by John Davison | Dec 20, 2017 | Blog, Transport, Uncategorised
Kings Heath has a railway running through it that with a short length of new link railway at Camp hill could be part of a 21 st century transport solution. Kings Heath could join the local rail network, making it easier to reach a range of destinations. Trains still...
by Poppy Buckingham | Dec 8, 2017 | Air Quality, Blog, Blog, Transport
We have continued to be busy with our Clean Air Campaign over recent months. Saturday 14th October was Friends of the Earth’s International Day of Action Against Climate Change. We used this date to launch our petition. We’re asking Birmingham City Council to: 1....
by Molly Luke | Dec 8, 2017 | Air Quality, Blog, Blog, Energy And Climate Change, Transport
On the 14th October, Friends of the Earth held an international day of action for the climate, where we invited FOE groups across the world to get creative and come together for a day of climate events, actions and mobilisations. The aim was to use powerful climate...
by Admin | Oct 30, 2017 | Blog, Blog, Transport
The 9th of October saw another Birmingham cyclist killed by a vehicle on Birmingham’s roads. Suzanna (‘Suzzie’) Bull was a 32 year old doctor at the Children’s Hospital, and was hit by a lorry at the junction of Pershore Road and Edgbaston Road...
by Admin | May 15, 2017 | Air Quality, Blog, Blog, Events, Transport
On 6 April at Birmingham Council House we jointly hosted a Metro Mayor hustings with campaign group Rail Future who are an independent organisations campaigning for better rail services for both passengers and freight. The main candidates competing for election...
by Shaz Rahman | Mar 9, 2017 | Blog, Let's Get Moving, Transport, Uncategorised
In 2013 and 2014 BFOE ran a campaign called Let’s Get Moving. This campaign was ahead of the curve by detailing how air pollution was damaging our lives. A significant proportion of this pollution was from motor vehicles. At the time 420 people a year died...
