We are delighted to welcome new and returning students for the new academic year. Check out our one-page Freshers' guide to travelling around Birmingham.
Browse the rest of the site for advice on planning journeys around Birmingham, the different tickets and season passes available, including our new exclusive discounts, how to hire a bike from UoB and keeping your bike secure on campus, with secure shelters and free D-locks.
Every great journey starts with a plan.
Commuting by bike, hire schemes, and cycling facilities.
Public transport discounts, links and university shuttles.
Low-emission vehicles, shared cars, and our award-winning green fleet.
Events
Coming up on campus and online.
1Feb
- Dates
- Saturday 1 February (17:30) - Monday 31 March 2025 (19:00)
- Location
- TBC
- Description
- A series of three sessions giving staff and students the skills and knowledge to keep your bike in good condition. Dates and location to be confirmed.
1Apr
- Dates
- Tuesday 1 April (17:00) - Monday 30 June 2025 (19:00)
- Location
- TBC
- Description
- A series of three two-hour skills development sessions for staff and students, teaching correct techniques for braking, signalling, and use of gears, and developing confidence cycling on campus, local roads, and simple junctions. Dates and location to be confirmed.
1Apr
- Dates
- Tuesday 1 April (17:00) - Monday 30 June 2025 (19:00)
- Location
- TBC
- Description
- A series of four two-hour skills development sessions for complete beginner cyclists who want to learn how to ride a bike. Dates and location to be confirmed.
1Apr
- Dates
- Tuesday 1 April (17:00) - Monday 30 June 2025 (19:00)
- Location
- TBC
- Description
- A series of three two-hour cycling skills development sessions for staff and students, teaching riding on campus, local roads, and simple junctions in mostly moderate traffic, and more challenging roads in varied traffic situations. Dates and location to be confirmed.
About the Service
Commuting is a choice we make every day. For something so routine and intermediary, our daily travel has enormous consequences on our health, our time and money, and the world we live in. Since 2008, it has been a university priority for staff and students to be 'smart movers' and choose sustainable transport to come to campus. That's because solo car jouneys contribute every day to our collective greenhouse gas emissions. It's also because the sustainable alternatives advantage our wellbeing, wallets and world:
We make choices based on realistic options. That's why the university-wide travel survey is at the heart of the sustainable travel plan. Understanding why staff and students make the transport choices they do, helps devise measures to make sustainable transport more attractive. The hire-bike scheme popular with international and exchange students and the 25% discount on monthly staff bus passes are just two examples.
The travel plan has had great successes since inception. Solo car driving dropped five percentage points 2008-2018, staff cycling is more than the double national average, and 2/3 of undergraduates walk or cycle to study. Like these members of our community, will you be a smart mover too?
Contact
For information, queries or advice on sustainable travel please contact Edward Shelley, the University's sustainable travel officer, by emailing sustainabletravel@contacts.bham.ac.uk.