City Centre Movement and Access strategy Tranche 2
Overview
As we transform the city centre into an 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 by all users.
As part of this strategy, we are proposing to introduce a series of measures across the city centre (the area within the A4540 ring road) over the next couple of years. These will be 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.
When finalised, these interventions will complete the movement and access arrangement shown below, leading to greater use of the ring road for private vehicle trips, and a reduction of vehicle trips on local roads within the city centre.
Private vehicles will be able to enter each area from the ring road only. Private vehicles will not be able to travel directly between the different areas, as shown on the plan below, but public transport and active travel modes will be able to. This means the route to a particular destination might change slightly, but all locations will remain accessible.
We recently consulted on a number of measures proposed as part of this project.
This tranche 2 consultation focuses on the proposed measures on Broad Street and Sheepcote Street, as well as along the A38 within the city centre, where changes to where vehicles can access or exit the A38 are being proposed.
Movement and access arrangement: Concept overview
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Movement and access arrangement: Traffic management cells/areas
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Proposed Measures
There are a number of proposed measures across the city centre. A summary of these is provided below.
1. No right turn from Broad Street into Sheepcote Street. South-eastbound bus gate (short bus lane) on Sheepcote Street between Brunswick Square and Broad Street, and removal of the existing bus gate (short bus lane) at northern end of Sheepcote Street. This will complete the boundary between the Westside North and Westside South traffic management areas. Broad Street is a key public transport corridor and simplifying the access arrangements in this location will help with more efficient movement of vehicles of all types.
2. Changes to where you can exit or join the A38 within the city centre. This will reduce congestion in these locations and is an important first step on the journey to downgrading the A38 and reducing the severance it brings – an aspiration outlined in the Birmingham Transport Plan.
Overview of proposed A38 joining and exiting changes
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View the plans:
Broad Street
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A38 Weaving Sections
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Summary of key proposals and signed routes
Events
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Drop in session - Council House
From 23 Oct 2024 at 15:00 to 23 Oct 2024 at 18:00An opportunity to view the tranche 2 plans in person, and talk to the project team. No booking needed.
Full address: Council House, Ground Floor, Room 2, Victoria Square, Birmingham B1 1BB
Areas
- CITY CENTRE
Audiences
- All residents
- Councillors/MPs/MEPs
- People with Disabilities
- Cyclists
- Motor Vehicle Drivers
- Pedestrians
- Local Residents
- Businesses
Interests
- cycling
- Health & Wellbeing
- Environment
- Transport (Including Walking)
- Business
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