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Press Release for immediate release Contact Joe Peacock: This e-mail address is being pro...
Birmingham could work much better by having a local rail network. The lines that it has are spectacu...
Birmingham City Council’s draft “Low Carbon Transport Strategy 2011+” went out for consultatio...
The following text constitutes our response to the consultation on Birmingham City Council's Low Car...


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PRESS RELEASEFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Commenting on the debate in Parliament today (Tuesday 15 November 2011) on a motion urging the Government to stem fuel price rises, Birmingham Friends of the Earth'...
This year, Birmingham city centre was transformed for World Car Free Day, as 5 bike trains pulled into the city centre and cyclists took over Victoria Square. We wanted to get as many people as pos...
Press Release for immediate release: Contact Joe Peacock, Birmingham Friends of the Earth, 0121 6326909 This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to ...
Press Release for immediate release: Contact Joe Peacock, Birmingham Friends of the Earth, 0121 6326909 This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to ...
With one week to go before our amazing Bike Trains roll into Victoria Square, we have some news to tempt even more people to get climb aboard. Birmingham's brilliant independent coffee shops are gett...
Press release for immediate release Contact: Joe Peacock 0121 6326909 This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it "Build two Birmingh...
Birmingham Bike Trains welcome aboard the first elected member in Martin Straker-Welds, Labour councillor for Moseley and Kings Heath, who will be joining the ride that goes through his ward on Septem...
On the 22nd September 2011, Birmingham Friends of the Earth in conjunction with PushBikes and Sustrans will be holding 5 "Bike Train" events. This is an opportunity for people to get out on their ...
Press Release for immediate release: Contact Joe Peacock, Birmingham Friends of the Earth, 0121 6326909 This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to ...
 There are many reasons to cycle. As a sustainable form of transport, it benefits the environment by reducing CO2 emissions made by cars (many of which are only travelling on short journeys) and ...
Last month we revealed how the Council have been trying to manipulate figures to exaggerate levels of support for HS2.  The Birmingham Post ran a story entitled “Birmingham City Council HS2 su...
John Newson (BFoE Newsletter June-July) questions whether the City’s cycling strategy should be taken seriously. How, he implies, can Birmingham increase cycling when busy roads are the only option?...
Birmingham Friends of the Earth Response to Birmingham HS2 consultation Trains can be a key part of any sustainable transport system. For High-Speed Rail the question of whether it is a “good” th...
Birmingham has a new cycling strategy (1) – not in print yet, but it can be downloaded from the website http://www.birmingham.gov.uk/cycling.   Frankly, it starts from a low base, just 1.5% of re...