Resolution on HS2 and West Midlands transport policy – Birmingham & West Midlands Branch
That Left Unity condemns the proposed Birmingham to Leeds East arm extension of HS2 and the extension to Manchester from Birmingham.
We are united in wanting it stopped along with all other extensions of West Midland Metro and Sprint buses that are horrifically expensive for more fossil fuel growth; make for a First Class and Second Class public transport provision; and, worsen public transport by introducing more changes and delays between train, three kinds of tram, Sprint buses and Platinum buses.
This is called multi-modal transport by Mayor Andy Street but means, in fact, a multi-modal mix up mish-mash that results in a slower public transport journey as now seen on Hagley Road, Five Ways underpass and Broad Street in Birmingham.
We resolve that Andy’s £15 billion to 2040 for Metro tram extensions in the West Midlands must go, instead to extend the region’s Fare-Free Public Transport to the young and middle-aged to end that discrimination against them and, as the antidote and carrot to the stick of Birmingham’s Clean Air Zone charges.
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