On the 4th of May 2017, the West Midlands will elect a new mayor to head-up the West Midlands Combined Authority. Sustrans and Cycling UK have been engaging with the candidates and have shared their results online.
The West Midlands Mayoral elections in May are a big opportunity for people who cycle to get commitment from candidates to implementing the cycling environment we want to see across the West Midlands
For the council elections Push Bikes carried out a survey of the views of candidates on sustainable personal transport. The results of that survey were in many ways encouraging, but they also revealed a lack of knowledge about the better ways in which things are done elsewhere.
As well as the local elections, there are also national elections going on. The CTC and Sustrans are running national campaigns, and Birmingham Friends of the Earth have asked questions of all the Birmingham national election candidates (see our previous news item for more details)
