Better Streets for Harborne & Quinton

#CircleTheCity

First Friday of the month, leaves from Victoria Square at 6 PM.

All welcome. See you in September!

🙌 Critical Mass Harborne. 🙌 This Saturday 19th July. 14:30 from outside the High Street Post Office. Slow ride for good vibes.

🙌 Critical Mass Harborne. 🙌
This Saturday 19th July.
14:30 from outside the High Street Post Office.
Slow ride for good vibes.

Temporary, volunteer #SchoolStreets are like a smoke-free section in a restaurant: a useless half-measure for those who see a problem but don't have the will to solve it.

This, on the other hand, is an actual car-free school street, and we should demand nothing less for students across the UK.

Circle the City - bike ride - May event Circle the City is a group bike ride around Birmingham on the first Firday of the month. Meet at Victoria Square in the city centre for a 6pm start. All ages and abilities are welcome.

Following the success of our first Circle the City monthly cycle ride, our next one is on the 2nd May! 🚲

Details -
Start: Friday 2 May 2025 • 18.00
Victoria Square, Birmingham, B1 1BD
All ages and abilities are welcome. Please join us!

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YouTube video by John Munro - University of Birmingham Birmingham by Bike - BSfB's Circle the City Route

In need of something positive and fun?

Come along for the @betterstreetsforbirmingham.org Circle the City ride.

6PM, first Friday of the month, Victoria Square, Birmingham.

Start here www.shrewsburymoves.com/festival

Proposals for safer Harborne streets We’ve submitted three proposals to improve transport and accessibility in Harborne, and we wanted to share our thinking with the community.

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Thank you to those who have been asking about our LTN scheme proposals. At the last Harborne Ward Forum, at least one councillor stated he would not be supporting the the scheme under the ENTF fund. We are disappointed, but we will continue to develop the scheme for the new 2026 councillors.

“Cycle routes can expand the catchment area of public transport interchanges from a radius of half a mile to 3 miles” - Laura Laker… Imagine a tram on Hagley road, with secure bike parking beside the walkway where the old railway station was. The car free catchment would be huge.

City student 'had to go a mile just to cross the road' and calls for change Lucy Currier, from Harborne, has lifted the lid on what it's like navigating Birmingham in a wheelchair - and she's urged Brummies to make one key change

‘Lucy Currier, from Harborne, has lifted the lid on what it's like navigating Birmingham in a wheelchair - and she's urged Brummies to make one key change’

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Picture shows cycle lane closed and cyclists dismount and walk signs on uphill section of shared use pavement.

Selly Oak “relief road” links many important and busy destinations. The narrow and inadequate shared path is now littered with constructors Dismount and walk signs. No work going on. Who wants to or can push a loaded bike up that hill. What about riders with disabilities?

Harborne East – One fine day traffic count On the 10th of October, one of our members spent a day in six different locations around Harborne East, counting traffic and measuring speed. Though these aren’t offical stats, they are infor…

One fine day in Harborne East - a tale told in traffic counts. Harborne near Moor Pool is considered one of the quietest areas of Birmingham. However, we found hardly any cyclists but lots of speeding and high volumes of traffic. betterstreetshq.com/2024/10/22/h...

A large silver car parked with a tyre on the foot of a sign showing a school boy holding a placard saying "Thank you for not parking here".

The school run …

This is a significant report from CIHT (Chartered Institute of Highways and Transportation) on adopting a Safe System Approach. Pleasing to see it referencing the Welsh approach of setting 20mph default speeds and "excepting up".

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My biggest pet peeve about public transit policy is when its only purpose is seen as commuting to work.

A good transit system is there to support all kinds of trips at all times of the day, not only office commutes. Groceries, football games, coffee shop trips, concerts, etc.

Thank you everyone who came to this. It was a robust evening of discussion. Onwards!

Why are we proposing a Harborne East traffic management scheme Traffic is extremely high in Harborne East. We’re proposing a scheme to reduce traffic that will improve road safety and air quality. We’ve shown wide support from the community. There …

Tonight we're at the Harborne Ward Forum (18:30 @ the Leisure Centre), where we'll be trying to convince folks that we should have an LTN in Harborne East. Please come support us. betterstreetshq.com/2024/11/15/w...

Drive-throughs in cities in 2024 are an anachronism.

Our response to Moor Street Gateway proposals Birmingham City Council are proposing to connect the A38 and A34 cycleways through Moor Street Queensway. We welcome the proposals and offer our considerations.

We've published our response to Birmingham City Council's Moor Street Gateway proposals, which closes later today. We welcome the principle of the proposals but present a series of considerations for the project team. betterstreetsforbirmingham.org/our-response...

Not sure what will happen here, but I’ll give it a go:

London isn’t Amsterdam. No one will cycle. Especially when it rains or it’s dark. No one. Even in coats. Not in London. In the rain. No.

White text on black: I love walkable neighbourhoods because I don’t wanna go far for stuff. No big conspiracy, I’m just lazy.

“I don't wanna go far for stuff"

My eloquent and powerful rebrand of the 15 minute city.

Meeting summary – 12th November 2024 For this meeting we wanted to invite everyone we’ve spoken to so far about traffic issues in Harborne East. We were also pleased to share the results of our data counts, surveys and our propo…

Our latest Better Streets for Harborne & Quinton meeting showed strong community support for our proposals for a Harborne East LTN betterstreetshq.com/2024/11/14/m...