Shaping Birmingham’s Transport

With two days to go until the conference, we’re very excited - as was certainly shown in our meeting yesterday! We’ve been putting the final touches to our agenda, accomodating the last minute changes to the timetable (all good ones; don’t worry) and finalising who is saying what, where and how, and in what order. Not an easy task, I assure you, but it’s all fitting nicely into place.

I should note at this stage that we’re going to be joined by reporters from the Birmingham Post and the Birmingham Mail; they’ll be covering our event live, which is great. Also, the current guestlist stands at:

Cllr. Len Gregory
Cllr. Jon Hunt
Cllr. Tim Huxtable
Inspector Gordon (British Transport Police)
Stephen Rhodes (CENTRO)
Ben Martin (Friends of the Earth)
Martin Hancock (National Express)
Andy Marlow (UKYP)

Remember, it’s by no means too late to register! We still have some seats to fill, so please fill out the form HERE and come along on Thursday. Wednesday night is the deadline to book places.

We hope to see you there, and hear your ideas!

Yesterday, Pav and I brought an end to the busy week by attending the Transport Summit 2009 held in the Council House, attended by delegates from across the country. It was a fantastic opportunity for us to meet with important decision makers in Transport some of who demonstrated a lot of interest in attending the Young People’s Transport Conference next week. The discussions during the day ranged from electric cars and the climate challenge to the New St Station regeneration project which I am really looking forward to!!!

We both had a chat with Councillor Mike Whitby, who delivered a dynamic speech on the BIG City Plan, and met Councillor Len Gregory who was excited about the conference as he mentioned, in his speech, the importance of consultation on transport with our young people.

Do not forget to register for the up-coming conference this Thursday 2nd of April as places are filling up fast. Click here to register and we thoroughly look forward to seeing you there for an outstanding event!

With only a week until our event it is set to be better than ever! Myself and the rest of the group have been working hard over the past few weeks to prepare a video that will be aired at the beginning of the April 2nd event. We have travelled around Birmingham collecting the opinions of young people and transport experts alike all in an attempt to incorporate as many different opinions on our system as possible. The video will open the event, introducing the delegates to the themes and discussion points of the day. Last week we interviewed the Leader of the Council, Mike Whitby! Sahar and myself travelled to Birmingham Council House and were greeted with an excited leader and some Chinese green tea. The leader was happy to film the introduction of our video, in which he congratulated all those who wish to make a difference through attending the event. We were delighted at the level of enthusiasm that met our hard work, and we left the meeting with the request to continue developing our project, with the possibility of hosting annual events like next week’s.

With all the final details confirmed there is no better time for you to book your place to attend our ‘Shaping Birmingham’s Transport’ Event. The day is the perfect opportunity for you to air your views and opinions to important figures who make changes every single day. Remember, places are limited, so book as soon as possible to ensure you can attend! I look forward to seeing you all there.