News
BikeWeek events continue until this Sunday
National Bike Week runs this week, until Sunday, May 22. Some of the upcoming events include Pedalpalooza event at Fairview Park this Sunday, May 22,…
Ed Power’s review of Róisín Murphy’s Big City Plan feels like a grab-bag of media talking points on cycling, transport and planning
COMMENT & ANALYSIS / LONG READ: If there’s one crtism of Róisín Murphy’s Big City Plan, which aired on RTÉ One this week, it is…
Bike Week starts tomorrow and runs until Sunday May 22
National Bike Week starts tomorrow, Saturday, May 14 and will run until Sunday, May 22, with events across the country. Events range from family-friendly cycles…
Comment & Analysis
Vagueness is key to misinformation from Skehan and others who don’t want to see an end to car dominance in Ireland
COMMENT & ANALYSIS: A “150-year-old pharmacy at the heart of a Dublin village ceased trading” due to pedestrianisation sounds dreadful, so, why didn’t Conor Skehan…
First BusConnects goes to planning: If you tolerate this poor design, your route will be next
— NTA designing for just 3.8% decrease in car use on first BusConnects route.— Cycling provision clearly isn’t fit for cycling for all. COMMENT &…
How much can a city’s street change in about a decade? Before/after images from Utrecht
Utrecht gets a lot of international attention that even surprises Dutch cycling experts… so, what’s the wow factor in Utrecht? From visiting the city over…
From the archive: Dutch cycling series
IMAGES: Typical Dutch cycling
DUTCH CYCLING SERIES: This is the first in a series of articles on Dutch cycling and what we can learn from their experience, culture and design. The series follows…
Dutch cycling notes part 2: “I have never felt as relaxed and happy cycling”
A group of Irish councilors, campaigners, officials and engineers visited the Netherlands on a cycling study tour between September 15-18, today we publish the second…
IMAGES: How the Dutch allow bicycles to flow like water
DUTCH CYCLING SERIES: Last week, we covered Dutch cycle paths generally, however the networks of cycle routes in Dutch towns and cities are not just comprised of…