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Various Roads, Birmingham Provisions For E-Scooters - Experimental Order 2026
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BIRMINGHAM CITY COUNCIL
(VARIOUS ROADS, BIRMINGHAM) (PROVISIONS FOR E-SCOOTERS) (EXPERIMENTAL) ORDER 2026
NOTICE is hereby given that the above named Council have made the above named Order under Sections 9, 10(1) and 10(2) and Part IV of Schedule 9 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 (as amended) (“the Act”) and of all other enabling powers and after consultation with the Chief Officer of Police in accordance with Part III of Schedule 9 to the Act the effect of which is to introduce experimental measures the effect of which will:
1. Re-designate ‘Cycle Tracks’, in the Trial Areas of Birmingham, to ‘Cycle Lanes’ in order to facilitate their use by authorised Electric Scooters.
2. Provide exemptions for the use of authorised Electric Scooters from any traffic restriction, in the Trial Areas of Birmingham, that also exempts Pedal Cycles.
3. Provide exemptions for authorised Electric Scooters from waiting restrictions when parked in an authorised Electric Scooter Parking Bay.
This Order will come into operation on 13th day of November 2026.
A copy of the Experimental Order together with the statement of the Council’s reasons will be made available on request (Contact Alan Porter – email: transport@birmingham.gov.uk or telephone: 0121 303 4800)
The above named Council will consider in due course whether this Experimental Order should be made permanent. Persons wishing to object to the making of the permanent Order must, within six months of the date the Order coming into operation or the date of any modification which might be made, send a statement in writing, including the grounds for their objection to the Director of Infrastructure and Sustainability, Place, Prosperity & Sustainability Directorate, Birmingham City Council, PO Box 14439, Birmingham B2 2JE.
If any person wishes to question the validity of this Experimental Order or of any of the provisions contained in it on the grounds that it is not within the powers conferred by the Act or on the grounds that any requirements of the Act or any instrument made under it has not been complied with in relation to these Orders may within 6 weeks from the 5th day of November 2026 apply to the High Court for this purpose.
Phil Edwards, Director – Infrastructure and Sustainability
www.birmingham.gov.uk Dated 5th November 2026
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