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Musings about cycling

by Admin | Nov 28, 2018 | Air Quality, Blog, Blog, Uncategorised

Our addiction to cars. Do buses smell? Do we feel safe or is it may be below our status to travel on buses or public transport generally? More roads we build, the more we use them the more congested they become the more pollution we breath in, more people die. 40,000...

Dudley Road Widening Scheme- Take Action Now!

by Martin Stride | Nov 27, 2018 | Air Quality, News, Transport

Dudley Road Widening Scheme. Stop the Destruction – Take Action Now! Birmingham City Council produced plans for widening Spring Hill and Dudley Road from Spring Hill Roundabout to Summerfield Park. The plans propose conversion of most of the road into a dual...

A Clean Air Zone for Birmingham – too little too late?

by Martin Stride | Nov 26, 2018 | Air Quality, Blog, Blog, Transport

Birmingham City Council has recently asked everyone for their views on a proposed Clean Air Zone (CAZ) to tackle harmful levels of air pollution. It will have already chewed over everyone’s comments and submitted its proposals to government by the 15th September...

Have your say on the proposed Clean Air Zone

by Libby Harris | Jul 12, 2018 | Air Quality, News

Have your say on the proposed Clean Air Zone You may be aware that Birmingham City Council are currently asking for everyone’s views on introducing a Clean Air Zone (CAZ) by 2020. Air pollution levels now exceed the legal limits in a number of locations in the...

Campaigning during election season: behind the scenes

by Molly Luke | Jun 29, 2018 | Air Quality, Blog, Blog

It’s been a couple months since Councillor John Cotton handed our petition for a city wide Clean Air Zone to full council, and from the outside it may look like the air pollution campaign has gone a bit quiet. It’s true that in the run up to any local election,...

Birmingham City Council’s plans to tackle air pollution lack commitment to reinvestment in greener transport alternatives

by Libby Harris | Jun 28, 2018 | Air Quality, News, Press Releases

Friends of the Earth Press Release For immediate release Contact: Libby Harris, Birmingham Friends of the Earth, 01216326909, libby@birminghamfoe.org.uk Birmingham City Council’s plans to tackle air pollution lack commitment to reinvestment in greener transport...