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Dublin canals premium cycle route preview

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 in YouTube on mobiles, but pauses are for some reason)… Is … Continue reading

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Dublin cyclists to get green light on canals route

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:

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Dublin Bay cycle route to cost over €100m

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.

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Bicycle traffic lights on Dublin’s new canal cycleway

The new traffic lights along Dublin City Council’s canals cycleway project are the first bicycle-only traffic light in the country, or least the first traffic lights with a orange-green-red sequence:

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Dublin cycling news

Last week, news site Dublin Observer reported a petition against the canals cycle route going missing. Less recently DublinObserver.com covered the opening of the Inchicore to Lucan greenway. The site also has slide shows of the Dublin Cycle Chic Fashion Show … Continue reading

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Funding for Smarter Travel cycling projects

The Department of Transport has outlined a full list of demonstration Smarter Travel projects, which it will fund or part fund. The cycling-related projects in the Dublin area are listed below in bold. A total of 121 applications were received … Continue reading

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Contraflow cycle lanes purposed for Dublin City

Dublin City Council are looking at contraflow lanes across the city, The Irish Times reported recently. The areas which the council may install contra-flow cycle lanes, include: Steven’s Lane, Watling Street, Westmoreland Street / D’Olier Street, Moss Street, Leinster Street South / … Continue reading

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A roundup of last year’s cycling news

Over at cianginty.com: 2009: A good year for cycling in Ireland?

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