Editing Broad Street, Birmingham (section)

===Traffic and transport===
[[File:Broad Street, Birmingham, UK - 20130705.jpg|thumb|Traffic along Broad Street in July 2013]]

There is long standing concern over [[traffic congestion]] in the evenings when car drivers attracted by the nightlife are [[Cruising for sex|cruising]] the area. There was a proposal to ban cars during Friday and Saturday evenings<ref>[http://www.birminghammail.net/news/birmingham-news/2010/04/03/call-to-ban-cars-from-birmingham-s-broad-street-in-peak-hour-97319-26165698/]; [http://www.birminghampost.net/news/west-midlands-transport-news/2010/03/31/birmingham-s-broad-street-buses-to-be-axed-over-traffic-jams-65233-26143325/]</ref> and in 1998 there was a plan to ban cars every evening after 8.00 pm.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-60718902.html |title=BROAD STREET CAR BAN PLAN; Nightlife. - Birmingham Evening Mail (England) &#124; HighBeam Research |website=www.highbeam.com |access-date=13 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121106052158/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-60718902.html |archive-date=6 November 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

Broad Street is served by several [[National Express West Midlands]] bus routes.<ref>[http://nxbus.co.uk/west-midlands/places-to-visit/nights-out/birmingham/ Birmingham] ''National Express West Midlands''</ref> The road's only night bus service ceased in 2008.<ref>[http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/local-news/late-night-buses-in-broad-street-63168 Late night buses in Broad Street to be scrapped] ''Birmingham Mail''</ref>

The [[West Midlands Metro]] was extended along Broad Street to [[Five Ways tram stop|Five Ways]] between 2015 and 2019 with stops at [[Library tram stop|Birmingham Library]], [[Brindleyplace tram stop|Brindleyplace]] and Five Ways.<ref>[https://archive.today/20130616085953/http://www.centro.org.uk/newsroom/PressReleases/PressRelease58747.aspx]; [https://archive.today/20130616085904/http://www.centro.org.uk/metro/TWA/Bham_index.aspx]</ref> The proposed SPRINT [[bus rapid transit]] route between Birmingham and [[Quinton, Birmingham|Quinton]] would also serve Broad Street.<ref>[http://www.centro.org.uk/about-us/news/2014/sprint-to-make-birmingham-debut-on-broad-street-and-hagley-road/ Sprint plan unveiled between Birmingham and Quinton] ''centro''</ref>