On the 4th of November 2019, Carlow Cycling Campaign was launched at a well attended public meeting on a very wet Monday night. It all took place in the lovely BeaNice Café in Carlow town. The meeting was organised by local secondary school teacher, Chris Davey, and attended by a terrific cross section of the community. It included local Councillors (Fintan Phelan, FF, and Adrienne … Continue reading Carlow Cycling Campaign; A new cycling advocacy group!
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10% of Limerick’s road transport and safety budget to go to cycling infrastructure. That was the motion recently approved by the Travel and Transportation Strategic Policy Committee (SPC) of Limerick City & County Council. The motion was proposed by Cllr. Brian Leddin (Green Party). Cyclist.ie highly commends the initiative of Cllr. Leddin, while noting that the approved motion now needs to be voted on at a full … Continue reading 10% of the Transport Budget for Cycling in Limerick
Question 1: What category of stakeholder do you represent (e.g. private, company, organization etc)? Non-governmental organisation: Cyclist.ie – the Irish Cycling Advocacy Network (https://www.irishcyclingcampaign.ie/) Question 2: Do you think that the use of PPTs should be permitted in Ireland and why? Yes. The nature of mobility, and urban mobility in particular, is changing throughout Europe (and globally) in response to several structural shifts: the crippling economic … Continue reading DTTAS consultation on Personal Powered Transport (PPT)
The Minister for Finance, Paschal Donohoe has now presented Budget 2020. Prior to this, Cyclist.ie, the Irish Cycling Advocacy Network, sought 10% of the Land Transport capital investment to be allocated to cycling. This was in accordance with the Dáil vote last January, the report by the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Change and the All of Government Climate Plan 2019. The reasons have been … Continue reading Initial Response to Budget 2020
Clonakilty Bike Circus, which organises the repair and refurbishment of Clonakilty Town Bikes, among other activities, is inviting potential apprentices to apply for a comprehensive training course in bike repair and maintenance. The course is free to attend, but requires a significant time commitment. Check out the attached information sheet from the coordinator Jack Kelleher. And apply via the email address cisco_moran@yahoo.com. Jack and his team are also … Continue reading Clonakilty Bike Circus want you to Get Creative
Galway City Council Disappoint with the Martin Roundabout Traffic Scheme We urge all our supporters to let Galway City Council know that they need to up their game in designing for Cyclists and bus transport. Based on the proposed scheme for the Martin Roundabout which is out for public consultation till 4pm on Monday 12th August, the City Council and its consultant designers, do not … Continue reading Galway, Martin Roundabout Upgrade
As the European populace is voting for their representatives in the new European Parliament later this week, we are extremely pleased to see strong cross-party support for cycling as the future of transport among the next generation of elected officials. This is the key result of the ECF European Parliament 2019 election campaign coordinated with our members over the last few weeks. In 25 out of 28 … Continue reading Vote for the Right Candidates in Euro Elections!
To cut greenhouse gas emissions we need to increase cyclist numbers and that means getting more women on their bikes So much of the world around us is designed for men; from the mundane (public toilets and smartphones) to the potentially deadly (stab vests and crash test dummies). My own research, recently launched at the C40 Women4Climate conference, revealed similar trends in how we design … Continue reading How to get more women cycling in cities