Bike Week and Clean Air Day
Bike Week - A Century of Cycling
5 to 11 June 2023 sees the 100th annual Bike Week, marking a century of celebrating everyday cycling for everyone.
Bike Week 100 is all about workplace cycling, and we want to encourage as many workplaces as possible to support their staff to ride during the week.
Ways you can get involved…
- Organise a ride with your workplace
- Take on a Bike Week 100 challenge
- Organise an event such as an info stand or bike breakfast to encourage commuters to switch the car for the saddle
- Attend a cycling session at your local community cycle hub
- Check out Cycling UK's 10 great event ideas for Bike Week
New British Cycling Ordnance Survey Maps
Ordnance Survey have partnered with British Cycling to help get more people outside on bikes.
With support from Sport England, and continuing the Commonwealth Games Legacy, a new collection of 80 British Cycling routes and maps across the West Midlands have been added to OS Maps.
The Big Bike Revival
The Big Bike Revival 2023 is all about helping everyone and anyone to begin or return to cycling through a programme of FREE activities and services, delivered by local community organisations. Cycling UK Community Cycle Clubs and Big Bike Revival centres across Birmingham will be running activities! Find out more on the Cycling UK website.
Clean Air Day - Thursday 15 June
The UK's largest campaign to reduce air pollution returns on the 15 June! This year’s theme is Clean up our air to look after your mind.
The campaign is focusing on the fact that cleaning up our air is good for us in many ways. It not only benefits our physical health and the environment but can also protect our mental and brain health.
This year, Birmingham City Council will be supporting Clean Air Day through hosting a #TimeToAct pledge event.
On June 15 join us at Grand Central (outside Pret) to make a pledge to improve air quality across Birmingham. This community engagement event calls on members of the public to make a pledge of their choice. We will also be showing a screening of our #TimeToAct short film about the importance of air quality, featuring pupils from schools across Birmingham. We hope to see you there!
May National Walking Month
Lots of you are already taking part in #Try20, the Living Streets challenge to walk or wheel 20 minutes every day during May.
Everyone who takes part in National Walking Month can be entered into the Living Streets prize draw!
Our Future City Plan
The draft of 'Our Future City: Central Birmingham Framework 2040' plan is now available to download. It is a bold masterplan to transform Birmingham into a greener city of more jobs, better transport options and higher quality, energy efficient new homes. Delivery of the framework’s vision would double the city’s green spaces to a level comparable with Vienna and double Birmingham’s network of active travel routes to 200km.
The Birmingham Transport Summit
The Birmingham Transport Summit took place at the Council House on Wednesday 26 April 2023. This was hosted by Cllr Liz Clements, Cabinet Member for Transport, and featured a range of inspiring speakers and panellists from Birmingham and the West Midlands, as well as from across the UK and Europe. See the Transport Summit resources.
Schools Campaign Junction
Since the start of the year, with support from a dedicated Modeshift Stars Active Travel Coordinator, secondary school aged pupils across Birmingham have been busy researching and developing active travel and road safety behaviour change campaigns.
Last month, saw seven secondary schools from across Birmingham taking part in a ‘Dragon’s Den’ style event to pitch for funding to support their campaign ideas. All schools successfully secured £250 to deliver a range of innovative activities including competitions, park and stride initiatives and video blogs. Well done to everyone involved!
Plan your Travel
Birmingham Pride
Birmingham Pride will be making its return to the city centre this year with the event being held over the weekend of 26 - 28 May. For the Pride parade on Saturday 27 May, there will be road closures in place throughout the day, and a number of bus diversions in place. Please plan your journey ahead of time, walk and cycle wherever possible, avoid travelling during peak times, and leave more time for your journey as services will be busier.
West Midlands Railway Timetable changes
West Midlands Railway is urging passengers to check their train times ahead of a major timetable change this month. From Sunday 21 May a number of changes will be made to the railway timetable and its services, particularly impacting routes via Birmingham Snow Hill which include destinations such as Worcester, Kidderminster and Stratford-upon-Avon.
Active Travel Academy Research Showcase
This event is a unique opportunity for practitioners and fellow researchers to engage with the latest research from the Active Travel Academy at the University of Westminster and to discuss the most pressing questions for future research. Researchers from the Active Travel Academy will be in central Birmingham (a venue near New St station) on Wednesday 21 June to share findings from the wide range of work they have been doing. Find out more and register your interest.
Have your Say
Dudley Road Phase 6
We are planning to improve the A457 Dudley Road/Spring Hill corridor to:
- upgrade facilities for pedestrians and cyclists,
- provide new bus lanes,
- reduce traffic congestion through junctions.
During this consultation, you can make comments on the proposals or submit a formal objection. Find out more and have your say. Consultation closes Friday 2 June 2023
Regional Road Safety Strategy
TfWM are refreshing the Regional Road Safety 2019-2028 Strategy in order to enhance their transformational approach to reduce risk levels to those most at-risk of death and serious injury on the West Midlands Metropolitan Region’s road network.
Find out more and complete the survey Survey closes Monday 4 June 2023
Washwood Heath Travel Survey
In the Washwood Heath area of Birmingham, works to accommodate the arrival of HS2 will be ongoing over the next decade and shortly gather momentum. These works include the demolition and reconstruction of both Saltley Viaduct and Aston Church Road overbridge, with the latter works scheduled from Autumn 2023.
To help us support you on your journeys when travelling in, through, and around this area, and to keep you moving during any improvement works, we would like to understand how you travel in this area of the city.
Complete the survey, and be in with the chance of winning a £100 Amazon voucher. Survey closes Monday 26 June 2023
Dates for the Diary
Living Streets National Walking Month - May
Cycling UK Bike Week - Monday 5 to Sunday 11 June
This year Bike Week is all about cycling to work, get involved
UN World Environment Day - Monday 5 June
Modeshift TravelWise Webinar Series - Wednesday 7 June
Attend this free webinar to prepare you for TravelWise Week.
Great Big Green Week - Saturday 10 - Sunday 18 June
Clean Air Day - Thursday 15 June
Keep up to date with the latest Clean Air Day 2023 news
Cycle to Work Day - Friday 4 August
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