WHY SHOULD WE GO CAR-FREE?

by | Dec 5, 2019 | Air Quality, Blog, Blog, Transport

Cars may be very convenient for millions of people, but they are hugely inconvenient in so many ways. Of course, the chief reason why we oppose cars is the damage that they cause to the environment: pollutants from car exhausts cause both immediate and long-term...
Walking and Cycling Strategy

Walking and Cycling Strategy

by | Dec 5, 2019 | Air Quality, Blog, Transport

Birmingham City Council has a Walking and Cycling Strategy for the next 10 years and Birmingham Friends of the Earth made a written response. Our meeting unpacked what the council is proposing and talked through what we think of its different elements. We are very...

Clean Air Zone Delayed

by | Dec 5, 2019 | Air Quality, Blog

In June 2019, Birmingham City Council announced that its Clean Air Zone, which it had planned to introduce in January 2020, will now be delayed until July 2020 at the very earliest. This is because the vehicle checking software needed to enforce the CAZ (the delivery...

Clean Air Zone delayed – write to your MP

by | Aug 1, 2019 | Air Quality, News

The proposed Clean Air Zone was supposed to be launched in January 2020 but it has now been delayed until July 2020 at the very earliest. Even this date now seems too optimistic. This is because central government is late in delivering the necessary vehicle checking...