Questions CON1 to CON13

Question CON1

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How should we manage moving more people around the city, bearing in mind our aims of promoting modes of transport other than car and cutting carbon emissions? How can we manage access to the city centre for delivery and service vehicles? How can we use technology and new design to help deliveries to all types of buildings?

Original Document

How should we manage the anticipated growth in people movement, both “natural” growth and growth from new development, bearing in mind the objective of promoting non-car modes and reducing carbon emissions? How can future demands for delivery and service vehicle access to the city centre best be managed? What technological and design innovations could help facilitate deliveries to all types of premises?

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Question CON2

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How can we improve the area along the A38 (Bristol Road) within the city centre, while keeping it as a main road for traffic?

Original Document

How can the A38 corridor within the city centre be reconfigured to reduce its negative impact, whilst still retaining an important traffic carrying function?

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Question CON3

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Should we change the Ring Road to be able to carry more traffic by improving some junctions where traffic jams are a problem?

Original Document

Should the traffic-carrying capacity of the Ring Road be increased by selective junction improvements (e.g. grade separation) where congestion proves to be a particular problem?

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Question CON4

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How much car parking should the new developments in the city centre have? Should we make all new developments ‘car free’ (no parking provided) unless there are to be used not just by commuters?

Original Document

How much private car parking should be provided for new developments in the city centre? Should we require any or all new development to be ‘car free’ (i.e. no parking provided) unless otherwise justified for non-commuter purposes?

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Question CON5

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How and where should we have off-street parking (car parks) for the public? How much long-stay (such as for workers) and short-stay (such as for shoppers) parking should we have? Should we make the controlled (metered, on-street) parking zone bigger?

Original Document

How, where and in what numbers should publicly available off street parking be provided? What should be the balance between long stay (commuter) and short stay (shopper) spaces? Should the controlled parking zone be extended?

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Question CON5

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What should the Big City Plan say about taxis, motorbikes and scooters?

Original Document

What should the Big City Plan say about providing for taxis and for motorcycles and scooters?

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Question CON7

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How can we make more use of rail to transport workers and others into the city centre, up to and after the year 2025, and what transport network projects will we need to support this? Can and should the Big City Plan prepare for a future High Speed Train route to the city centre and facilities for people getting off.

Original Document

How can rail play a stronger role in providing for commuter and other travel needs into the city centre, up to and beyond 2025, and what infrastructure projects will be needed to support this? Can and should the Big City Plan provide appropriate protection for a future High Speed Train route to the city centre and related disembarkation facilities?

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Question CON8

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What do we need to do to make sure that the New Street Gateway project greatly improves access to the station from all sides, especially Southside? How can we make the Snow Hill, Moor Street and Jewellery Quarter stations fit in with their surroundings? (and also a new Bordesley station, which we need to move because of the suggested rail chords).

Original Document

What steps need to be taken to ensure that the New Street Gateway project radically improves access to the station from all points, especially Southside. How can we best integrate Snow Hill, Moor and Jewellery Quarter stations with their surroundings (and a relocated Bordesley station, which would need to be moved as a result of the proposed rail chords).

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Question CON9

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Where should the city centre metro routes go and how should they work? What are the alternatives to the metro in different places? Should we think about having undergroud trains?

Original Document

Where should the city centre metro routes go and how should they operate? What are the alternatives to Metro in different locations? Should an underground option be relooked at?

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Question CON10

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What should we do to make the bus system better? Think about quality, reliability, safety, comfort, image and fuel efficiency/environmental performance.

Should we be using more buses or less, should we look at using more of other types of transport?

What streets should buses use, where should they stop in the city centre and where should they link with other modes of transport (train, metro, cars, taxis)?

Original Document

How should we go about developing a genuinely 21st century bus system, in terms of quality, reliability, safety, comfort, image and fuel efficiency/environmental performance? What is the future role of the bus in the city centre relative to other public transport options? What streets should buses use, where should they stop in the city centre and where should they interchange with other modes of transport?

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Question CON11

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How can we make the City Centre the easiest to walk around in the UK?

What streets and spaces should be our top priority to make good walking routes?

Where do we need to do things, such as barrier removal and crossing improvement?

What other kinds of improvement might be carried out?

Original Document

How can we go about making the city centre the UK’s most walkable centre? What streets and spaces should be the top priority walking routes? Where does attention need to be targeted to improve walkability, such as barrier removal and crossing improvement? What other kinds of improvement might be carried out?

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Question CON12

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How can cycling to, from and within the city centre be encouraged?

In what ways, and in which areas should we spend money to do this?

How can we make cycling on our streets easier and less dangerous?

Original Document

How can cycling to, from and within the city centre be encouraged and where should investment be targeted? How can the hostility of the highways environment to cyclists be removed?

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Question CON13

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How can Birmingham provide a digital infrastructure (eg broadband networks or other facilities) to help new and existing businesses?

Could  a ‘Virtual Birmingham’:

  • improve people’s understanding and appreciation of the city centre?
  • increase the numbers of visitors or tourists, or the money they spend here?
  • attract global business interests to trade with or invest in the city centre?
  • and enable the city to achieve its ‘Connected City’ plan?

Original Document

How can Birmingham provide a digital infrastructure to enable new and existing businesses to have a competitive advantage, globally and locally? Can a ‘Virtual Birmingham’ improve people’s understanding and appreciation of the city centre, increase opportunities for the visitor economy and attract global business interests to trade with or invest in the city centre and enable the city to achieve its ‘Connected City’ aspirations both locally and internationally?

How should Birmingham ensure that the development of new households within the city centre have a digital infrastructure that supports family living across all generations and supports the flexible lifestyle requirements of 21st century living?

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