Unlocking the City Gridlock ; Birmingham Masterplan Professor Michael Parkinson Called On Birmingham's Transport Chiefs to Make Some 'Very Ambitious Decisions' to Help Free Up the City's Roads. Chief Reporter Neil Connor Asked Those Responsible for Setting the Transport Agenda What Exactly has to Be Done and If They Have the Power to Do It

Birmingham Post › March 14, 2007

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Birmingham was known as the 'city of a thousand trades', but visitors these days could be for given for thinking of it as the 'city of ten million cars' considering the gridlocked streets.

Admittedly, the city used to manufacture many of the vehicles driven by Europeans in the post war years, but that does not mean in the 21st century most of the cars made elsewhere have to be on Birmingham's streets.

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Unlocking the City Gridlock ; Birmingham Masterplan Professor Michael Parkinson Called On Birmingham's Transport Chiefs to Make Some 'Very Ambitious Decisions' to Help Free Up the City's Roads. Chief Reporter Neil Connor Asked Those Responsible for Setting the Transport Agenda What Exactly has to Be Done and If They Have the Power to Do It

The congestion that grips Birmingham and the West Midlands on a daily basis is estimated to cost the local economy pounds 2.2 billion a year.

However, decision makers and key transport bodies have campaigned hard to attract significant investment into the city to help give those who live and work in Birmingham - and those passing through - a less frustrating journey.

The shopping list of key projects that t...

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