These were some of the issues Dublin city councillors discussed at a recent meeting of their transport committee.
Tag: cycling
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How Can the Council Make the City’s Canalside Paths Safer?
The cycling and walking paths next to the Royal and Grand canals have isolated, cut-off stretches and can get sketchy at night, users say.
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Will the St James’s Walk Linear Park Be Somewhere to Go, or Somewhere to Go Through?
Some residents who have been campaigning to make it a park, now worry that the plan is for much of it to be a cycle track, first and foremost.
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In Ringsend, Bollards Open Up Road for Cyclists, Pedestrians and Children Playing
The council is now planning to decide whether to make the temporary bollards and planters that stop rat running on Pigeon House Road permanent.
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Council Briefs: On a Promenade in Sandymount, and a Congested Road in Donnybrook
At recent meetings, councillors for the southside of the city debated three possible transport changes – two proposed in the shorter-term and one further in the future.
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Research Tries to Pin Down What Causes Cyclists’ Collisions
Of those who’d been in collisions, more than half of those asked said they’d collided with vehicles, while more than a quarter said they’d been alone but hit a pothole or bollard, or the like.
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Council Briefs: Cycling Projects Update, Potential Masterplan for Land at Ballymount, and Homelessness Task Force
At Monday’s monthly council meeting City Engineer John Flanagan issued a report to councillors about four major cycling projects in the city, and more.
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A New Bike Store Helps Former Drug Users Beat the Cycle of Addiction
Next month, charity Frontline Make Change plans to open Frontline Bike, an upcycling bike shop aimed to bridge the gap between addiction recovery and employment.
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Updated Plans for a Clontarf-to-City Centre Cycle Track Widen in Ambition
“It’s the busiest route for bicycles, I think, coming into the city on the north side,” says Green Party Councillor Janet Horner.
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Disability Advocates Have Not Been Properly Consulted on City Transport Changes, Some Say
The council and the NTA are planning more changes to footpaths and roads across the city to help people to get where they are going while observing social distancing.