West Midlands unveils £260m vision for 500-mile cycle network

Cecilia Keating
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West Midlands unveils £260m vision for 500-mile cycle network

Seven metropolitan authorities with the support of Transport for West Midlands have linked their local cycling plans into the Starley Network

Nearly 500 miles of existing, pop-up, and prospective cycle routes have been pulled together to form an enormous cycle network in the West Midlands, in a pioneering collaboration by seven local authorities...

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