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Urban cycleway, Birmingham

Urban cycleway, Birmingham

Birmingham A34 route north

Crashed car has been abandoned and is completely blocking A38 Cycle Lane in Edgbaston. No police or police cordon. @WMPolice @A38Cycleway https://t.co/peZnLqcNyY

A former patch of green used for parking behind a multi-storey car park. Lack of provision isn’t the problem, attitude is the problem. https://t.co/9RT1xqqFpk

[Image taken: Date unknown] This is a Creative Commons image. As it shows a CrossCountry (www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/) train I'm locating it at the company's HQ: 18 The Priory, Queensway, Birmingham, B4 6BS. The image is indicative to il ... [more]

Priority at sideroads best practice in Brimingham

This is roadspace reallocation: new segregated cycleway under construction outside Edgbaston cricket ground

No cycling (or any vehicles) in this tram area just north of Birmingham New Street station

Wheeling channel for cycles at the stairs at Birmingham New Street

Segregated contraflow cycleway in Birmingham

Just another ordinary day at Robin Hood Island. https://t.co/UNnlvQG0F0 Also tweeted by Jeremy Vine: https://twitter.com/theJeremyVine/status/1474677206525820928?s=20

Millennium Milepost Tessall Lane This milepost is a Rowe type and has a T3/8 disk. The mileages on this milepost are: 1) Bromsgrove 10.25, Redditch 18.25 2) City Centre 8.75, West Bromwich 13 3) Longbridge Station 0.25

Millennium Milepost Northfield This milepost is a McColl type and has a T4/6 disk. The mileages on this milepost are: 1) Bromsgrove 11.25, Redditch 19.25 2) Ciry Centre 7.75, West Bromwich 12

Millennium Milepost King's Norton This milepost is a Rowe type and has a T1/4 disk, this milepost is also missing two of it's arms. The mileages on this milepost are: 1) City Centre 5.5, West Bromwich 9.75 The mileages on the m ... [more]

Millennium Milepost Dacer Close This milepost is a Rowe type and has a T3/7 disk. The mileages on this milepost are: 1) Bournville 0.5, Birmingham University 2.25 2) City Centre 5, West Bromwich 9.25 3) Bromsgrove 14, Redditch 22

Millennium Milepost Fordhouse Lane This milepost is a Mills type and has a T1/3 disk. The mileages on this milepost are: 1) City Centre 4.75, West Bromwich 9 2) Bromsgrove 14.25, Redditch 22.25

Millennium Milepost River Rea This milepost is a Rowe type and has a T1/2 disk. The mileages on this milepost are: 1) Kings Heath 1 2) Bromsgrove 15.25, Redditch 23.25 3) City Centre 3.75, West Bromwich 8

Millennium Milepost Boating Lake This milepost is a McColl type and has a T3/6 disk. The mileages on this milepost are: 1) Citycentre 3.5, Lichfield 26.75 2) Longbridge 6.25, Stratford upon Avon 43.5

Millennium Milepost Cannon Hill Park This milepost is a Mills type and has a T1/1 disk. The mileages on this milepost are: 1) Bromsgrove 16.75, Redditch 24.75 2) City Centre 2.25, West Bromwich 6.5

Millennium Milepost Calthorpe Park This milepost is a Mills type and has a T3/5 disk. The mileages on this milepost are: 1) City Centre 1.75, West Bromwich 6 2) Bromsgrove 17.25, Redditch 25.25

Millennium Milepost Gooch Street This milepost is a McColl type and has no disk. The mileages on this milepost are: 1) Bromsgrove 17.75, Redditch 25.75 2) City Centre 1.25, West Bromwich 5.5

Millennium Milepost Hurst Street This milepost is a Mills type and has a T3/4 disk. The mileages on this milepost are: 1) Bromsgrove 18.5, Redditch 26.25 2) West Bromwich 5, Walsall 11.75

Millennium Milepost John Bright Street This milepost is a Rowe type and has a T3/3 disk. The mileages on this milepost are: 1) Bromsgrove 18.5, Redditch 26.5 2) West Bromwich 4.75, Walsall 11.5

Millennium Milepost Birmingham Arena This milepost is a Mills type and has a T3/1 disk. The mileages on this milepost are: 1) City Centre 0.5, South Birmingham 2) West Bromwich 5, Walsall 10.75

West Midlands Cycle Hire opposite Digbeth Police Station The bikes were launched in Birmingham on Monday 24th May 2021. You need the free Beryl app to unlock, but is free for 30 minutes (I think), then £4 an hour (from what I've hear ... [more]

West Midlands Cycle Hire at the University of Birmingham, near New Fosse Way in Edgbaston. Near the path to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham and the bus stop for the X20, X21 and X22 Platinum bus routes. Close to the Metchley R ... [more]

West Midlands Cycle Hire on Moor Street, Queensway Close to Birmingham Moor Street Station in the middle of the dual carriageway.

Blue cycle lane on Harborne Lane, Selly Oak, near Battery Retail Park. Part of the Selly Oak Bypass extension works completed in late 2020. Harborne Lane and Chapel Lane have been both bi-directional since autumn 2020.

West Midlands Cycle Hire near the Boldmere Gate, Sutton Park. Near the roundabout and junction with Stonehouse Road. On Monmouth Drive.

Rea Valley Route at Cannon Hill Park - Cycling past the Fairground Location: Cannon Hill Park, Selly Park (England, UK) A Sunday morning walk around Cannon Hill Park. Forecast was rain, it later started to lightly rain, before it g ... [more]

Flint Green Road, Acocks Green, Birmingham. This house belonged to a famous engineer but I forget his name....

May 2020 aproaching Perry Barr locks

May 2020

My commute through Kings Norton park one Sunday morning

Just been for a ride on the new A34 blue cycle route with @WMPRHRT - Great to see quite a few other people cycling on the route too. #BrumsOnBikes #Birmingham #BCR #NewBlueRoutes https://t.co/TDPChJO893

When the tiny bit of cycle infrastructure in BIRMINGHAM is treated with respect. FFS. https://t.co/PqI3Gadecd

Good to see the progress being made on Birmingham’s main road cycle tracks. Space being given back to people walking outside the University of Birmingham, and the central reservation cycle track will look beautiful when the trees are in l ... [more]

Merritts Brook Greenway - Bournville - exit to Woodbrooke Road Location: Bournville, Birmingham City (England, United Kingdom) A section of the Merritts Brook Greenway in Bournville from Hay Green Lane to Bournville Lane. Beyond that ... [more]

Merritts Brook Greenway - Bournville - sign from Hay Green Lane Location: Bournville, Birmingham City (England, United Kingdom) A section of the Merritts Brook Greenway in Bournville from Hay Green Lane to Bournville Lane. Beyond that ... [more]

Water Bottle Refill - Birmingham New Street Station Location: Deritend, Birmingham City (England, United Kingdom) Water Bottle Refill - Birmingham New Street Station. Saw this after coming up the escalator from platform 12 after a ... [more]

Bourn Brook Walkway, Quinton - path Location: , Birmingham City (England, United Kingdom) A section of the Bourn Brook Walkway in Quinton from West Boulevard (after leaving Woodgate Valley Country Park) towards California Way. It i ... [more]

Bourn Brook Walkway, Quinton - fingerpost Location: , West Midlands (England, United Kingdom) A section of the Bourn Brook Walkway in Quinton from West Boulevard (after leaving Woodgate Valley Country Park) towards California Way. ... [more]

Bourn Brook Walkway, Quinton - signs - to Harborne and Selly Oak Location: , West Midlands (England, United Kingdom) A section of the Bourn Brook Walkway in Quinton from West Boulevard (after leaving Woodgate Valley Country Park) towa ... [more]

Woodgate Valley Country Park - fingerpost Location: Ridgacre, West Midlands (England, United Kingdom) Heading along the main path towards West Boulevard. All nicely paved, suitable for cyclists, joggers, walkers and dog walkers. Fi ... [more]

Woodgate Valley Country Park - path Location: Ridgacre, West Midlands (England, United Kingdom) Heading along the main path towards West Boulevard. All nicely paved, suitable for cyclists, joggers, walkers and dog walkers.

Woodgate Valley Country Park - footbridge on the Bourn Brook Location: , Birmingham City (England, United Kingdom) Footbridge on the Bourn Brook

Woodgate Valley Country Park - path towards West Boulevard Location: , Birmingham City (England, United Kingdom) The route was mostly parallel with the Bourn Brook. The last stretch of the path towards West Boulevard.

Woodgate Valley Country Park - exit to West Boulevard Location: , Birmingham City (England, United Kingdom) The crossing here leads onto the Bourn Brook Walkway (Wentworth Way Open Space or as the Bournvale Walk). It then leads onto C ... [more]

Custard Factory, Digbeth - bike rack - The Clean Kilo - Zero Waste Brum Location: Bordesley, Birmingham City (England, United Kingdom) A quick pop into Digbeth. Custard Factory bike rack - The Clean Kilo - Zero Waste Brum

Development by the redditch road. (Why are all my photos sideways? )

Inside longbridge cycle secure hub. Apply online for a swipe card at network West Midlands

Longbridge bicycle hub Open 24 hours 7 days a week CCTV Swipe card Night lighting. Apply online to network West Midlands for a card.

Parking at Longbridge Town, multistorey car park by Poundland. 360 degree CCTV

Shared-use

Cycle contraflow

Not very nice for cycling along

Car park taking up several storeys of this building, rather than it being productive space

Longbridge Station car park - bike rack Location: , Birmingham City (England, United Kingdom) Seen at the new car park near Longbridge Station on Longbridge Lane. bike rack

Longbridge Station - new graffiti street art and cycle parking

Garretts Green Lane, Garretts Green - sign - Cycling Prohibited Location: Kitts Green, West Midlands (England, United Kingdom) Garretts Green Lane in Garretts Green, Birmingham. A very old sign - Cycling Prohibited

Meadow Brook - Merritt's Brook Greenway - Northfield - sign Location: Shenley Fields, West Midlands (England, United Kingdom) A walk through Meadow Brook part of the Merritt's Brook Greenway near Northfield. After leaving Ley Hill ... [more]

No motor vehicles or cycles on mown verge - Swanshurst Lane, Moseley Location: Springfield, Birmingham City (England, United Kingdom) Seen from the 11C bus stop opposite. Not far from what was the Sarehole area. So many grass ver ... [more]

I guess designed to fit in with the retro look of the rest of Birmingham Moor Street station, but these cycle sheds would be so much better with some standard Sheffield Stands inside. Who'd notice, apart from the users?

Birmingham - No Cycling on Corporation Street

Birmingham - two-way cycling on Cannon St

Cyclenation AGM

Wayfinding

Wayfinding

Presenting Cyclescape to a Cyclenation meeting.

Early autumn on regional route 55, where it joins the towpath of the Worcester and Birmingham canal. The northern portal of the Wast HillsTunnel is in the background. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wast_Hills_Tunnel

Kings Norton Junction - Stratford-on-Avon Canal - towpath closed Location: Lifford, Birmingham City (England, United Kingdom) I walked a section of the Worcester & Birmingham Canal from Stirchley to Kings Norton (I was on part of the ... [more]

Rea Valley Route - Kings Norton Recreation Ground - path on NCN 5 - stream off the River Rea - footbridge Location: Kings Norton, Birmingham City (England, United Kingdom) On the Rea Valley Route in Kings Norton, Birmingham. I left ... [more]

Bollards intruding the public realm to stop pavement parking

Enclosed cycle parking for employees, Birmingham

Coloured line markings add colour to improve an otherwise dingy area of a footway user route in Birmingham

Public art on Sustrans route, Birmingham

Birmingham Grand Central station

Birmingham Grand Central station

Birmingham Grand Central station

Two steps missing

Danger: edge of bricks gave me two punctures!

Hall Green Station - bike rack and pigeons Location: , Birmingham City (England, United Kingdom) At Hall Green Station. Decided to go to Gravelly Hill. While I waited (one train every hour) I took these. I got the 12:05 to Birmi ... [more]

Brompton Bike Hire - Colmore Row Location: , Birmingham City (England, United Kingdom) Brompton Bike Hire - Colmore Row. Near the Midland Metro extension.

Cycle parking at The Square Shopping Centre (Priory Square) #2

Cycle parking at The Square Shopping Centre (Priory Square) #1

@@BhamCityCouncil like to keep us on out feet/pedals..... @Rahario @geckobike http://t.co/mj9CEY64Mh

At least this responsible van driver kept out of the cycle lane http://t.co/lACw1bV8vc

Main path (NCN 5) through Canon Hill Park towards sunset.

"Cycling prohibited" sign *on* a cycle path... can anyone explain?!

Notice for cyclists on a Pendolino train

Space for cycles (and wheelchair ramp) on a Pendolino train

Cycle parking at Birmingham Museum and Art gallery - a huge square with space for much more parking.

If there's no left turn, why warn of pedestrians to the left?

Signage for Central Ring cycle route in Birmingham

Canal towpath in central Birmingham

Canal towpath in central Birmingham

Modern bridge over the Birmingham and Fazeley canal in central Birmingham.

Canal towpath in central Birmingham

Canal towpath in central Birmingham

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