WHY SHOULD WE GO CAR-FREE?
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
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
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...
NO pavement narrowing on the Moseley Road
Saturday 9th November saw folks from Balsall Heath is our Planet, XR Balsall Heath and Bham FOE engaging with the Saturday morning shoppers on the Moseley Road.. The road widening proposals have not been translated into any language other than English; in what is a...
