Cian Ginty 
Cyclists and walkers on Mayo’s Great Western Greenway are being misled to believe a 1.6km diversion onto a main road is because of construction work – a dispute between landowners and the council is the real reason behind the closure.
The Mayo News reports that that Mayo County Council has erected signs saying the greenway from Westport to Achill is closed due to construction, but further up the greenway the route is fenced off with signs saying “keep out” and “private property”.
ANALYSIS: An independent project which is seeking to “kick start change along the Liffey Corridor” is to present their vision of Dublin’s quays to Dublin City councillors today, but cyclists don’t fare well in detail of the new vision.
The vision from Fergus Browne and David Jordan, who are both urban designers and urban planners, is called “the 21st Century Liffey Project” — including removal of clutter and more space for pedestrians. The research project is supported by but not endorsed by Dublin City Council.
Dublin City Council officials told councillors on Monday that the primary reason traffic calming measures are being ruled out for a residential street is because the 50km/h speed limit is not being exceeded on the short and narrow street (pictured, right).
Although the road and traffic department said it would re-examine the situation on Arnott Street in Portobello because of the large petition from residents, councillors complained that the issue was going on for too long.
DublinBikes’ yearly subscription charge and the three-day ticket price are to double before the expansion, which is underway, is completed. The following is part of a message posted on DublinBikes.ie … Read more
Dublin City Council has released a “Grafton Street Quarter Draft Public Realm Plan” and here’s what it says about cycling, in the chapter Transport and Movement:
Dublin City Council’s plan for the Grafton Street Quarter, released last week, is yet another example of how the city can’t take walking, cycling or civic spaces seriously. They don’t want to change traffic flows to the area — they seem to fear changing traffic.
A new roundabout design which includes large bicycle logos marked in the single lane of the roundabout is causing some confusing.
The design — which is based on the National Cycle Manual — has been implemented by Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council on the Sandyford Hall roundabout on the Kilgobbin Road in south Dublin.
Herald.ie has a photograph of the roundabout, in an article covering the confusion. However, the article it self incorrectly and confusingly calls the main and only lane on the roundabout a “cycle lane” and “the lane marked for bicycles”.
The roundabout is a single-lane roundabout, the centre overrun area is exclusively for large buses and trucks.
Below is what the National Cycle Manual says about this type of roundabout… (It’s also worth looking at the section of the manual on roundabouts to read the design principles of cycling-friendly roundabouts and the general principles of the manual)
Up to 20 of the 58 planned extra DublinBikes stations are “due to be constructed by Christmas”.
The council has previously said that new stations will be added to the system one-by-one as work on each of the new stations, and one station being expanded, is finalised.
The expansion includes 950 new bikes and around 2,000 extra parking stands at the 58 planned stations. When the expansion is expected to be completed next summer the system should have 1,500 bikes and 102 stations with around 3,000 stands.