http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Meanwhile in Birmingham en Sun, 31 May 2026 09:22:33 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1455#post-13719 Wed, 29 Sep 2010 20:46:41 +0000 Arellcat 13719@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Hmm, I'm not sure I'd agree with LB on this one. BHI is an awful place to get to on a bike, as I realised earlier this year. The roads in and around the NEC are fun, but there are few non-dual carriageway options.</p> <p>The city centre though is quite like Sheffield and Glasgow in its tightly knit granite setts and marble seats and blue pavement lights and airy concourses, and not bad at all. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1455#post-13713 Wed, 29 Sep 2010 16:37:33 +0000 LaidBack 13713@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Cycling around Birmingham International Station + Airport approach roads is good fun... No worse than any other car obsessed place in UK...</p> <p><em>My daughter used to love watching Brum.... the car that could go (almost) everywhere!</em> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1455#post-13711 Wed, 29 Sep 2010 15:50:36 +0000 ruggtomcat 13711@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>nice long hills in B'ham...</p> <p>they are always messing with that city, it has gotten better to be fair. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1455#post-13707 Wed, 29 Sep 2010 14:52:31 +0000 chdot 13707@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"The Big City Plan is the most ambitious and far-reaching citywide development project ever undertaken in the UK: to create a world class city centre by planning for the next 20 years of transformation, to be in the top 20 most liveable cities in the world and to ultimately progress the city’s continued regeneration, in the spirit of Birmingham, as a global city with a local heart."</p> <p><a href="http://bigcityplan.birmingham.gov.uk/?page_id=22" rel="nofollow">http://bigcityplan.birmingham.gov.uk/?page_id=22</a></p> <p>Includes Bike Hire plans</p> <p><img src="http://api.ning.com:80/files/Wh5LgarX*3*6ux5SUSztpRDEKivIUE1STG1eEWDPyJQ-zQhBCEmDlQgq-qARE5ddFFghJ9QBrXszn4yKcTwu7FVbkEAPQU1Q/cyclehubs.jpg"> </p>