The bus experience in Birmingham Franchising doesn't stop this. Enforcement does

This is what Burnham meant by he won't "out-Green the Greens". I hope there's a huge move to active travel to try and offset this disaster

Dreadful stuff. Mine was cancelled this morning. £12 in an uber and just made my train to Sheffield.

@richardparkerwm.bsky.social the Camp Hill trains are incredibly unreliable. I've had to stop using them. Taxi drivers doing well out of the cancellations I hear..... @birminghamdispatch.bsky.social

If @richardparkerwm.bsky.social wants to create more jobs in West Midlands, there's an acute need for staff on the trains on the Camp Hill line He made a massive song and dance about how he, not Andy Street, got it open Well, Richard, train more staff!! Win-win for transport and employment

No one benefits from having to deal with this Thanks @skinofstars.bsky.social for raising this

Now build infrastructure that's safe for us to use bikes on www.gov.uk/government/s...

"The World Risk Poll has asked people around the world about the biggest risk to their safety on three occasions. Each time, the answer has been the same: road traffic accidents." Link www.lrfoundation.org.uk/publications...

@richardparkerwm.bsky.social @cllrjohncotton.bsky.social I have some inkling why people don't walk much in Birmingham. Not 100%, but some thoughts. Let's take a walk around my neighbourhood sometime. Try and unravel the enigma

If you live in Birmingham and need to use the footpaths, it's best to learn parkour.

Nothing to see here. Just people driving on footpaths past people walking. Move on, everyone, move on

Footpaths are just back up infrastructure for roads, right? @cllrjohncotton.bsky.social @richardparkerwm.bsky.social

But yeah, LTNs are restrictive and unfair

Walking to school? Then hold your breath as you squeeze past idling vehicles. Bought to you by the same people who think LTNs "restrict freedom" This is my freedom. A lungful of heavy metals and carcinogens 🥰

Every day in Stephenson Street Every. Day. @cllrjohncotton.bsky.social

"Birmingham is the least active city outside North America" The Economist (2024) @cllrjohncotton.bsky.social @richardparkerwm.bsky.social

@cllrjohncotton.bsky.social @richardparkerwm.bsky.social you probably get my point now don't you This is happening more as a consequence of a bus route introduced on our road Why don't people walk more? A complete enigma

@cllrjohncotton.bsky.social and @richardparkerwm.bsky.social happy to walk you around our neighborhood sometime. We can discuss why people don't walk more

@cllrjohncotton.bsky.social @richardparkerwm.bsky.social Why is walking around Birmingham such a pain in the ass? Please let me know when you intend to do anything about it. I mean absolutely anything at all Cheers

The same people who park like this whine when better infrastructure for cycling and walking is proposed. Then whine when they're suck in traffic because the alternative to diving is non-existent #Birmingham #Motonormativity

Every day when I walk to Kings Heath High Street with the pushchair I encounter this. Terrible parking and driving. This is why walking is so dreadful.

Steve McCabe wasn't right, but Birmingham politicians can't prove him wrong. Birmingham City Council has had 6 years to fully implement the LTN in Kings Heath - and is failing. The consequence is driving is as dominant as ever. London and Paris have made progress since 2020, Birmingham has not

When cyclists are blamed for not wearing high-viz, just remember this advertisement for the 2.5 tonne all-terrain vehicle by Land Rover Ideally suited for the school run 🙄

My walk to work today. If we want to live in safe communities with clean air, we all have to walk+ cycle more/drive less. But there's no incentive on offer to walk so the status quo continues... @livingstreets.bsky.social @tahiralimp.bsky.social

Being a pedestrian is grim. I'm being active. Not producing any pollution. Yet I have to lobby day in, day out for this to become much better @livingstreets.bsky.social @tahiralimp.bsky.social

@birminghamdispatch.bsky.social can WMCA decide whether Birmingham should be like London or not? Ed Cox suggested we didn't back in August, but Richard Parker thinks we should in October. 12 weeks is a long time in regional politics!!

@tahiralimp.bsky.social supports a ban on pavement parking. These cars are for patients visiting their GP. If we're to improve population health, it needs to be easier to walk and discourage cars. Our health is determined far more by this than any NHS metrics

@livingstreets.bsky.social imagine being this selfish and stupid to block a footpath

Don't park on my drive, but I'll park on the footpath. Birmingham Car Culture is optimised on Willows Road