Car2Go all over Birmingham back in 2013 to 2014
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Car2Go was a car hire scheme in Birmingham during 2013 to 2014. Using SmartCar's. With slogans on the doors such as "Brum Brummie" or "Free Parking" etc. Users could use an app which they would pay for the use. Use the GPS to locate one and drive around the City. Didn't last more than 12 months though. From May 2013 to May 2014. Was based on was on Fleet Street.
Car2Go
Coming to Birmingham in May 2013, all of a sudden, there was these Car2Go SmartCar's parked all over the City. They were available all over the City. No fixed designation bays, just jump in and drive off. Free parking on any street pay and display bay (but sometimes parking wardens wouldn't know and would put yellow parking tickets on them). One off registration fee was £29.90 (at the time). Register once, drive anywhere. All inclusive price plans. There was different prices depending on how long you used them.
They were based in offices on Fleet Street, close to the Birmingham & Fazeley Canal. But this scheme wasn't to last, and by the late spring of 2014, Car2Go pulled out of Birmingham, never to return.
JUMP IN DRIVE OFF
Date: May 2013.
Location: Woodcock Street outside of Sir Doug Ellis Woodcock Sports Centre at Aston University.
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Date: August 2013.
Location: Gas Street.
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Date: August 2013.
Location: Alcester Road, Moseley Village.
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Date: February 2014.
Location: Reservoir Road, Ladywood, on the walk towards Edgbaston Reservoir.
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BRUM BRUMMIE
Date: May 2013.
Location: Woodbrooke Road, Bournville near The Valley Parkway.
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Date: June 2013.
Location: Fleet Street outside of the then Car2Go offices.
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Date: September 2013.
Location: Floodgate Street, Digbeth. Note the yellow parking ticket. Was it really free parking then?
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Date: May 2014.
Location: Edmund Street. The last ever photo of a Car2Go SmartCar that I would take before they left Birmingham for good.
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FREE PARKING
Date: May 2013:
Location: Corporation Street, in the Steelhouse Conservation Area near the courts.
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Date: June 2013.
Location: Hazelwell Fordrough, Stirchley.
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Date: July 2013.
Location: Lionel Street, Jewellery Quarter. Near the Great Charles Street Queensway car park.
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Date: August 2013.
Location: Brunel Street. Near Brunel Street Car Park (now called Town Hall Car Park).
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Date: September 2013.
Location: Bissell Street, Highgate.
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HELLO BIRMINGHAM
Date: May 2013.
Location: Aston Street on the Aston University Campus.
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Date: July 2013.
Location: Newhall Street, Jewellery Quarter near Newhall Square and the Birmingham & Fazeley Canal.
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Date: September 2013.
Location: Bromsgrove Street, Southside. Was close to Bristol Street.
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Date: October 2013.
Location: Calthorpe Road, Edgbaston at Five Ways.
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Photos taken by Elliott Brown. Can be found on Twitter: ellrbrown.