Monthly Archives: February 2012

Metro Herald reported this morning that ‘nearly half of cyclists break law’ as their front page lead story — that’s at best lower than motorists or at worse about the same as them. The cyclist statistic was from a wider PR survey from Semperit Tires, … Continue reading →

Funding has been approved to upgrade a bridge on North Strand Road, the busiest cycle route into Dublin City Centre. Newcomen Bridge is recorded by the council as the single largest point of entry for cyclist over the canals and into the city centre at … Continue reading →

A cyclist was seriously injured in a collision with a truck just north of the Dublin Airport Roundabout on the Swords Road. Here’s the statement from the Garda Press Office seeking witnesses:

There’s an interesting discussion on Rothar’s Facebook page about gender and cycling, read it here, and there was some banter about cycling in heels, dresses, skirts, make up, and generally in normal clothes. Special gear is great if you’re cycling around 15km, or if you’re … Continue reading →

Full-sized bicycles are now officially banned on Luas, going against government policy. To date the RPA — the state agency in charge of Luas — and its contracted operator Veolia Transdev had used a more informal operational ban on bring bicycles on board trams. The national cycle policy firmly … Continue reading →

Cycling in Dublin, a once-off newspaper dealing with the issues of cycling today and cycling’s future in this city, is now live on fundit.ie. This is “all or nothing” crowd funding (the money is only taken from funders if the … Continue reading →

Dublin City Council are looking for the most cycling friendly business and they want you to post nominations on their dublincitycycling.ie blog post here. They are to announce the winners during Bikeweek 2012, June 16-24.

Rathmines and nearby areas just beyond the canals in Dublin seem like good examples of popular cycling areas where the conditions for cycling are ok at best, and are far from ideal.  The cycle lanes are small and the road surface is in … Continue reading →

Try having a look at this video from the US, with the same basic problem and solution, it works here in Dublin too: The loops are usually square or rectangular here in Dublin. Some traffic lights also have what look … Continue reading →

Could building cycle paths help unemployment and economic recovery? Rory O’Donnell, director of the National Economic and Social Council (NESC), talked to Bloomberg Television yesterday on public construction projects which could help recovery and he highlighted cycleways as “relatively small … Continue reading →