Birmingham City Council is carrying out final Traffic Regulation Order (TRO) consultations on the 20mph areas consulted on last year, before doing the work to implement the 20mph limits. This is a legal requirement for changes to the highways that Birmingham City Council has to carry out as part of the process of changing the speed limits. Push Bikes supports the TRO plans, as we believe that 20mph speed limits are an important part of creating a road environment that is attractive for cycling and walking.

The plans for BCR Stage 3 were presented to the BCR Stakeholder group this week.

Main Corridors

High quality "showcase" routes on main corridors with a high degree of segregation from motor vehicles and pedestrians are proposed for BCR3. These will follow the philosophy of road space reallocation presented in Birmingham Connected. At junctions there will either significant schemes, and /or use of quieter parallel routes.

On Monday (9th March) about 20 people were at a evening introduction at the Nechells Community Centre to the Big Birmingham Bikes project. We were responding to a request for volunteers to help in implementing the scheme within local communities across the city. The allocation of the first 1500 bikes has been made (but the bikes not yet delivered). Those chosen as approved recipients are now able to receive free training in road skills and bike maintenance arranged a specified leisure centres.

Birmingham City Council's bid for another £22 million of Cycling Ambition Grant money has been successful. This is great news, and will help Birmingham to make some real change towards a more sustainable transport system.

Further information can be found in this UK Government press release.