Network West Midlands

Transport for West Midlands

Location of the West Midlands within the United Kingdom
Abbreviation	TfWM
Predecessor	West Midlands Passenger Transport Executive West Midlands Integrated Transport Authority
Formation	17 June 2016
Type	Public body
Purpose	Transport authority
Headquarters	16 Summer Lane Birmingham, England
Region served	West Midlands (county) and parts of Staffordshire
Managing Director	Laura Shoaf
Parent organization	West Midlands Combined Authority
Website	www.tfwm.org.uk

Transport for West Midlands (TfWM) is the public body responsible for transport infrastructure and the co-ordination of public transport in the West Midlands metropolitan county in England. It is an executive body of the West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA), with bus franchising (from May 2017) and highway management powers similar to Transport for London. TfWM is branded as Network West Midlands for the purposes of public transport information.

Upon creation, TfWM absorbed the functions, responsibilities, assets, and staff of two former organisations: the West Midlands Integrated Transport Authority (WMITA) and Centro, which was the operating name of the West Midlands Passenger Transport Executive (WMPTE). The predecessor organisations were dissolved.

TfWM's initial priorities are the expansion of the Metro through East Birmingham, Brierley Hill and Birmingham Airport, improvements to the M5 and M6 motorways, and new cycle routes as part of a metropolitan cycle network. There are also plans to work with central government over the future of the underused M6 Toll.

The WMCA's Transport Delivery Committee is a 19-member sub-committee of the Combined Authority Board. It forms part of TfWM's activities, and provides oversight of the operational delivery of transport across the West Midlands and advises the Combined Authority Board, through the Transport Portfolio Holder, on transport policy matters. The members are nominated by their respective local authorities; Birmingham City Council nominating seven members, the six other Metropolitan Boroughs nominating two members each. Each member has a single vote. The Chair and Vice-Chair of the Transport Delivery Committee are appointed by the Combined Authority Board.