Cycling is in fashion, even in Ireland. There has been a number of signs of continued growth in cycling here this year. The phrase “On your bike!” started to be sicking. Sub editors showed they never read newspapers, with ‘on your bike’ appearing in headlines again and again on some of the many cycling [...]
As I seem to be using Twitter for many links I would usually put on this blog, here’s some of the recent Twitter updates from @cianginty:
‘Taoiseach in High Court challenge to release Cabinet CO2 document’ http://www.irishtimes.com/n… …Getting a look at the minutes of Cabinet discussions on Ireland’s emissions would be interisting to say the least
‘Two [...]
With the introduction of the College Green Bus Corridor at the end of this month (see transport4dublin.ie), Dublin Bus are to start a 50 cent fare in for within part of the city centre.
The logo — to the right — will be used at bus stops which you can board buses and use the fare. [...]
121 3-5 minute interviews collected on a road trip around the US will be available from interviewproject.davidlynch.com starting Monday. Samples here and here. According to one of those links one interview will air on the site every three day for the next year.
(Via @DAVID_LYNCH)
Mikael Colville-Andersen, who runs Copenhagenize.com and Copenhagen Cycle Chic. In his own words: “The main point with my blogs is that if cycling is to be an everyday activity then it can easily be done in everyday clothes, like millions of Europeans do every day”.
In a post about the Velo-City conference, he points to a [...]
(VIA cuffestreet.blogspot.com) Above are artist impression images of the National Roads Authority’s proposed Eastern Bypass across part of Dublin bay.
The over ground option of the bypass would, from the south end of the M50, cut through a large part of south Dublin, cut through the bay as above, cut through the south Docklands which is [...]
There’s been a good few anti-cyclist letters appearing in Irish newspapers in the last few years, it looks like it prompted this rant by Trevor White on cycling and motorists, note the quote from a Dutch ambassador to Ireland:
Motorists are remarkably impertinent. Despite constituting a very real threat to their own welfare, to pedestrians, [...]
On NewsTalk two guests, who are on taking about two different items are also asked about purposed public transport cuts…
First, defending the cuts, there’s the Green Party senator Dan Boyle. Very strangely Boyle defends the cuts by saying the cuts will likely be on off peak, after 8pm. If Dan used public transport any time [...]
(Via John Breslin) An amusing animated short on the Irish transport system mess.
Nearly forgot to mention this here, a mixture of what I’ve written else where on this: Documenting Dublin’s cycle tracks/lanes/paths is something I’ve been thinking about his for a while…
