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Posted Wednesday, October 13, 2021 - 20:12 in Chris's blog
Having finished the tram line from Centenary Plaza to Five Ways along Broad Street, Birmingham City Council is consulting on the Traffic Regulation Order to finalise the traffic movements (includin…
Example of filtered permeability using bollards in the Netherlands.
Posted Tuesday, September 7, 2021 - 20:32 in Chris's blog
Birmingham City Council is carrying out a consultation on some of the measures introduced to divide the city centre into segments …
Posted Sunday, December 13, 2020 - 14:38 in Chris's blog
Please take a few minutes to respond to the Dudley Road consultation, perhaps just linking to our website and saying you support our mostly positive opinion …
A38 Corridor Cycleway
Posted Wednesday, April 8, 2020 - 15:53 in Chris's blog
Although most of us are now staying at home to avoid spreading Covid 19, Birmingham City Council still is planning for the future, including a consultation on its 2020 transport plan, building on t…
Digbeth High Street next to the Custard Factory
Posted Wednesday, April 8, 2020 - 09:59 in Chris's blog
For many years, Digbeth High Street has been an urban motorway, delivering cars into the very centre of Birmingham.…
Google Street View image of motor traffic on Moor Street Queensway
Posted Saturday, February 22, 2020 - 18:18 in Chris's blog
In preparation for the construction of Curzon Street Station for HS2, Birmingham City Council is proposing to install a bus gate on Moor Street Queensway outside of the train station.…
An example of dual cycling infrastructure.
Posted Thursday, June 27, 2019 - 12:49 in Chris's blog
With the new consultation on the second stage of the Perry Barr cycle track (see this blog post for details - Consultation closes Ju…
Be Heard logo
Posted Tuesday, June 4, 2019 - 16:03 in Chris's blog
Following a series of consultations earlier this year, Birmingham City Council has launched a new consultation for Sherlock Street aimed at improving bus times heading out of the city.…
Proposed streetscape at Perry Barr
Posted Tuesday, June 4, 2019 - 15:05 in Chris's blog
Following the completion of the cycle track from the city center along the A34 to Heathfield Road, many people asked when the route would be completed by taking it through Perry Barr.…
Posted Thursday, November 22, 2018 - 01:22 in Chris's blog
At the joint CyclingUK and Cyclenation conference this year, after Katherine Nield, of ClientEarth, has given the opening speech, we will be discussing "…
Chorlton segregated cycle tracks
Posted Tuesday, November 20, 2018 - 21:17 in Chris's blog
At the Cycling UK and Cyclenation campaigners' conference on Sat 24th Nov in Birmingham, we will be hearing more about Manchester's Beelines and how …
New crossings at the Middleway
Posted Saturday, November 17, 2018 - 16:54 in Chris's blog
I'm not sure that this update should be titled 'BCR update' anymore.…
West Midlands Metro Travel Plan
Posted Thursday, November 8, 2018 - 01:42 in Chris's blog
On Friday (9th Nov) the West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) Board will meet, and sign off on the plan on how to spend the £250 million from the Transforming Cities Fund (TCF) that the West Midl…
Christmas Playing Out Street Party
Posted Sunday, November 4, 2018 - 14:45 in Chris's blog
If you want your local councillor to learn more about this, or to ask them to send local council officers to learn more, you can ask them to go to Cyclenation's conference on …
An artist's impression of Curzon Station
Posted Saturday, November 3, 2018 - 10:01 in Chris's blog
The HS2 team are holding a public engagement process for the design of the Curzon Street station and surrounding urban realm, including public transport and cycling routes.…
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