UPDATED: Morning rush hour traffic counts show a 45% increase in the amount of cyclists entering Dublin City Centre in the five years since 2006. The traffic counts show a 15% … Read more
Some traffic calming from Dublin City Council which seems cycling friendly — anybody use it? Any feedback? It’s on the edge of the 30km/h zone at the top of King’s Inns Street, between DIT Bolton Street and a secondary school.
UPDATE: Some discussion on this on boards.ie here… Should it have included changing the street to contra-flow for cyclists?
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.