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NEWS
Skerries residents urged to take their bicycles to seek change tomorrow (Thursday) evening
NEWS IN BRIEF: Campaigners in the North Dublin seaside town of Skerries are looking…
50 ‘Cycling Without Age’ cargo trikes now in use across Ireland helping care home residents get outdoors
Cycling Without Age — a group dedicated to promoting cargo trikes with passenger space…
Cars give fantastic mobility, but we need to talk about downside of mass car ownership and use
COMMENT & ANALYSIS: There’s often disparaging remarks for anybody who mentions the negatives around…
COMMENT & ANALYSIS
Limerick is apparently a city with no bicycles that a Minister for Transport could borrow
COMMENT & ANALYSIS: “Pete Buttigieg’s dog and pony show. He gets out of [the] car to ride his bike a few feet, pretending to save…
6 things to improve the car-free Capel Street quickly
COMMENT & ANALYSIS: For clarity, I have to start this article by saying: Capel Street is now car-free, but cycling is still allowed. Allowing cycling…
The case for walking and cycling bridge between Belleek Woods and the Quay area of Ballina
COMMENT & ANALYSIS: At least some people in Ballina have called for a walking and cycling bridge between Belleek Woods and the Quay area of…
Does RSA’s CEO honestly believe children walking to school have “equal responsibility” as truck drivers?
— The Road Safety Authority CEO doesn’t seem to understand Zero Vision. COMMENT & ANALYSIS: A “shared” responsibility for road safety is a subjective phrase…
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…