Dublin’s Canal Way cycle route, which links the Grand Canal to the Royal Canal, is due open in March, so here’s a video preview of the route so-far (notes are not shown … Read more
Cycling campaigners want a bicycle database rolled out nationally to aid gardai in returning recovered stolen bikes to owners.
A localised bicycle registration scheme at the Bridewell garda station in central Dublin was extended in recent weeks to Donnybrook station, but while campaigners call the schemes “commendable” they are eager to see it expanded.
In an online survey of motorists the AA found found that 17% of respondents from Dublin said they had a near miss or collision with a cyclist in the previous two years. Galway … Read more
Experimental bicycle lights are to be tested on the €5.8 million cycle route linking Dublin’s Royal and Grand canals, due open in March, as reported by the Irish Independent last week. Here’s more details:
Dublin’s cycling officer may have gotten a six month reprieve, but blocking the cycle lane on Parnell Street (as pictured above this week) is continuing to be a tradition for the city at Christmas. More than anything … Read more
Dublin’s lord mayor and cycling campaigners have criticised the decision by Fine Gael minister Phil Hogan’s department to end a key role aimed at promoting cycling and making road conditions safer for cyclists.
Critics of the move point to the national cycle policy which promises to require each local authority to assign a senior level cycling officer, and to increase cycling levels to 10 percent of commuters nationally.
As revealed in The Sunday Times at the weekend (subscription required), the Sutton to Sandycove walking and cyling route — which includes flood defences — is now estimated to cost over €100 million. Some of the details and related documents are below.
Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council have constructed a contra-flow cycle track which looks like the best designed one in Dublin.
The contra-flow cycle track is on Newtown Avenue, Blackrock. It goes from Seapoint Avenue to Idrone Terrace.
The lane marking have yet to be put down and the traffic lights have yet to be turned on, but the below pictures should give you an idea of the project.
The only clear and notable problem with it is it does not continue alone the one-way stretch on Main Street. However, it’s a clear improvement from the alternative route which is a essentially a dual carriageway and has no cycle lanes.
It may look at bit like a two-way lane, but it’s not. It’s just a wide one-way track. Cyclists going the same direction as other traffic must use the general traffic lane. Painted lane marking should make this clear, as outlined in the plans for the project.
Here’s some images:
