When the mayor of the West Midlands, Andy Street, stood on an unlit section of towpath opposite what appeared to be an abandoned warehouse recently and hailed a “big summer for cycling and walking”, it was perhaps worryingly symbolic. That Friday, hours after Street invited us to “come cycle Birmingham’s canals”, at least two women were pushed into Birmingham waterways by a group of young men.
What the West Midlands is getting right, and wrong, for cycling | The Guardian
The region has made progress in getting people on to bikes, but where’s the ambition? Laura Laker. Thu 25 Jun 2020 07.00 BST
