We blogged about the “desperate bicycle parking spaces at Ikea Dublin” last year, it turns out Ikea has now upgraded some of its parking:
Ikea Dublin, they've got quite a lot of bicycle parking space. Not many bikes though. Scooters don't count
http://t.co/EZqAbABtN3
— Dublin Cyclists (@DublinCyclists) June 15, 2013
Cycling in Dublin — the newspaper — is now out around Dublin city centre at the below locations. See the @cyclingindublin twitter account for updates.
We will also be at the Irish Cargo Bike Championship in the Phoenix Park tomorrow (Sunday).
If you want your shop, cafe, pub, or other location stocked, please email ideas@cyclingindublin.com, comment below, tweet us, or tell us on Facebook.
So-far the paper has been distributed around the South William Street area (between Grafton Street and George’s Street), the mid section of Dame Street, the middle to east section of Temple Bar, a few locations in Smithfield and nearly all of Phibsborough, and Hart’s Corner in Glasnevin,
Some locations only take a handful of copies, but you’re more likely to find copies at these locations with a larger supply:
Cycleways
185-186 Parnell Street
Greenaer
12a Magennis Place, off Pearse Street, Dublin 2
(lane opposite the new Dart entrance onto Pearse Street)
Freelwheeling
96 Pearse Street
Cafe Rother
16 Fade Street
McCullough Pigott Music Shop
South William Street
Cyclebike
2-3 Mary’s Abbey (along the Luas line off Capel Street)
Rother Phibsborough
171 Phibsborough Rd, Phibsborough
The Cobblestone
77 North King Street, Smithfield
Light House Cinema
Smithfield Square
Camile Thai Phibsborough
143a Phibsborough Road
Porterhouse North
Hart’s Corner, Dublin 9
List will be updated with all locations that take 50+ papers. If a place on the list is out of stock please let us know! This page will mostly be updated in the evening time, for quicker updates see @cyclingindublin.
As part of Bike Week the first Irish Cargo Bike Championship is to be held this Sunday. It will take place on the mid section of Chesterfield Avenue in the Phoenix Park , we ask organiser Astrid Fitzpatrick what people should expect:
What should should people expect to see?
Viewers can expect to see, and try out all sorts of cargo bikes, so even if they don’t own one themselves it is a good idea to come along. There will be displays of businesses who use cargo bikes for their business, for example, Click a Courier will be there with their Danish Bullit. Little Sport is the Irish importer for Nihola and has been invited along, the Dutch Embassy as well as the Danish Embassy we hope will attend on the day. And obviously The Dutch Bike Shop and Greenaer who are joint organisers of this event together with Dublin Cycling Campaign as well as others using cargo bikes.
There will be a variety of test and trials on cargo bikes, including covering skill of load and child carrying capacity, manoeuvrability, balance, and some short sprints and relay races. We are taking our inspiration from the Danish Svajerløb 2012 – Danish Cargo Bike Championships and the Dutch Bakfietsrace documented here on YouTube.
For the races, will there be different levels or will people with Dutch cargo bikes be expected be expected to go up against the Bullit which is made for speed? (We’re asking this as a slow Bakfiets owner)
We are going to categorise in between 2 and 3 wheelers, but a bakfiets.nl might be in the same category as a Bullit. But it is not all about speed, balance, manoeuvrability and load carrying capacity will all go towards the total score.
How many cargo bikes are you expecting to be at the event?
I am predicting most reputable Dutch and Danish brands will be there, And as far as exhibitors go there should be at least 8-10 plus the public’s own bikes
What type of cargo bikes are signed up so-far?
Bear Bakfiets.nl long, short and trike, Workcycles Bakfiets long, Babboe Big, Babboe City, Babboe Transporter, Johnny Loco, Bullits, Nihola, and Christiania.
Where do people sign up?
They can send a message to our Facebook page, or contact me on astrid@dutchbikeshop.ie We need to know their name, how many people on their team, what make and model of bike.
Ireland is ranked as 14th out of the 27 EU countries for cycling in a European Cyclists’ Federation (ECF) report. Continue reading
While we are strong supporters of balance in the debate, there’s no point denying that some cyclists need to realise you should not cycle pass red lights or cycle on footpaths.
Here’s Tim Culhane, a Dublin-based software engineer who is blind and partially deaf, explaining how a cyclist hit his guide dog and his justified reaction:
Some cyclists need to learn that red lights apply to them as well. My guide dog got hit by a bike this morning on a pedestrian crossing.
— Tim Culhane (@TimCulhane) May 21, 2013
If I got my hands on that cyclist I would have killed him.Of course, he was too busy even to stop and apologise.
— Tim Culhane (@TimCulhane) May 21, 2013
Update from the gardai:
A man in his mid 20’s arrested in connected with this incident was released without charge this evening (19/5/13). A file will now be prepared for the information of the Director of Public Prosecutions.
The stretch of road has now reopened.
Investigations are continuing.
Original Garda press release:
Gardaí at Clane Co Kildare are investigating a fatal road traffic collision which occurred on the Dublin Road, Clane at approximately 2pm today (19/5/13).
A male pedal cyclist in his 80’s was fatally injured when he was struck by a car. The driver of the car (Male in his 20’s) was arrested at the scene for drink driving and is currently detained at Naas Garda Station under the provisions of Section 4 –Criminal Justice Act 1984. The deceased was removed to Naas General Hospital where a post mortem examination will take place.
The road is currently closed to facilitate an examination by Garda Forensic Collision Investigators and diversions are in place.
Investigating Gardaí are appealing for witnesses to contact Naas Garda Station on 045-884300, the Garda Confidential Line 1-800-666-111 or any Garda Station.
UPDATE: A more detailed map has been released by the city council, it can be viewed by clicking here. We will make updates/corrections to our Google map as soon as possible.
A map showing new DublinBikes stations planned in the now approved expansion was posted online on Sunday, but many complained it was unclear. On a closer look, even if it was better quality, it’s an outdated map, with buildings where there were streets and railway lines where there’s now station car parks!
So, as accurately as possible, we’ve put the station locations into an interactive map below:
KEY:
Green bikes = current stations
Red pins = approximate locations of planned stations
Green line: Luas green line, including the BXD extension
Red line: Luas red line
Blue line: Dart / rail line
View CyclinginDublin.com: DublinBikes expansion map in a larger map
For the purpose of getting an idea of where the new stations will be, we think most locations are a reasonable replica of the council’s outline map. As the map we’re basing it off is rather basic and we’ve yet to see the full list of new stations, in some cases the street names could be marked wrong and, in cases like the stations at the Heuston Station car parks, there’s some guess work involved as the landmarks differ in the outdated map.
Cllr Andrew Montague posted the following map to twitter (click image for a larger view), where he said:
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