Birmingham announces traffic ban proposals
Birmingham is the latest UK city to announce plans to ban cars from its city centre.
The Birmingham Transport Plan put forward by the council would ban cars from taking through trips across the city. Vehicles will be able to drive into the city, but would have to go back out to the ring road to access other areas.
Public transport would be the ‘preferred choice’ for travelling in and out of the city and city centre streets would be pedestrianised and integrated with public transport.
If it is backed by the council’s cabinet on 21 January, a consultation on the plan will begin on 28 January.
The plans are designed to tackle air pollution, which is widely regarded as a public health crisis in Birmingham that contributes to 900 premature deaths a year in the city.
