Brum paper launches campaign to back bid for DfT cycling funds

The arrival of the Cycle City Expo in England’s second city was enough to get local paper The Birmingham Mail waxing lyrical about the scope to increase cycling there. Elsewhere, meanwhile, the war of words between cyclists and motorists continued unabated.

Rik Thomas

03 May 2013

he Birmingham Mail has come out as an enthusiastic supporter of the city’s bid to boost cycling numbers

ON 26 APRIL, The Birmingham Mail piggybacked on the LTT-supported Cycle City Expo in England’s second city to launch “a new campaign backing a bid for £17m investment that would transform cycling in our city”.

“Birmingham is on the cusp of a cycling revolution,” the paper suggested. “The city is buzzing with the prospect of a bicycle boom… A 20-year plan has been devised to dramatically improve cycling, ambitiously setting its sights on the...