Thanks to funding from the Barrow Cadbury Trust, we're excited to be recruiting for two new part-time roles to help grow Better Streets for Birmingham and strengthen our network of local groups across the city. We're looking for enthusiastic, organised...

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Welcome to the September edition of the Better Streets for Birmingham newsletter. You can find all previous newsletters from July on our website. Top 3 things to do Contact your councillor with any suggestions for projects which could be funded by the ...

Lawyers representing around 1.6 million motorists involved in the Dieselgate litigation are to ask the High Court for permission to appeal a judgment on whether carmakers used devices to manipulate…

District judge orders record fine for region and says incidents of pollution cannot be tolerated

There’s a common misperception that creating safe space for cycling in our communities is unpopular. Cycling UK’s Policy Manager, Jim Densham, explains the phenomenon and why we have published a new…

Illegal registration plates are far too easy to get hold of and are putting the public at risk, BBC is told.

Illegal registration plates are far too easy to get hold of and are putting the public at risk, BBC is told.

New cycling routes have opened on the northern edge of the North York Moors National Park, designed to give riders a sense of adventure as they head into peaceful surroundings and historic landscapes ...

Claire Corkery is calling on Sadiq Khan to back tougher controls on large SUVs after her parents were killed by a BMW X5 travelling at 87mph

Andy Burnham is our new Prime Minister, and he has the opportunity to deliver a new Clean Air Act that protects the health of everyone. Send him a postcard today and ask him to make clean air a…

Local leaders have welcomed a government commitment to consider what should happen after areas meet legal air quality limits, amid concerns that compliance is being treated as the end of the road…

The people and places being transformed by cycling

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...

I’d had enough. Enough of cars screaming past me and my children as we walked to school. Enough of drivers running red lights at pedestrian crossings an

In towns and in the countryside, I see 4x4s and pick up trucks driven without care or conscience. It’s a Magafication of transport, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

The leader of Birmingham City Council said he was 'intensely proud of our national flag'

‘It’s f***ing insane’

We have written to Birmingham Council and Mayor Parker to underline how the success of the Drum'n'Bass ride on Sunday shows the demand for a safe cycle network is there.

Mayor Richard Parker and the West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) are continuing plans to bring buses back under public control

Shocked children and parents saw the lollipop man suffer a suspected broken leg

The Mayor of London has written to the government asking for more power to ban burning certain fuels

Electric vehicles get all the press – but it’s the smaller unsung two wheelers cutting oil demand the most.

Cabinet agrees to increase ward-level street change funding to £50k per year per councillor, a key step to address the road safety emergency

Campaigners say more urgency needed to make Birmingham roads safer for all