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Monthly Archives: December 2011
Dublin cycling officer loses job after funding cut
IRELANDâS ONLY local authority cycling officer is to lose his job before Christmas, after Dublin City Council was instructed by the Department of the Environment not to fund the position any further.
âI am due to leave next Thursday,â said the councilâs cycling officer, CiarĂĄn Fallon. A Facebook campaign has been started by outraged cycling campaigners in an effort to reverse the decision.
FRANK McDONALD, Environment Editor. Read more
Replicating Danish cycling rates would cut EU emissions by 25%
EUROPE COULD cut its total greenhouse gas emissions by more than 25 per cent if every population cycled as regularly as the Danes, according to a pioneering study which tracks the environmental impact of cycling. Read more
The changing mood of Critical Mass bike rides
The most popular and successful rides explicitly rule out confrontation and offer something democratic and more precious. Read more