Birmingham’s Green Travel District to create healthier communities

A pioneering, sustainable, active travel initiative has been launched to encourage residents, workers and visitors switch from driving to cycling and walking in Birmingham.

The new Green Travel District (GTD) – which will cover the city’s Sutton Walmley & Minworth, Reddicap and environs – will help put people before cars ensuring that residents, workers and visitors have more opportunities to walk, wheel, cycle and take public transport.

The vision of the GTD is to get people physically active through travel, while also create an area with less congestion, less pollution, fewer accidents, and healthier, safer, more productive communities.

Liz Clements, cabinet member for transport at Birmingham City Council said: “This is exciting news for the entire region.”