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Drogheda Cycling @droghedacycling.bsky.social · 20d

Car Free Day Cycle in #Drogheda youtube.com/watch?v=IRyO...

World Car Free Day 2025 with DCG

YouTube video by Drogheda Cycling Group

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Drogheda Cycling @droghedacycling.bsky.social · 20d

Thanks Ed, great to have the Navan crew with us.

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Ed Moynihan @emcreative.ie · 20d

Great spin around Drogheda and out to the Boyne Greenway today for European Mobility Week, ahead of World Car Free Day, organised by @droghedacycling.bsky.social #Drogheda #WorldCarFreeDay #BoyneGreenway #cycling @navancycling.ie

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Drogheda Cycling @droghedacycling.bsky.social · 26d

Submissions are being taken on a new national anti obesity strategy - an opportunity to advocate for more active travel supports:

ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/run...

National Obesity Strategy Public Consultation

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Drogheda Cycling @droghedacycling.bsky.social · Aug 23

We’ve been meeting Councillors in #Drogheda to build positive relationships and press for more #ActiveTravel supports. We’ll keep at it.

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Drogheda Cycling @droghedacycling.bsky.social · Aug 22

Back on Bluesky, sorry we were away. Been a busy summer in #Drogheda.

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Cian Ginty @cianginty.bsky.social · Apr 14

A reminder: Don't judge councillors on them being a cyclist or not, or saying they support something generally, judge them based on what projects and policies they are supporting:

IrishCycle.com @irishcycle.com · Apr 14

"I am a cyclist" says councillor who tried to block cycle path trial after Court gives it go ahead irishcycle.com/2025/04/14/i...

“I am a cyclist” says councillor who tried to block cycle path trial after Court gives it go ahead

After years of delay to the Strand Road cycle path trial because of a flawed High Court ruling, which was overturned in full by the Court of Appeal on Friday last, a number of councillors want the …

irishcycle.com

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Drogheda Cycling @droghedacycling.bsky.social · Apr 15

A little video of cycling through Antwerp sent in by one of our exec who is out there at the moment.

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Drogheda Cycling @droghedacycling.bsky.social · Apr 2

Limerick is a great example of what can happen when the will is there!

www.limerickleader.ie/news/ecolive...

Limerick an 'inspiration' for cycling and active travel in Ireland

National campaign hosted in city showed off sustainable travel infrastructure, which was widely praised

www.limerickleader.ie

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Anine Hartmann @aninehartmann.bsky.social · Apr 2

The best kind of cycling infrastructure?

An absence of car traffic.

Any road or street without car traffic is usually a great place to ride a bike.

This road outside Oslo has been permanently closed to car traffic. It’s one of my favorite places.

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Stephen Frost @sfrost.bsky.social · Apr 1

New analysis of relationship between car weight and fatal collision rates in the UK finds “ppl driving heavier cars are disproportionately involved in more fatal collisions”.

Particularly the case for those involving other cars or pedestrians.

Available here: www.researchgate.net/publication/...