Not just any bike or tree. A large tree on a cargo bike. When you cycle a cargo bicycle in this country, you quickly get used of people looking at you, add a Christmas tree and you notice even more attention. Here’s our tree on the bike last week just after arriving home:
Last week the Central Statistics Office released its report on commuting habits of the nation and the good news is cycling is up overall, but the section on student travel is depressing reading.
As the graphs below shows, cycling accounted for over 25% of third level students commuters in the mid-80s. Soon after, however, the amount of students hopping on saddles declined ever year for over a decade. The decline continued right up until after the turn of the century when cycling accounted for less than 5% of third level student commuters. As of the 2011 census, it has yet to recover over 5%.
Cycling increased almost 10% nationally between the 2006 and 2011 censuses. From limited data available before last week, we previously reported there was a 26% increase in cycling in Dublin.
Last week the Central Statistics Office released its report on commuting which outlines a fuller picture and gives a breakdown of trends in the last three decades. Here’s some of the key bits on cycling from the census data and the report…
As the writer of this blog is, for now, no longer a resident of Dublin, it might be a good time for a change of focus and a renaming of this site?
Ikea in Denmark offer rental of bicycles with cargo trailers, but their cycling provisions are below par in Dublin. We mean below par even compared to elsewhere in Dublin.
Note how much of the bus is in the cycle lane. A few weeks ago the above bus driver seemed to be driving so close as we headed in the … Read more
Gardai in Dun Laoghaire are seeking witnesses to an incident involving a 54 year old male cyclist on Friday September 28. The cyclist died days after he was found in … Read more
Mikael Colville-Andersen of copenhagencyclechic.com and copenhagenize.com is giving his talk “Bicycle Culture by Design” in Dublin on October 17. Event details can be found at engineersireland.ie. Admission is free and all are welcome.