News
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What you should know about the design of 20th Street’s new flex lanes
Filed Under: Downtown Birmingham, Front Page, Potential-Proving, Transportation, Yaysayers
We present to you a short video tour of 20th Street that answers 3 questions we’ve heard about the new flex lanes.
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Love Birmingham? Here's how you can help make it more vibrant
Filed Under: Birmingham Food & Drink, Business-Proving, Downtown Birmingham, Front Page, Get Involved, Small Business, Transportation, Woodlawn, Woodlawn Street Market, Yaysayers
If you already give to REV, thank you! You make Birmingham more vibrant! If you’re considering a gift for the first time, please know that every gift, large or small, matters to us.
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Bikes and scooters launching in Birmingham in 2021, a year after Zyp ceased operations
Filed Under: Downtown Birmingham, Front Page, Transportation
The City of Birmingham has approved the applications for two micromobility vendors to operate shared bikes and scooters from vendors Gotcha and Veo in a wide service area that includes downtown and many neighborhoods that will begin in early 2021.
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How low-income residents bear the brunt of city parking policy
Filed Under: Downtown Birmingham, Front Page, Transportation
When we require parking as a prerequisite to development, we require car ownership to access our city. This development pattern effectively locks non-drivers out of large sectors of our society.
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The hidden price of parking in Birmingham
Filed Under: Developer, Downtown Birmingham, Front Page, Transportation
Parking seems simple right? Pull up in front of your destination and park the car. That is the assumption developers and cities have been working under for a few decades now.
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What to expect as the Park(ing) Day takes over 20th Street
Filed Under: Downtown Birmingham, Events, Filling Vacant Spaces, Front Page, Potential-Proving, Transportation
This year’s Park(ing) Day event is an even more focused and ambitious design that builds off of the momentum created by last year’s installation. Here’s what you can expect.
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ParkMobile app adds to vibrancy downtown by making paying for street parking a breeze
Filed Under: Downtown Birmingham, Front Page, Transportation
Birmingham joins other larger cities such as Washington D.C. and Atlanta that use the ParkMobile app.
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Birmingham launches pop-up trail to support social distancing
Filed Under: Developer, Front Page, Transportation, Yaysayers
Beginning Saturday, May 2, the First Avenue South corridor between 12th Street and 20th Street will be closed to vehicles and become a multi-use trail for pedestrians and cyclists on Saturdays and Sundays throughout the month of May.
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Avondale's 41st Street poised to be among Birmingham's first Complete Streets projects
Filed Under: Transportation, Yaysayers
A safer way forward is coming to Avondale! Blending the needs of drivers, cyclists and pedestrians with aesthetic needs and community input will create a more vibrant community for Avondale residents and business owners.
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Council-approved: Complete Streets to create a safer Birmingham
Filed Under: Developer, Downtown Birmingham, Transportation
A policy designed to transform Birmingham’s infrastructure by creating safer, more accessible streets is now officially in effect.The Birmingham Complete Streets Ordinance was approved unanimously by City Council on Tuesday, March 6.