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.

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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...

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We have just passed the 2 YEAR ANNIVERSARY of the ROAD SAFETY EMERGENCY. Over that period all casualties from road collisions HAVE NOT MEANINGFULLY CHANGED staying at around 3,000 per year! We are meeting on Friday the 4th of September to honour those affected and call for meaningful improvements.

🗓️ 🗪 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?

Our friends at @walkwheelcyclet.bsky.social are gathering data for their Kids Streets project in the Stirchley area. Their aim? To enable more people to walk, wheel or cycle to schools in Stirchley. Feel free to make suggestions using the link below: communitymap.uk/project/266

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...

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Our Birmingham volunteers will be at the Brockmoor Community Centre tomorrow at 10:30am. Come and join them!

Kirsten de Vos 🚶🏻‍♀️💚🚲🍃@kirstendevos.bsky.social · 3w ago

Join the University of Birmingham for the Brockmoor Community Climate Celebration 🌿 I’ll be there representing @mumsforlungs.bsky.social at this free family event with activities, workshops and ideas for healthier, greener communities. 📅 Saturday 1 August | 10:30am–2pm 📍 Brockmoor Community Centre

Low Traffic Neighbourhoods don't just reduce the amount of traffic using residential streets as shortcuts – they can also help slow traffic down, making roads feel safer and more welcoming for local people. Find out more www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/transport-an...

#ShareTheJoy - What do we mean when we call for better streets? This video captures it well. @betterstreetsforbirmingham.org

Clarence Eckerson Jr./Streetfilms@streetfilms.bsky.social · last wk.

So here is what Donald Appleyard researched and was able to determine about how much better neighborhoods are without fast, constant & noisy traffic! @openplans.org @nyc.streetsblog.org www.youtube.com/watch?v=lc6t...

This junction near the Selly Oak triangle illustrates how ill-managed and obtrusive the storage of private cars in south Birmingham is. @betterstreetsforbirmingham.org

This. @betterstreetsforbirmingham.org

Brent Toderian@brenttoderian.bsky.social · last wk.

When urbanists take pictures of a Paris street (like Rue de Rivoli) showing all the people on bikes now taking advantage of protected infrastructure, it’s not just because we “like bikes.” It’s because we’re picturing the gridlock if they were driving cars. And the public cost, pollution, noise…

A feeling many of us recognise ... @betterstreetsforbirmingham.org @bhamcitycouncil.bsky.social

Rail enthusiast wife Daria@dariaphoebe.com · last wk.

The problem I have with going to other cities is I see you can just decide to have nice things and do that, and then I go home.

🚲 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! 🙂

⁠We want a Birmingham where walking, cycling, wheeling and public transport are the first choices for getting around. Does this sound like something you want too? Join us as a supporter today!

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...

betterstreetsforbirmingham.org

🗓️ 🗪 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?

@betterstreetsforbirmingham.org Thought you’d be interested in this 1986 Department of Transport advert in the NME…

The diesel scandal isn’t over. Since 2009, there have been 30,000 new cases of childhood asthma in the UK because of excess diesel emissions. Without action there’ll be thousands more. Watch our film, then email our leaders. www.mumsforlungs.org/news/the-die... #AirPollution #Diesel

A huge thank you to Hana Kitson, our Accessibility & Equality Lead, for speaking so powerfully to the BBC about the impact of pavement parking on disabled people. Everyone deserves pavements that are safe, accessible and free from obstruction. www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...

Should pavement parking be banned?

Half of all councils in England actively encourage parking on pavements through marked bays or signage, BBC research has found.

bbc.co.uk

www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/... I've been looking at all the places pavement parking is actually encouraged 👇🏽 @emilykerr36.bsky.social @rantyhighwayman.bsky.social @livingstreets.bsky.social @betterstreetsforbirmingham.org @nationalfedblinduk.bsky.social @guidedogsuk.bsky.social @rnib.bsky.social

Should pavement parking be banned?

Half of all councils in England actively encourage parking on pavements through marked bays or signage, BBC research has found.

bbc.co.uk

Hey! Would you like good news? Remember how the police seized and crushed a legal Tern cargo bike by mistake? Well charges against rider dropped! Compensation for crushed bike! And dodgy “test” used to detect illegal “e-bikes” dropped! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

West Midlands Police to change testing after destroying legal e-bike

West Midlands Police admit their method to test the speed of the e-bike was flawed.

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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...

Donate to Better Streets for Birmingham

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

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“Why would he want to go through that again? Why would he consider even buying a legal e-bike, when he could just buy a cheap £500 illegal e-motorbike and be at the same level of risk?”

Police seize and destroy delivery cyclist’s legal e-bike hired through council-funded scheme after “bogus” test – but officers claim rider didn’t have insurance | electric bike reviews, buying advice ...

Cycling and disability groups have called for the UK’s police forces to be properly trained and educated on the laws surround e-bikes, after officers in Birmingham seized and destroyed a fully legal e...

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This is such an extraordinary story. Hopefully this court case will give the police pause. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Birmingham man's legal e-bike seized and destroyed by police in error

The BBC finds the bike was legal and supplied as part of a scheme to reduce pollution in the city.

bbc.co.uk

A positive day at the Moseley Village Railway station event. Great to see cross-party support from Cllrs Izzy Knowles + Tim Huxtable, & WM Mayor Richard Parker listening to residents. Speeding, blocked pavements and unreliable transport were key concerns. Residents have spoken - now we need action.

Better Streets for Birmingham@betterstreetsforbirmingham.org · last mo.

🚉 We’re delighted to be taking part in the FREE Moseley Village Railway Station Family Fun Day! Come and meet our volunteers at the Platform for Community outside St Mary’s Church and chat about making Birmingham’s streets safer, healthier and better for everyone. We hope to see you there!

🚲 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! 🙂

Reminder: this is tomorrow! 🚉 11am–3pm at the Platform for Community in St Mary’s Church gardens, Moseley. Come and say hello!

Better Streets for Birmingham@betterstreetsforbirmingham.org · last mo.

🚉 We’re delighted to be taking part in the FREE Moseley Village Railway Station Family Fun Day! Come and meet our volunteers at the Platform for Community outside St Mary’s Church and chat about making Birmingham’s streets safer, healthier and better for everyone. We hope to see you there!

The cafe at @ikongallery.bsky.social is a great place to watch the world go by … We need more quiet (#CarFree) spaces. @betterstreetsforbirmingham.org

#CycleChic — @brindleyplace.bsky.social @betterstreetsforbirmingham.org

Brum? @bhamcitycouncil.bsky.social @brumgreens.bsky.social @birminghamlibdems.bsky.social @brumcjc.bsky.social @johnmunro.bsky.social @betterstreetsforbirmingham.org @birminghamfoe.bsky.social @brumroadsafety.bsky.social @birminghamdispatch.bsky.social @unibirmingham.bsky.social @mybcu.bsky.social

Lior Steinberg@steinberg.nu · 3w ago

Fix the schools - and you'll fix the city. Meanwhile, Paris has now 300 "rue aux écoles". These are school street where walking, playing, relaxing and cycling is allowed, and driving is forbidden. Around 50% of all public nursery and elementary schools in Paris now have a school street in front.

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.

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...

betterstreetsforbirmingham.org

🗓️ 🗪 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?