Cyclist.ie supported advocates from the Love 30 campaign who addressed Ireland’s Road Safety Authority annual conference last Wednesday. Mairéad Forsythe and Justin Fleming shared the final speaking slot of the day-long conference. They jointly made the case for having 30 km/h as the default speed limit for all of our towns, villages and urban areas. The … Continue reading Campaigners Address Road Safety Authority Conference
Why Ireland Needs 30km/h Urban Speed Limits What difference does 30km/h make? At 60km/h one in ten pedestrians survive collisions between car and pedestrians, while at 30km/h nine in ten pedestrians survive – see graphic below. For the 6th UN Global Road Safety Week , The UN is calling on policymakers to act for low speed streets … Continue reading SIXTH UN Global Road Safety Week – Love 30, Streets for Life – 17 to 23 May 2021
Cyclist.ie ,the Irish Cycling Advocacy Network, welcomes the recent Garda Siochána and Road Safety Authority road safety appeal in advance of this June Bank Holiday weekend. However Cyclist.ie is strongly of the view that the publication of Ireland’s new road safety strategy must be brought forward. Just as for Slow Down Day one week ago … Continue reading Latest 2020 Road Traffic Collision Data Shows New Road Safety Strategy and Funding Are Urgently Required
Cyclist.ie strongly supports the view of the Road Safety Authority, as stated yesterday by its Chair Ms. Liz O’Donnell, in relation to the Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill, 2017 before the Oireachtas Transport Committee, where she called as ‘disgraceful and self-serving’ the behaviour and tactics employed by a tiny minority of rural TDs, who are delaying … Continue reading Liz O’Donnell (RSA) criticises tiny minority of rural TDs, who are delaying the passage of vital lifesaving road safety legislation
Full report; two highlights below ‘Special Recognition’ Award: Phil Skelton Phil Skelton founded the Stayin’ Alive at 1.5 campaign in 2013 following the deaths of two cyclists in Wexford as a result of collisions with cars travelling in the same direction. The campaign raises awareness of the need to allow sufficient space when overtaking cyclists … Continue reading Ireland’s Road Safety Champions 2017 Presented with ‘Leading Lights in Road Safety’ Awards by the Road Safety Authority
Dublin, 8 May 2017 Today marks the start of the UN’s Global Road Safety Week. All around the world, communities are coming together to organise events focused around the theme ‘Save Lives #SlowDown.’ “Speed is at the core of the global road traffic injury problem,” notes WHO Director-General Dr Margaret Chan. “If countries were to … Continue reading UN Global Road Safety Week
Participants were asked to answer three questions proposed by the Commission, on 27th November 2015. The European Cyclists’ Federation (ECF) asked its member organisations to respond. Cyclist.ie is the member for Ireland of the ECF. Our views are represented in this submission to the EU Commission. What further commitments/initiatives can your organisation make to contribute to … Continue reading European Commission Road Safety Workshop
HGV Project Video Large fleet operator – Musgrave Retail Partners Ireland, renowned city centre school – Belvedere College, An Taisce Green-Schools and Cyclist.ie, the Irish cycling advocacy network, will run a demonstration to highlight dangers of “blind zones” around Heavy Goods Vehicles(HGVs) for students at the Belvedere Sports Grounds on the Navan Road on 16 … Continue reading Highlighting road safety issues around large trucks
Message sent on Wednesday 6 August to Road Safety Authority by Cyclist.ie – The Irish Cycling Advocacy Network in response to RSA press release issued Friday 1 August regarding rise in vulnerable road user fatalities Michael Rowland (Director of Research) Brian Farrell (Director for Communications) Dear Michael and Brian As a leader of a group … Continue reading Message sent to Road Safety Authority
Cyclist.ie: Suggested revision of ‘The Rules of The Road’ submitted by ‘Cyclist.ie’ to the Road Safety Authority Nov 2012
