More than £30m of investment to transform bus routes in Birmingham and Dudley has been announced by the Government.
The funding package will go towards the creation of new bus lanes, upgrades to junctions and better bus stops to improve journey times and reliability, to offer a convenient alternative to the car.
Improvements will be focused on Birmingham city centre and links to south and west Birmingham and Dudley, offering passengers’ quicker connections as well as links to the expanding Metro, Rail and Sprint networks.
The investment is backed by a grant of more than £24m from the Department for Transport, topped up with funding from West Midlands Bus Alliance partners, which includes Birmingham City Council and Transport for West Midlands (TfWM), part of the West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA).
Mayor the West Midlands Andy Street, who has had a series of meetings with Government on bus services, said: “We are already seeing bus use beginning to rise in the West Midlands – bucking the national trend – thanks to measures such as half-price travel for all 16-18-year-olds, convenient contactless ticketing, and live travel information apps.
“Now this new investment from Government will allow us to further improve bus journeys across the region, making them quicker and more reliable and helping to better connect people to work and leisure opportunities throughout the West Midlands.”
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