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Vinnie Wall

Electric bicycles have the power and the joy to transform our transport system

March 30, 2021March 29, 2021 by Vinnie Wall

COMMENT & ANALYSIS: Electric bikes are seen as cheating by some, the reality is the built-in motor will push you on to cycle more, writes Vinnie Wall. In University, I bought … Read more

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  1. Mia Gallagher on Suir Road to Thomas Street cycle route is a no brainer but its design is too poorDecember 10, 2023

    @Cian - update on this. Cycle lane yet to be segregated. There is a place just down from the bridge…

  2. denpashogai on Plan for Beaver Row and Beech Hill Rd not fit to be a Pathfinder project and should be defundedDecember 8, 2023

    Yes... examples are too easy to count if we look beyond Dublin where cycling often seems like a ludicrously dangerous…

  3. denpashogai on Plan for Beaver Row and Beech Hill Rd not fit to be a Pathfinder project and should be defundedDecember 8, 2023

    Agreed Mia. And not just important from a safety perspective -- if cycling infrastructure *feels* dangerous and poorly-thought out, people…

  4. Donal on Plan for Beaver Row and Beech Hill Rd not fit to be a Pathfinder project and should be defundedDecember 8, 2023

    Throughout Dublin and further afield there are multiple examples of the piecemeal approach to providing safe cycling infrastructure. The lack…

  5. Mia Gallagher on Plan for Beaver Row and Beech Hill Rd not fit to be a Pathfinder project and should be defundedDecember 8, 2023

    Well said Mark. I think also there's a sense in the powers that be that 'flow' should only apply to…

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