{"id":257670,"date":"2023-05-16T11:25:48","date_gmt":"2023-05-16T09:25:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=257670"},"modified":"2023-05-16T11:26:20","modified_gmt":"2023-05-16T09:26:20","slug":"war-on-motorists-birmingham-council-to-turn-ring-road-into-park-to-mimic-copenhagen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=257670","title":{"rendered":"War on Motorists: Birmingham Council to Turn Ring Road Into Park to Mimic Copenhagen"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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From The Daily Sceptic<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By\u00a0IAN MACLEOD<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Birmingham\u2019s Labour-run council plans to turn part of the city\u2019s famous ring road into a \u201cpark that circles the city\u201d in an effort to put \u201cpedestrians and cyclists first\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Labour\u2019s City Council Leader Ian Ward explained on Radio 4\u2019s Today <\/em>programme that the goal is to double the amount of green space and become \u201ccarbon zero\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

MailOnline <\/em>has the story.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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According to the plans for how Birmingham might look in 2040, it will double its green spaces and build around 124 miles of walking and cycling routes, placing it on a level with Denmark\u2019s cycling haven capital city Copenhagen.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018\u201dThe plan we are going to be launching tomorrow is a route map to a greener Birmingham, creating more jobs, better transport options and having higher quality, more energy efficient new homes,\u201d Mr Ward, told Radio 4 Today<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe are already a city on the up and we\u2019re looking to use the investments coming in to double the amount of green space in the city, making us as green as Vienna, and to double active travel routes to some 200km which will put us at the same level for cycle friendliness as Copenhagen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis is probably the most ambitious plan in a century for the city and it\u2019s going to map out how we\u2019ll become carbon zero and how we will green our city in the future.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr Ward claimed the council is attracting record levels of investment into the city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He said they are working with developers and investors \u201cto ensure that as the city expands out into the deprived communities beyond the ring road that the wealth that this creates as a result is shared with those communities. We\u2019re also working to create a new park in Birmingham, right in the heart of the city centre, creating a green space \u2013 in order to ensure the city is more liveable.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Ward said the \u201cplan has been very well received\u201d. No comment was provided from motorists who will have to find new ways to get to work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Worth\u00a0reading in full<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Pictured: Plans for how the city might look following the implementation of the green scheme<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Birmingham\u2019s Labour-run council plans to turn part of the city\u2019s famous ring road into a \u201cpark that circles the city\u201d in an effort to put \u201cpedestrians and cyclists first\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":121246920,"featured_media":257676,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_crdt_document":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[691818076,691818154],"class_list":{"0":"post-257670","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"hentry","7":"category-uncategorized","8":"tag-co2","9":"tag-net-zero","11":"fallback-thumbnail"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/00rainboww.jpg?fit=2048%2C1536&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paxLW1-151Y","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":232054,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=232054","url_meta":{"origin":257670,"position":0},"title":"Whatever The Cost","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"02\/12\/2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Expensive Net Zero policies lead to cuts in vital\u00a0services","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/00pexels-photo-6202132-1.webp?fit=1200%2C799&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/00pexels-photo-6202132-1.webp?fit=1200%2C799&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/00pexels-photo-6202132-1.webp?fit=1200%2C799&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/00pexels-photo-6202132-1.webp?fit=1200%2C799&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/00pexels-photo-6202132-1.webp?fit=1200%2C799&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":233278,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=233278","url_meta":{"origin":257670,"position":1},"title":"Climate lockdownz? 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