Cycling fines will be enforced by An Garda from Aug 1, for a range of offences, listed below. Cyclist.ie wants safer streets and roads and encourages all cyclists to observe the new rules and not contribute to the creation of a convenient revenue stream for the Exchequer. However, it does not believe the proposed legislation, and the attitude towards its enforcement has struck the right … Continue reading Meeting of Cyclist.ie delegation with Garda Press Office
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Cyclist.ie respects the decision of the Minister for Transport Tourism & Sport (DTTAS) to introduce Fixed Charge Notices (FCNs) for a limited number of cycling offences. We submitted proposals to the Minister prior to the recent announcement and some of these were taken on board. However we wish to state clearly our ongoing position on FCNs below: We are not in favour of law breaking and … Continue reading Cyclist.ie and ‘Fixed Charge Notices’
Galway Cycling Campaign is calling for all traffic light systems to be rectified so that they give the green light to cyclists at junctions. Sensors at many junctions in Irish cities are turning green for motorists, but not for cyclists. Read more
A view from the US (Washington Post) In full disclosure, I have scoffed the law while cycling. In my neighborhood at night, when there’s no one around, I have rolled through a stop sign. I have paused at an intersection, “no turn on red,” and then done exactly that on a bike. I do these things … occasionally. “I do, too,” says Wesley Marshall, now … Continue reading Let’s talk seriously about why cyclists break traffic laws
My state senator joined the chorus of the bikelash — yes, there is a name for the mouth-frothing, torch-bearing rabid behavior some New Yorkers display when confronted by women on slow blue bicycles who couldn’t go over 10 miles an hour if we tried — when she joked on Facebook about screaming profanities out her car window at riders who are far more at risk from … Continue reading Drivers, make way for bike riders
Deane Roundabout (junction of Western Distributor Road & Seamus Quirke Road) clogged with motorised traffic as children return to school on a dry sunny morning. Child cycling 3 km to primary school cannot cross the road because the useless uncontrolled crossings are blocked by cars. A large sign names the agencies responsible for this recent project: Galway City Council; European Regional Development Fund; Department of … Continue reading First day back at school
Parking Day is turning car parking spaces into public parks, games or art installations for one day every year in September. Park(ing) Day is intended to promote creativity, civic engagement, critical thinking, unscripted social interactions, generosity and play.