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Secure Bike Lockers installed

Eleven secure bicycle lockers are being installed on on campus and they will be ready for use from the end of April 2012.

The lockers will be in the following locations:

• Ring Road North (opposite the Munrow Sports Centre)
• Hills Car Park
• Arts Building

If you would like to trial a locker free of charge for a 6 month period then please email Caroline Radnor and she will issue the lockers on a first come first served basis. The nine successful applicants will be issued with a padlock and key and would be invited to give feedback on the usefulness of the lockers. [12/04/2012]

New Secure Parking available
From Monday 16th January 2012 there will be secure cycle parking available at the Munrow Sports Centre. The new compound is located to the rear of the shelter that was installed last year and provides 40 cycle parking spaces only accessible through a pin protected gate. To register to use this facility please visit the Munrow Sports Centre reception and present your ID card. You will be asked to complete a short application form before being given the pin code. The pin code will only be given to a limited number of registered staff and students to ensure that spaces are as readily available as possible. [17/01/2012]]

West Gate/University Station scheme - Monday morning chaos!
Work began on Monday 9th January 2012 on the new public transport interchange that will see the removal of the roundabout outside the Medical School.   Were they ready in time I wonder?

Please take care whilst the contractors fine tune the layout as there are new road markings, diversions and a lot of cones. 

An updated / expanded plan of the interchange is available as a PDF document here and it shows the new pedestrian crossing and the new Toucan crossing that will be available when the scheme is completed.  The wider picture of the layout of this area remains available as a PDF document here. [09/01/2012]

BUBUG secures improvements in Vale parking
Expansion at the Tennis Courts residence on the Vale could have meant the loss of 20 covered parking stands. BUBUG has agreed temporary and permanent replacements for the lost stands with the University Estates department. The temporary stands will be in place from early January 2012. [22/12/2011]

Cycling road shows
The February road shows were busy as usual despite the freezing cold weather for the first date.  The next event will be on Wednesday 20th June 2012 during Bike to Work week. More information is available on the Environment and Sustainability events web page. [12/03/2012]

BUBUG publishes bike repairer's list
There are now some innovative repairers around, some of whom will even come out to help you. We've collated a few contacts. See our shops and repairers section for details. [09/09/2011]

South Gate Junction reopened
The most cyclist-used entrance to the Edgbaston Campus, the South Gate, has reopened after 20 months of disruption caused by the building of Aston Webb Boulevard. As expected cyclists suffered in its first implementation - there is no Advanced Stop Line (ASL) on Bournbrook Road and the lights at the South Gate and Bournbrook Rd both seemed to fail to respond to cyclists. BUBUG has been in discussions with the City Council about all these problems. Cyclists are now detected at least at the South Gate. The excuse given for a lack of ASL on the other side is the curious arrangement of allowing cars out of Arley Road to enter Bournbrook Road by the lights. [18/05/2011]