Ben Plowden

Ben Plowden is Director of the Pedestrians Association (whose livingstreets campaign was launched in August 2001). From 1991-97, he worked for the Council for the Protection of Rural England (CPRE) on minerals, energy and rural economic issues.

Walking in cities with dignity

Englands second city, Birmingham, is reinventing itself. For years, roads and traffic dominated the city, in a perverse homage to the regional economic importance of the motor industry. Ring

By Ben Plowden

/ 29 Nov 2001