Cyclist.ie has contacted many Local Election 2014 candidates (party candidates as we don’t have email contacts for the 341 non-party ones) to invite them to take a survey questionnaire about cycling promotion and what role they will play in their areas, if elected, to achieve the NCPF (2009) goal of 10% of daily trips to be made by bike by 2020. Continue reading Local & European Elections
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Local Elections
With the local elections looming (23 May) and candidate selection almost complete, Cyclist.ie sent out today its on-line survey questionnaire to all the party HQs and Directors of Elections seeking their cooperation in getting the link to each candidate and asking them to take the trouble to complete the survey. Continue reading Local Elections
Call on Government to support Cycle To School initiative
Welcoming the pledge by An Taoiseach Enda Kenny to extend the successful ‘Cycle to Work’ scheme, Michael Dawson, founder of One4all called on the Government to extend the initiative to a ‘Cycle To School’ campaign and keep Ireland moving.
Speaking today at the Dublin Business School/Lidl Annual Retail Conference, Mr. Dawson said:
“We know that since the introduction of the Cycle To Work Scheme countless jobs have been created as thousands more people have invested in new bicycles. There is now a real opportunity for Ireland to set the benchmark in youth cycling by extending the initiative to schools. Such a move would support the health of our children and the wallets of parents while also boosting employment in the retail sector.” Continue reading Call on Government to support Cycle To School initiative
Sligo-Mayo greenway development in County Plan
Context
- Use of Sligo-Mayo abandoned rail-bed for a walking/cycling greenway
- Council sought submissions from the public regarding the Draft Development Plan for the county
- This current / second submission follows on from the Manager’s report to Councillors Continue reading Sligo-Mayo greenway development in County Plan
State exams have “strong negative impact” on participation in sport
State examinations have a “strong negative impact” on the participation of children in sport, which in turn has “a lasting effect” on the likelihood of participation in later life.
Keeping Them in the Game: Taking Up and Dropping Out of Sport and Exercise in Ireland points out that the health issue most commonly associated with sport is obesity – and childhood obesity “reduces employment prospects and the likelihood of partnership as an adult”. Read article
ECF AGM
European Cyclists’ Federation AGM & Events – April 2014
Dublin Cycling Campaign and Cyclist.ie are working hard on preparations for hosting the 2014 AGM of the European Cyclists’ Federation; see also ECF 2014
Electric bikes take China by storm
The car is now king in China. The country’s rapid road to industrialisation has meant a large proportion of its citizens have traded in their bikes for four wheels.
This may have helped build a new modern economy, but it also has its downside: chronic congestion.
But now a bikes are returning to China’s gridlocked streets, only this time they are electric.
Adam Shaw visits the country where an estimated 120 million electric bikes are already in use, providing a greener alternative to the country’s four wheeled obsession.
Plans for Dublin
Car lanes to be given to walkers and cyclists on Dublin’s quays
A plan to reduce traffic lanes and remove parking spaces from the Liffey quays, and to create a new pedestrian and cycling boulevard, will be presented to Dublin City Council next week. Read article
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Council to consider making limit “default urban speed limit” for residential and shopping districts
The reduction in the speed limit from 50km/h to 30km/h in Dublin city centre almost eight years ago has failed to reduce traffic speeds, Dublin City Council has concluded. Read article
A lot done, but more to do …
We need to put brakes on obsession with car as mode of transport
” … Corrupt planning and the age profile of politicians who still think driving is the future have been part of the problem. But more than anything else there has been a lack of courage to do the right thing now even if the dividends aren’t seen before this generation of politicians has retired …” Read article
The Holstee Manifesto Lifecycle Video
Nice video: https://vimeo.com/34414313