Transport information news

Get on your bike this September

Residents and businesses in Birmingham are being encouraged to get on their bikes throughout September.

Published 1st September 2025.

• Broad Street bus lane restrictions to be enforced

  From December we will be enforcing the current bus lane restrictions on Broad Street.

  

  Published 28th November 2024.

• Work begins on Digbeth lighting scheme following HS2 grant

  Work has officially started on a new lighting scheme designed to create brighter streets in Digbeth – close to HS2’s flagship Birmingham Curzon Street station.

  

  Published 26th November 2024.

• City leaders unite to tackle road safety in Birmingham

  In the West Midlands we are working towards an environment where no-one is killed or seriously injured on our roads.

  Published 2nd August 2023.

• Who goes first on the UK highways according to the new Highway Code hierarchy?

  29 January 2022 is the day when greater protection should be given to the safety of active travellers as the Government’s proposed hierarchy of road users takes effect.

  

  Published 7th January 2022.

• Electric bikes available to hire for the first time in Birmingham

  From 8 December 2021, electric bikes may be hired from any of Birmingham's 85 docking stations situated in the most popular areas.

  

  Published 8th December 2021.

• Secretary of State for Transport asked to support default 20mph speed limit in Birmingham

  Yesterday, 20 May 2020, Birmingham City Council’s Cabinet Member for Transport and Environment, Councillor Waseem Zaffar MBE, wrote to the Secretary of State for Transport, Grant Shapps MP.

  Published 21st May 2020.

• Have your say in the Birmingham Bus Survey

  People who travel in Birmingham are being invited to take part in a survey which seeks to better understand why they do – or don’t – use the bus.

  Published 24th January 2019.