total of 23 tickets have been issued along with 6 cars seized for no tax. ‼️ #yousaiditwedidit
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Better Streets for Birmingham
3 months
Pavement parking is a huge issue in our region and nationally. We're pleased to see campaigning from across the region on this issue. Pavements are for people.
@bbcmtd
BBC News Midlands
3 months
A Solihull man has launched a campaign to reclaim pavements for pedestrians.
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@for_birmingham
Better Streets for Birmingham
2 years
It’s been fantastic to see candidates in wards which have LTNs hold their seat and even increase their majority or vote share. We need more LTNs and better cycling infrastructure to link them up.
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@for_birmingham
Better Streets for Birmingham
4 years
Thanks @bhamconnected @joe4greentravel @TAWSociety @SustransWMids or whoever else it may have been who promptly installed the wands on All Saints Rd to protect pedestrians, many of whom are children, from dangerous driving. @LisaTrickett41 @CllrMikeLeddy
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@for_birmingham
Better Streets for Birmingham
1 year
"Does anything encapsulate the hold that the car has over our city more than the A38? From the gargantuan Gravelly Hill Interchange, 7 lanes of tarmac thunder towards the city centre"... Our new opinion piece. @manzanotti takes on the legacy of Manzoni!
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@for_birmingham
Better Streets for Birmingham
11 months
We welcome this announcement of a summit from @andy4wm ; with the Chief Constable of @WMPolice Chief Constable Guildford. The West Mids Walking and Cycling Commissioner @adamtranter always provides focused active travel and road safety perspective.
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@for_birmingham
Better Streets for Birmingham
4 years
Doing some planting with @moseleyinbloom on the School Rd planters this glorious morning. They are much more green fingered than me, but I'm taking notes! @ForMoseley @BournvilleOur @LisaTrickett41 @CllrMikeLeddy @joe4greentravel
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@for_birmingham
Better Streets for Birmingham
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. @dlknowles will be @MoseleyHive at 7pm this Monday 19 June to talk about his new book, Carmageddon: How cars make life worse and what to do about it. Please join us for what looks to be a great event. @MoseleyExchange @gardensinboots @adamtranter @LizClements @KirstendeVos
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We look forward to a day where parking is limited to those who most need it so that our green spaces do not become temporary car parks, and secure cycle parking is provided. The Commonwealth Games showed this to be possible with a bit of planning.
@Edgbaston
Edgbaston Stadium
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💬 “Cricket is one of the sports most at risk from climate change so it’s right we’re leading the charge to change attitudes.” Our 𝗚𝗼 𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗚𝗮𝗺𝗲 ♻️ is the first sustainable game of its kind in UK cricket. Operations Director Claire Daniel explains more ⬇️ #Edgbaston
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Better Streets for Birmingham
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Our thoughts go to everyone affected by the tragedies on our roads this year. People are fed up with this unacceptable norm and we will fight to make the devastation it causes a thing of the past. Let's turn the tide on car excess and dangerous driving in Brum together in 2024 ❤️
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Better Streets for Birmingham
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A fantastic and super productive public meeting this evening. We shared updates from the past month of campaigning and then self-organised into four working groups based on people’s interests. We look forward to seeing how the groups develop and open up to the membership.
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@for_birmingham
Better Streets for Birmingham
2 years
💚 Council Elections on 5th May💚 Help us tell the candidates that they can make our buses quicker, our pavements and junctions safer for pedestrians, and our bike lanes safe and direct enough for everyone of any age and ability to cycle around our city 💚👨🏽‍🦽🚶🏽‍♀️🚲
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Better Streets for Birmingham
8 months
Welcome to the party, @WashwoodWMP !
@WashwoodWMP
Washwood Heath Police
8 months
We get complaints from the local community about parking - we have enforced it this morning by issuing parking tickets for obstructing the highway. Sadly, a wheelchair user can't pass with these vehicles parked in such a way.
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10 months
In Birmingham, we’re struggling to get Active Travel Fund 2 schemes over the line. In Coventry, they’re a cabinet decision away from extending Binley Cycleway funded by Active Travel Fund 4.
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@for_birmingham
Better Streets for Birmingham
10 months
Thank you, Tahmeena, for inviting us into your community for today’s demonstration at the #A45 Coventry Road junction in Hay Mills where 12-year-old Azaan Khan was killed one month ago. ❤️
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@for_birmingham
Better Streets for Birmingham
9 months
So excited to be part of the #SafeStreetsNow coalition. Together with groups across the UK we'll be out Saturday 30 September to demand that people's safety takes priority on our roads. To organise in your area, visit #PeaceSpaceJustice
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@for_birmingham
Better Streets for Birmingham
11 months
Thanks to @dlknowles for speaking about the history and possible future of Birmingham’s addiction to cars. And for fielding over half an hour of questions! Thank you to everyone who came to listen and those who bought a book. 💖 Photo credit: @robkewley77 .
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@for_birmingham
Better Streets for Birmingham
11 months
This is TONIGHT at 7pm! 👇
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This horrific collision represents every parent’s very worst nightmare, and our hearts go out to everyone who has been affected.
@BrumPolice
Birmingham Police
1 month
#INVESTIGATION | We've arrested two men after a child tragically died following a collision in #Birmingham last night. We were called after a silver Corsa hit pedestrians in Upper Highgate Street at just after 9.45pm.
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@for_birmingham
Better Streets for Birmingham
11 months
An excellent statement from @Sustrans . "Let's be clear: these tragedies are preventable. Loss of life is not an acceptable trade-off for someone getting from A to B"..."everyone should have the freedom to make their daily journeys without fear, violence or intimidation."
@SustransWMids
Sustrans West Midlands
11 months
Today @Sustrans has released the following statement regarding the recent news of traffic collisions, deaths and injury on the streets of #Birmingham
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@for_birmingham
Better Streets for Birmingham
11 months
@bbcmtd "We've had decades of car dominance in this city and its lead to a widespread attitude that these sorts of incidents are essentially a normal part of urban life"..."That's not the case"..."we have the ability to change and improve things on our streets"
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@for_birmingham
Better Streets for Birmingham
8 months
This is deeply concerning. Our police force don’t even know the scale of the problem. And they can’t respond to every activation because there are so many. What “war on the motorist”?
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@for_birmingham
Better Streets for Birmingham
8 months
📣 Breaking news! There are now 9 #SafeStreetsNow actions confirmed to take place on 30th September at 11am - Norwich, Havering, Nottingham, Bedford, Cardiff, Oxford, Bristol, London and Birmingham. Click on the link below for details 👇
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@for_birmingham
Better Streets for Birmingham
8 months
Across the UK, someone is killed or injured on our roads every 16 minutes. Join the national day of action on Saturday 30 September 2023. Find out more:
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@for_birmingham
Better Streets for Birmingham
10 months
Today, @WestMids_CA , @WMPolice , @WestMidsPCC and @BhamCityCouncil have jointly announced new measures in response to the epidemic of dangerous driving in the city. The measures begin to answer each of our three demands from earlier this summer.
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@for_birmingham
Better Streets for Birmingham
2 years
In Copenhagen only 7% of children are driven to school. In the UK, children living in urban cities and towns in 2020, 42% of children are driven to school. This isn't good for children, parents, or anyone else living in our cities and towns. (DfT dataset NTS9908)
@CyclingEmbassy
Cycling Embassy of 🇩🇰Denmark
2 years
Independent kids bike or walk to school. Modal split for pupils going to school in the City of Copenhagen
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@for_birmingham
Better Streets for Birmingham
8 months
We’re delighted to announce that #SafeStreetsNow actions are due to take place in several locations on the 30th September, including: Birmingham, Norwich, Manchester, Bristol, Barry, Leicester, London and Oxford. To find out how you can get involved see
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Better Streets for Birmingham
10 months
Why do many of the city’s drivers behave in the way they do? Because they won’t get caught. Average speed cameras work and now need rolling out at scale and at pace. The Police get this, the Council gets this, the Mayor gets this. Let’s do it.
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@for_birmingham
Better Streets for Birmingham
2 years
Thank you local @BBCNews for talking to us about some of the many benefits of making walking, wheeling and cycling safer and easier. LTNs are being connected together with safer junctions and bike lanes on main roads to allow more car-free' journeys 💚
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@for_birmingham
Better Streets for Birmingham
3 years
Popped to Kings Heath High St; loads of people planting on York Rd. Lovely atmosphere, lots of support from @TAWSociety and @kingsheathcic , it's looking like a great destination for shopping and spending time. @graceandjameskh @BournvilleOur @PositivelyMKH @hareandhounds
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@for_birmingham
Better Streets for Birmingham
11 months
The killing of a child cyclist now puts the grim statistics in our letter out of date. The situation is untenable. The Council must take decisive action immediately.
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@for_birmingham
Better Streets for Birmingham
7 months
On the 30th of September we came together in 15 locations up and down the country and in Wales to demand: #SafeStreetsNow #PeaceSpaceJustice You can see pictures of all the actions via this website 👇 Standing up for safety is not a war on anyone.
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@for_birmingham
Better Streets for Birmingham
2 years
Fantastic to see this new sign on Umberslade Road in Stirchley. Speed kills and signs like these help to reduce average speeds while providing data around the number of times the sign has been activated.
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@for_birmingham
Better Streets for Birmingham
3 years
The damaged planter on Silver St has been repaired as part of efforts by a group of community volunteers 👍🌱🌷🌺 @TAWSociety @CllrMikeLeddy @LisaTrickett41 @joe4greentravel @KingsHeathCAN @ForMoseley @BournvilleOur @enjoykingsheath @kingsheathcic
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Better Streets for Birmingham
8 months
We had a great time at @mac_birmingham ’s Big Green Weekender talking to people about our group and our #SafeStreetsNow campaign. It’s very clear that people everywhere want safer streets. We’ll be back tomorrow 11-4 💚
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Better Streets for Birmingham
3 months
Our co-chairs Mat and @mrmjprice are quoted in today’s @guardian re street car racing: “It has been the cause of multiple deaths and serious injuries on our streets, and is a daily source of irritation, misery and fear for communities across the city,”
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