2021 Manifesto FINAL DRAFT - Flipbook - Page 45
Transport
I WILL:
• Initiate plans for cycle superhighways.
• Ensure that we have community-led, people-friendly street
projects in every area and support Healthy Streets and Lifetime
Neighbourhood principles.
• Ensure that any improvements to the Key Route road network
take account of the needs of all road users and protect
pedestrians, cyclists and other vulnerable road users, and work
with Highways England and local authorities to ensure that other
roads do the same.
• Use bus franchising powers to ensure that all bus drivers have
improved safety training with regards to cyclists, pedestrians
and other vulnerable road users, and work with the freight
industry to improve training for lorry drivers in the West
Midlands.
• Prioritise investment in key cycle arterial routes that enable
access to transport hubs and employment opportunities.
Particular investment is needed around UK Central and in
Wolverhampton.
• Support the adoption of low-emission zones across the West
Midlands, reducing air pollution significantly below the legal
minimum levels.
• Support the implementation of Low Traffic Neighbourhoods
throughout the region, in collaboration with residents.
• Prioritise public transport improvements that will give the
greatest number of people a viable option of leaving their car
at home, like Bus Rapid Transport.