Well said, Jules!

Jules:  "Another reason for transport focus is the huge overspend on tram projects. Tram investment swamps all other transport investment"   10.1.23

City Region Sustainable Transport Settlement https://www.pushbikes.org.uk/content/west-midlands%E2%80%99-city-region-sustainable-transport-settlement

From jules Todd to Everyone 08:06 PM

https://www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/residents/roads-and-transport/connecting-oxfordshire/traffic-filters

this is public money being squandered. The WMCA has no visible viable programme governance structures and processes. If they do exist they should be public.

From Danni to Everyone 08:10 PM

Sharing this now in case anyone has any other ideas for what elements we include in the shared doc on transport: 

TRANSPORT (title); 1. What are the facts WM wide? re Current Provision & Cosy, Access, Air quality, Links to racial inequality indexes, Route to Net Zero, anything else you can think of; 2. What has the WMCA already done? 3. What does the WMCA already have planned? 4. What

do we want?

from Chris Martin   https://footstepsenergychamps.org.uk/

https://www.coventry.gov.uk/news/article/4165/an-additional-three-hundred-homes-in-the-west-midlands-to-receive-deep-retrofit-from-wmca

From jules Todd to Everyone 08:25 PM

we have to be v careful about the unit cost of retrofit per house because the assumptions made make a huge difference to the cost. Also, need to be wary of vested interests in the construction sector affecting the scope and approach. Adaptation to extreme heat also needs to be taken into account - retrofit can't just be about insulation

From jules Todd to Everyone 08:28 PM

another issue with retrofit is whether / how local communities are engaged in the process. Civic Square in brum have done excellent work on this.

From jules Todd to Everyone 08:33 PM

https://carbon.coop/carbon-co-op-webinar-programme/

From Brian to Everyone 08:34 PM

Is it time we sought legal advice from a public investment lawyer as the issue of retrofitting is relevant to the gov duty of care?

Money is no object when it comes to their rich people's priority that do the poor down - like prestige projects, flash buildings and getting people from all over the world to come to Brum. Vast amounts spent on armaments and warfare, too! timweller1@gmail.com

From Kate Gilbert XR to Everyone 08:47 PM

Do any of you have a contact with Retrofit Balsall Heath?

Recommend John Christophers, architect and owner of the Zero Carbon House, Birmingham.

From Brian to Everyone 08:47 PM

https://www.facebook.com/RetrofitBalsallHeath/

From Carol Hyatt to Everyone 08:50 PM

I would like s sustainable transport framework establishing key principles within which all decisions are made, all policies drawn up.