City centre movement and access strategy
As we transform the city centre into a more attractive place to live, work, visit, and do business, it is essential that we free up space previously allocated to private vehicles.
Reducing miles travelled by car will improve air quality and encourage greater use of active travel. We understand that the city needs to keep moving and efficient access is essential to all.
The city centre movement and access strategy (CCMA), previously known as city centre cells/city centre segments, has developed through multiple versions to provide the solutions needed, in line with the principles of the Birmingham Transport Plan.
Over the last few years, we have effectively introduced measures to:
- provide safer facilities for active travel
- prioritise public transport
- reduce the dominance of private vehicles
CCMA builds on this to create an intuitive "go anywhere" network that is safe and reliable.
A series of measures across the city centre (the area within the A4540 ring road) will be introduced over a number of years. Private vehicles will not be able to travel directly between the different areas, but public transport and active travel modes will.
Private vehicles will be able to enter each area from the ring road only. This means the route to a particular destination might change slightly, but all locations will remain accessible.
These proposed measures are infrastructure and traffic management measures, such as bus gates, bollards, and turning restrictions that will be supported by new directional signage on the approach to and within the A4540 ring road.
These interventions will complete the movement and access arrangement, leading to greater use of the ring road and a reduction in vehicle trips on local roads within the city centre.
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Page last updated: 8 July 2024
