Launching Voi E-scooters and WM Cycle Hire

We are delighted to welcome two major additions to public transport and active travel on campus this week.

West Midlands Cycle Hire

West Midlands Cycle Hire launches on 24 May with a special event on campus. The scheme lets you rent a bike for short trips with an easy-to-use app, and is an exciting opportunity to make cycling practical and accessible to evermore members of the university, where 10% already commute by bike. The bikes will be particularly useful for the final leg of a longer bus or train journey, travelling to a local meeting, or occasional cycle trips.

Bikes can be parked at nine docking stations on and near campus, marked by the purple circles on the map, as well as in other docks in the city centre and along the traffic-free, Bristol Road ‘blue’ cycle route. As ever, safety is essential, so helmets and hi-viz are recommended.

Voi E-scooters

Working with the city council, Voi offer e-scooters to hire for short trips in Birmingham city centre, our local neighbourhoods, and now on campus. Using the e-scooters is simple: riders locate and unlock a scooter by signing up to the Voi app.

Like the hire bikes, e-scooters offer a fantastic alternative to short commutes by car, a core goal of the university’s sustainable travel plan. They are powered electric vehicles, so campus access has been designed to encourage use on our internal roads, is restricted on pedestrian paths, and is speed-limited on busy paths shared with pedestrians and cyclists.

Parking across campus is only in designated bays, marked by the blue pins on this map. A more controlled regime than elsewhere in the city, this is to ensure the scheme complements our high pedestrian flows and intensively used buildings.

All users are strongly advised to take training and to wear a helmet when riding (and can save money with a helmet selfie).

Get In Touch

If you’d like to find out more about Voi or WM Cycle Hire on campus, or ask a question, then please get in touch with Edward Shelley, the university’s sustainable travel officer.