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NEWS
Limerick to build one of Ireland’s first continuous suburbs to city centre cycle routes
Limerick City and County County are set to build one of Ireland’s first continuous…
NEWS IN BRIEF: Make Way Day includes bicycles; #IBikeBob critical mass happens today
BITS OF NEWS IN BRIEF: Make Way Day Today is Make Way Day. It’s…
MetroLink railway application published, to be lodged with An Bord Pleanála tomorrow
— 942 bicycle parking spots planned for Swords station, but low numbers at other…
COMMENT & ANALYSIS
Galway Cross-City Bus Link reduces traffic on some streets but goes as far as knocking houses to increase capacity to car parks
— Bus route elements of this project could be in place in weeks if there was a will. — Road widening and new sections of…
Brave action needed from councillors, anti-rat running bollards on Richmond Rd and Grace Park Rd would transformatively calm area
COMMENT & ANALISIS: If Dublin councillors want to see substantial progress on safety for walking and cycling (as well as climate action), more anti-rat running…
IrishCycle.com has found over 400 zebra crossings across Ireland… have we missed many?
COMMENT and ANALYSIS: As part of a project, IrishCycle.com is documenting the zebra crossings in Ireland — please take a look at this map and…
We shouldn’t stop at copying Dutch cycle paths, their public transport bicycle share is worth cogging too
COMMENT & ANALYSIS: Yesterday I covered how there are now 8 on-street bicycle share systems in Ireland and asked how many can survive, but I’m…
FEATURES
On the Ćiro cycleway in Bosnia-Hercegovina
LONG READ: The quiet, stilly green trail ribbons down the valley among the spring fresh hazelnut and birch trees in front of us. Four poxies…
How cycle paths can be used by emergency services
In a few IrishCycle.com articles recently we used examples of emergency services using cycle paths to bypass traffic congestion. Here’s a collection of the examples…
A Portrait of Cycling in Utrecht
IMAGES: IrishCycle.com is — as readers will know — focused a lot on infrastructure. It’s worth also looking at the level and type of cycling…
10 videos to up your knowledge of cycling infrastructure:
1. Overview of cycle lanes and junction designs explained in 7 minutes 2. How traffic calming is everywhere in the Netherlands 3. Protected junctions/intersections explained…