How Birmingham’s City Map Is Being Redrawn for Visitors
Birmingham is overhauling its city-centre mapping, from on-street totems to digital guides, to make the UK’s second city easier to read on foot and by tram.
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Birmingham is overhauling its city-centre mapping, from on-street totems to digital guides, to make the UK’s second city easier to read on foot and by tram.
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