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Cyclists call for a halt to construction of cycle lanes schemes pending a review for utility, safety and value-for-money

Cyclist.ie, Ireland's National Cycling Lobby Group, has called on the Government to postpone a recently announced “€4 Million Employment Initiative” that would have involved replacing rural road hard-shoulders with cycle lanes. Continue reading Cyclists call for a halt to construction of cycle lanes schemes pending a review for utility, safety and value-for-money

David Suzuki: Building bike lanes pays dividends

Most arguments against bike lanes are absurd. Consider this: we have wide roads everywhere to accommodate cars, most of which carry only one person. On either side of many of those roads, we have pedestrian sidewalks. In most large urban areas, we also have bus lanes and transit systems such as subways and rapid transit. When cyclists ride on roads, drivers often get annoyed. If they ride on sidewalks, pedestrians rightly get angry. Full article