We have got to tackle Birmingham’s pavement parking problem

With the price of fuel going up by the week, change lanes to avoid the impact. Bus tickets are capped at £20 a week. Walking and cycling short trips is free. Fewer short car trips also means less congestion, more reliable public transport, safer and better roads, cleaner air, and healthier people.

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Bus Users UK has been appointed as the official Alternative Dispute Resolution Body for Transport for Greater Manchester tinyurl.com/du8e74m

At @unibirmingham.bsky.social for the annual Baggs Memorial happiness lecture with Clive Myrie on the theme of ‘Happiness - what it is and how it may be achieved by individuals as well as nations.’ UoB campus is looking lovely and autumnal 🍂

Listening to folk from the Feminist Translation Network (@ftnetwork.bsky.social) talk about their practice as part of Birmingham Literature Festival.

Thanks to our amazing Board who turned out in force yesterday to launch #CatchTheBusMonth and celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Bus Users UK! @tomquay.co.uk @lauracreaven.bsky.social Joan Aitken, Jeff Anderson, Charlie Barnes and @jmpublictransport.bsky.social #CTBM25 📸Mark Radford Photography

Yesterday was the official launch of #CatchTheBusMonth with our friends at Transport for West Midlands and West Midlands Mayor Richard Parker at the fabulous Coventry Transport Museum. HUGE thanks to everyone who turned out and got on board to celebrate our amazing bus services! #CTBM25 #LoveTheBus

We’re delighted to announce the appointment of @lydiahorbury.bsky.social as our new CEO when @bususersceo.bsky.social retires on 13 October 2025. Like Claire, Lydia is already a powerful force behind our mission - to improve access to transport tinyurl.com/5ysbk7nz

In Australia, when a tree is illegally cut down, the local government area or council will put up a giant billboard as an eyesore in its place that says “A tree has been vandalized”. That ensures that no one can benefit from removing a tree to improve their view! Sign stays until vegetation regrows.

to the man in the NHS car who saw me running along the pavement and drove deliberately slowly in the middle of the road so I could get to the bus stop before the bus did: I hope today that your coffee is hot, your lunch is delicious and your meetings are short and productive 💫

Check out the @geekybrummie.com Hi-Vis Comic Con preview with @ollymacnamee.bsky.social youtu.be/z3sRRUuluCA?... and put 21st June in your diary.

When the tube is partially closed due to engineering works, of course it’s buses to the rescue! @bususersuk.bsky.social

Really enjoyed wandering around the Surreal Solihull exhibition curated by @ruthmillington.bsky.social in #Solihull town centre yesterday. Nice to see the more historic but less foot traffic heavy end of the high street get some love.

Happy Valentine’s Day to my favourite method of public transport #LoveTheBus 💕🚍 And to @bususersuk.bsky.social of course! Sign up for #CatchTheBusMonth (which happens this September) bususers.org/catchthebusm...

Seems fitting my first message here should be about public transport. Caught bus> train> bus to @bususersuk.bsky.social strategic planning day in London.