Is this the widest single-direction cycle lane in Dublin? At least the widest inside the canals or so close to the city centre?
Taken on Richmond Street South (between the Rathmines Road Lower and Camden St) today after some very recent resurfacing and line painting:
So, what do people think of these new cycle lanes beside Christchurch?
Answer on a postcard, or preferably in the comments section below, to @cyclingindublin or on Facebook. Honestly, we’re looking for what you think, we’ll reserve our answer for the moment and will do up a post of the replies… 70 second YouTube video and images below…
Ireland’s first off-road cross-country cycle route was proposed yesterday by Leo Varadkar, Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport. Here’s what the minister and his department said:
Fianna Fail yesterday launched their cycling policy, titled Improving the Urban Cycling Experience (PDF). Discussion on it can be found on boards.ie here.
A Fianna Fail press release quoted party leader Micheal Martin as saying:
Parnell Street – one of the main streets in the city centre on the north side – is getting it’s footpaths repaved. Strangely the council / their contractors seen to think this is a good reason to ask cyclists to dismount.
I noticed maybe 20-30 cyclists pass by in just a few minutes this afternoon around 6pm, all but one ignoring the silly advice shown in the picture.
Dublin City Council’s City Architects Division are looking for ‘beta projects‘ for their ‘beta area‘, which is a test area for changes to the city’s landscape. Here’s our first suggestion….
Cargo bikes may look a bit strange but these useful bikes are becoming more common, Cian Ginty reports.
A common sight in the Netherlands and Denmark, large cargo bikes are starting to turn heads in Dublin.
“It’s in its infancy and there’s only a couple of us who sell them. But the more that the bikes get seen, the more normal they become and then the more popular they become,” says Astrid Fitzpatrick, who runs Dutchbikeshop.ie with her husband Frank.
A new group is aiming to do their bit to address the cycling gender imbalance, member Bebhinn Hare explains.
It takes a passionate woman to make a difference, and Dublin is full of them. So when one bike activist and social entrepreneur learned of the massive gender disparity of cyclists in this country, she put out the call.
All of us who hold a major crush on our bicycle can understand why there was such a great response to bicycle campaigner Anne Bedos’s plan to create Wow (Women on Wheels). This new, informal Dublin-based group is focused on getting more women choosing bike over car. With a nearly 80:20, male/female split, something had to be done.