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welcomed the plans. they re ambitious and bold, but they re much needed as well. and the city is great, but we know it can be greater, with more emphasis on sustainable travel, public transport, walking and cycling. is it currently safe for cyclists? safety is a real concern for everyone that cycles and everyone that currently drives but would like to cycle more. so we need more protected cycling infrastructure. we need safe crossings. these of course are long term plans. do you really see the people of birmingham giving up their cars? we ve seen in every city in england and in europe and across the world where safe infrastructure is put in, people then change their behaviour. we saw that in covid, we saw that in the commonwealth games. people embraced cycling when they had access to the cycle hire. so people are ready. we just need the infrastructure