Five years ago, if you commuted to work and wanted to go from Dublin’s IFSC to Grafton Street’s Brown Thomas during your lunchbreak, you would have had very little browsing time, even if you had travelled by taxi. – See more
Cycling MLA of the Year 2014
The Northern Ireland Assembly witnessed an unprecedented rise of the bicycle onto the political agenda in 2013-14. Even the expected boost from the Giro dâItalia couldnât mask an emergence of everyday cycling issues being promoted by more politicians than ever before. But could anyone unseat the DUPâs Peter Weir as the 2-time reigning, defending Cycling MLA of the Year? Read more
Parking Day
Parking Day is turning car parking spaces into public parks, games or art installations for one day every year in September. Park(ing) Day is intended to promote creativity, civic engagement, critical thinking, unscripted social interactions, generosity and play.
Cambridge University launches lorry safety scheme to protect cyclists and pedestrians
A major safety scheme to protect cyclists and pedestrians from lorries in the city launches today.
All contractors working for Cambridge University are being asked to make safety improvements to their vehicles and to provide additional staff training.
The initiative will run on a voluntary basis for one year and will become compulsory in new contracts from the second, with penalties set to be levied for non-compliance.
Walking or cycling to work ‘improves well-being’
Switching from driving a car to walking or cycling to work improves our well-being, a study suggests.
Active commuters felt better able to concentrate and under less strain than when travelling by car, University of East Anglia (UEA) researchers said.
Even going by public transport was preferable to driving, data from 18,000 UK commuters over 10 years suggested.
Parking in bus stops (Limerick)
Not a traffic warden in sight …
Pre-Budget 2015 submission from Cyclist.ie â The Irish Cycling Advocacy Network
Cyclist.ie, the network of the cycling campaigns and bicycle festivals on this Island, makes this Pre-Budget Submission 2015 in an attempt to encourage fresh thinking about the purpose of a taxation system in relation to decreasing the societal impacts and latent costs to the Exchequer from motorised transport use and unhealthy lifestyles. Budgets should be striving to support healthier, cost-effective modes of transport with benefits across health, community and the environment sectors. Investment in cycling promotion is one of the most cost-effective actions that any government can make.
Dublin needs more benches, less pandering to cars, says expert
Prof Jan Gehl said Ireland and other former British colonies âhave allowed traffic planners to exert undue influence, with silly ideas like every time a pedestrian approaches a crossing, they have to âapplyâ to cross the street when it should be a human rightâ. Read article
Message sent to Road Safety Authority
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 of vulnerable road users, who are at all times in traffic (unlike pedestrians, and who generally choose when, where and how they cross our roads) could I plead with the RSA to alter its âblame-the victimâ approach to getting its message across. While I commend you for the generally better content and tone of the latest press release issue last Friday the RSA could do more to place the main responsibility on motorised drivers, particularly those who drive large vehicles â buses, coaches, HGVs, SUVs/4x4s.
Letâs be blunt about the fact: itâs the one tonne plus metal projectile with its driver that is the killer and maimer. We know from the international research literature that in the case of cyclists the majority of RTCs take place at junctions. The causal factor is driver miscalculation/error in approx. 90% of those analysed in Europe. Continue reading Message sent to Road Safety Authority
Jersey’s compulsory cycle helmet law: based on emotion, not evidence?
The Channel Islandâs politicians insist compulsory bike helmet use for under 14s will improve public health. But the evidence does not seem to be on their side … read article