Push Bikes has contacted the political parties and independent candidates standing for the many council seats across Birmingham this May, to ask for their response to 6 questions. We ideally were hoping for individual responses from each candidate, but instead we have received a mix of individual responses and party responses.

For the council elections Push Bikes, the Birmingham cycling campaign group, is carrying out a survey of the views of candidates on sustainable personal transport.   Sustainable doesn't just mean environmentally friendly, it also means scalable (to cope with increasing demand), and affordable.

In October 2013 Birmingham City Council published the Birmingham Mobility Action Plan green paper, which says: