Birmingham City Council is consulting until 22nd November on a bus corridor scheme for the Alcester Road. The scheme is relevant to cycling, and we recommend you respond.

The tram in Birmingham is so expensive it will never provide mass transport, but it impedes cycling, a form of transport that is highly cost-effective.

Birmingham City Council have proposed keeping Selly Oak crushed beneath the weight of motor traffic. Other towns and cities have taken steps to reverse this trend, and have achieved significant reductions in motor traffic, meaning that a bloated road network simply isn't needed.

This is what I found when I locked up my bike at Sainsbury's in Selly Oak on Sunday. They were not there the day before. There was no sign of a bike (other than mine). Sainsbury's have provided secure Sheffield stands and a shelter for cycles, but if you lock your bike with this sort of "lock" in Birmingham, don't be surprised if you never see your bike again.