When a cycle lane does more harm than good
COMMENT & ANALYSIS: This is Mary’s Road in Dundalk (screen capture of Google Street View image). IMAGE:Screen capture of Google Street View with map. The photo was taken in 2014. … Read more
COMMENT & ANALYSIS: This is Mary’s Road in Dundalk (screen capture of Google Street View image). IMAGE:Screen capture of Google Street View with map. The photo was taken in 2014. … Read more
COMMENT & ANALYSIS: I am, at the moment, engaged in analysis of social media communication related to cycling and cyclists in Ireland, to get a picture of the discourse around … Read more
COMMENT & ANALYSIS: I didn’t attend a stand-up workshop last year to gather food for thought on cycling culture. Instead, it was meant to be training to give better presentations, … Read more
COMMENT & ANALYSIS: Imagine you could magically change one belief drivers have about road use. What would it be? For me a top contender is the belief that you pass … Read more
COMMENT & ANALYSIS: Back in January this year, on The Hard Shoulder with Ivan Yates on Newstalk, the presenter put forward the following question in relation to the proposed minimum … Read more
COMMENT & ANALYSIS: When you listen to and transcribe the arguments made by opposers of the minimum passing distance law, strong narrative emerges that cyclists are people whose behaviour violates … Read more
COMMENT & ANALYSIS: While the phenomenon of ‘Driver as Victim’ in the below case is seen in an argument made by the president of the Road Haulage Association, it is frequently … Read more
COMMENT & ANALYSIS: Verona Murphy, president of the Irish Road Hauliers’ Association, is very good at her job. When the cyclist fatality figure passed the total for 2016 in the … Read more