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Galway Cycling Campaign - Feachtas Rothaíochta na Gaillimhe @galwaycycling.bsky.social · 11d

If you are in Dublin, please support this.

If not, you can email or call your TD (and Minister Seán Canney TD is the Galway TD with responsibility for Road Safety) and ask them to attend the Love30 presentation on Thursday.

Irish Cycling Campaign @irishcyclingcmpn.bsky.social · 12d

A reminder that this rally is happening this coming Thursday 2nd Oct.

Please support it if you can by joining us on the day or contact your local TDs & ask them to attend the Love 30 presentation in the AV room.

This effects rural Ireland as much as it does our larger towns and cities.

Bígí linn!

Dublin Cycling Campaign @dublincycling.bsky.social · 21d

Join us with Love 30 at the Dáil to defend 30km/h speed limits!

⭕️ Stop the U-turn on safer speeds
📍 Outside Dáil, Kildare Street D2
📆 2 October
⏰ 10.30am - 11.30am

30km/h limits SAVE LIVES. We need to stop this U-turn and YOU can help on Oct 2.

www.love30.ie/saving-lives...

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Mike McKillen @mikemckillen.bsky.social · 25d

@irishcyclingcmpn.bsky.social Damien O'Tuama was out on the newly opened Carlingford-Newry greenway. Report on BBC NI: www.bbc.com/news/article...
The report deals with the strong opposition from landowners to its progress onwards to Dundalk. @cyclingireland.bsky.social @cyclinguk.bsky.social

Newry-Carlingford greenway: Final stage of £4.5m project opens

The final 5km section includes boardwalks, coastal paths and sections of old trainline.

www.bbc.com

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Dublin Cycling Campaign @dublincycling.bsky.social · 21d

Join us with Love 30 at the Dáil to defend 30km/h speed limits!

⭕️ Stop the U-turn on safer speeds
📍 Outside Dáil, Kildare Street D2
📆 2 October
⏰ 10.30am - 11.30am

30km/h limits SAVE LIVES. We need to stop this U-turn and YOU can help on Oct 2.

www.love30.ie/saving-lives...

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Conn Donovan @conndonovan.bsky.social · 18d

Well done to the @irishcyclingcmpn.bsky.social for their work on the new Irish Primary School Curriculum.

Cycling has been moved from the "adventure" activity area to "Active Living" in the Wellbeing Spec

Irish Cycling Campaign Submission on Wellbeing Curriculum – share.google/Z93TeanM7m0Q...

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Dave Tobin @davetobin.bsky.social · 16d

Delighted to see this in this weeks updated primary curriculum docs.

A lot of work from the @irishcyclingcmpn.bsky.social team putting together a strong submission emphasising the importance of cycling to mobility, independence and more.

Conn Donovan @conndonovan.bsky.social · 18d

Well done to the @irishcyclingcmpn.bsky.social for their work on the new Irish Primary School Curriculum.

Cycling has been moved from the "adventure" activity area to "Active Living" in the Wellbeing Spec

Irish Cycling Campaign Submission on Wellbeing Curriculum – share.google/Z93TeanM7m0Q...

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Irish Cycling Campaign @irishcyclingcmpn.bsky.social · 12d

A reminder that this rally is happening this coming Thursday 2nd Oct.

Please support it if you can by joining us on the day or contact your local TDs & ask them to attend the Love 30 presentation in the AV room.

This effects rural Ireland as much as it does our larger towns and cities.

Bígí linn!

Dublin Cycling Campaign @dublincycling.bsky.social · 21d

Join us with Love 30 at the Dáil to defend 30km/h speed limits!

⭕️ Stop the U-turn on safer speeds
📍 Outside Dáil, Kildare Street D2
📆 2 October
⏰ 10.30am - 11.30am

30km/h limits SAVE LIVES. We need to stop this U-turn and YOU can help on Oct 2.

www.love30.ie/saving-lives...

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Maitiú Ó Coimín @maitiuocoimin.bsky.social · 23d

Shílfeá go gcuirfeadh siad foscadh beag ar na rothair bhochta sin a bheidh ar aghaidh an Atlantaigh Fhiáin... @galwaycycling.bsky.social

Maitiú Ó Coimín @maitiuocoimin.bsky.social · 23d

Coinníollacha teanga níos láidre curtha le forbairt tithíochta sa Spidéal

Aontaíodh ag cruinniú de chuid an Choimisiúin Pleanála le deireanas go ndéanfaí leasú ar thrí alt san iarratas ar chead pleanála don fhorbairt mhór atá beartaithe do shuíomh an óstáin Ceol na Mara

tuairisc.ie

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · Aug 27

This is an INSANE decision by the E.U.

“By signing up to mutual recognition of vehicle standards with the U.S., the E.U. has waved the white flag on road safety. This is not a technical detail – it is a political choice that puts trade convenience ahead of saving lives.”

This will kill people.

ETSC: Mutual recognition deal with U.S. will cost lives on Europe’s roads

By signing up to mutual recognition of vehicle standards with the United States, the European Union has waved the white flag on road safety. This is not a technical detail – it is a political choice…

etsc.eu

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Melissa & Chris Bruntlett @modacitylife.com · Aug 22

Walk anywhere in Amsterdam and you’ll sense a calm coherence: bricks, curbs, fixtures, benches, bollards and drains that look related. This isn’t accidental. It’s a product of the Puccini Method, the city’s standards—part design language, part technical playbook—for shaping every street and square.🧵

People of all ages and abilities walk, cycle, sit, and socialise along the residential streets of Amsterdam, which are lined with buildings, trees, flowers and plantings, benches, and terraces.

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Melissa & Chris Bruntlett @modacitylife.com · Aug 27

The sustainable mobility revolution needs storytellers to show there is more than one way to move. When the narrative is missing,misinformation takes hold, fueling claims like cycling kills local businesses or that traffic-calming is anti-car.

The latest for Zag Daily 👉 zagdaily.com/featured/the...

woman presenting to a group in public space

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Ola Løkken Nordrum @olaln.bsky.social · Aug 27

SUVs (not just oversized) endanger vulnerable road users.
Electric or fossil-fuel, they harm health and the environment.
They waste space and symbolise failed transport policy.

Our streets should be full of children and adults cycling, not clogged with SUVs.

SUVs don’t belong in our cities!

Opinion: Supersized SUVs are more dangerous to pedestrians. Is it time for an extra levy on new ones?

The Debate: Is a proposed weight tax on heavier cars per kilogramme really about safety – or more about punishing the smug?

www.irishtimes.com

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Éidín Ní Shé @eidin.bsky.social · Jul 23

#Galway is a nightmare I regularly have to put my life in the hands of drivers as I try to walk across roundabouts that have no pedestrian crossings. Zero ambition for public active transport.

Irish Doctors for the Environment @irishdocsenv.bsky.social · Jul 23

Spot on letter to the editor!

Time for politicians to bite the bullet. Another ring road is an outdated non-solution that will increase emissions and car dependence.

Let’s fast-track a light rail network for Galway, paired with world-class active transport infrastructure.

Now that’s a solution!

Galway, city of the traffic

Congestion is not just an inconvenience, it is choking economic and social potential

www.irishtimes.com

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Irish Doctors for the Environment @irishdocsenv.bsky.social · Jul 23

Spot on letter to the editor!

Time for politicians to bite the bullet. Another ring road is an outdated non-solution that will increase emissions and car dependence.

Let’s fast-track a light rail network for Galway, paired with world-class active transport infrastructure.

Now that’s a solution!

Galway, city of the traffic

Congestion is not just an inconvenience, it is choking economic and social potential

www.irishtimes.com

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Dutch Cycling Embassy @dutchcycling.nl · Aug 24

Ed Sheeran spotted riding a vanRaam Fun2Go duo bike!

Last Thursday, vanRaam (#DCEnetwork) received a special phone call from their Polish dealer. Ed Sheeran wanted to take a ride on the Fun2Go duo bike during his visit to Wrocław.

📸 @LifeOfUtkarsh on YT

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Galway Cycling Campaign - Feachtas Rothaíochta na Gaillimhe @galwaycycling.bsky.social · Aug 24

Playgrounds in the city earlier ❤️
Another at Claddagh playground and 3 more outside coffee shops.

With so many parents looking for a healthy way to enjoy quality time with their children, Galway is quickly becoming the cargo bike capital of Ireland.

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Melissa & Chris Bruntlett @modacitylife.com · Aug 18

The bike is not a perfect replacement for the car, as it lacks the required range. Likewise, the train lacks the door-to-door convenience. But combine these two modes into a single system, and a seamless mobility option is unlocked—capable of reducing congestion by replacing thousands of car trips.🧵

Photographs of a two-storey, temporary bike parking facility outside ʼs-Hertogenbosch railways station that contains about 800 spaces organised in two-tiered racks.

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Cool Bike Art @coolbikeart1.bsky.social · Aug 13

Here we go - Hitch delivers the zinger

Alfred Hitchcock in a four- photo series with a bicycle: Good evening ladies and gentlemen, I have just been competing in a six day bicycle race. I’m quite proud to say I finished first. I quit after five minutes.

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Galway Cycling Campaign - Feachtas Rothaíochta na Gaillimhe @galwaycycling.bsky.social · Aug 13

What a pity, especially since we hear that Cork has bypasses and big interchanges which we are told are needed to provide for safe cycling.

How about Ringaskiddy itself?

actual brainstorming documents of Galway bypass design team

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Brian Gormley D7 @bgormley.bsky.social · Aug 12

One of two good pieces about cycling in Ireland in today’s Irish Times. @dublincycling.bsky.social @irishcyclingcmpn.bsky.social @galwaycycling.bsky.social @cianginty.bsky.social @cyclinginkilkenny.bsky.social @spillanemike.com

The Irish Times @irishtimes.com · Aug 12

‘It’s just a great experience’: Cycle route offers chance to explore Ireland’s ‘lovely small towns and villages’

The ‘relatively unknown’ EuroVelo trail goes from Belfast across to the west coast, down to the south coast and on to Rosslare Harbour

www.irishtimes.com

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Galway Cycling Campaign - Feachtas Rothaíochta na Gaillimhe @galwaycycling.bsky.social · Aug 11

- "A compromise solution might be to build the greenway to the side of the wider sections and, for now, use the centre of the narrower sections with the clear condition that the use of the land be given back to Irish Rail when/if the railway is ready to be opened."

Galway Cycling Campaign - Feachtas Rothaíochta na Gaillimhe @galwaycycling.bsky.social · Aug 11

Here are some facts from a source which is as much into railway as bikes:
irishcycle.com/2024/12/03/r...

Reignited Western Railway Corridor debate could do with a few more facts

— Rail vs greenway debate is especially pointless when it comes to this route. Comment & Analysis: The Western Railway Corridor rail vs greenway debate has — again — heated up…

irishcycle.com

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · Aug 11

To carry 50,000 people per hour in each direction, a city needs a 175m wide road for cars.

Even if those cars are electric.

And then there’s all the parking.

OR a city can move A LOT MORE people in a lot less space, with A LOT LESS public money, emissions, pollution, noise etc.

Choices.

Simple.

Graphic showing a 9 m wide track for metros can move as many people as a 175 m road for cars.

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Galway Cycling Campaign - Feachtas Rothaíochta na Gaillimhe @galwaycycling.bsky.social · Aug 11

Bienvenue 🇫🇷🇮🇪

Would love to hear their experiences. We often hear Irish people and families so excited about how safe it is to cycle along the French Atlantic coast. Maybe we underestimate how good things are this side of the pond?

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City View Wheels @cityviewwheels.bsky.social · Aug 9

Hats off to this French family here on holidays. Came on the ferry into Ringaskiddy. We hope they have a wonderful time in Ireland 👏☘️ #Cork #cycling #sustainability #adventure

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Cycling In Kilkenny @cyclinginkilkenny.bsky.social · Aug 11

Whats stopping a Greenway beside the railline?

Long-awaited Sligo Greenway may be in jeopardy over Irish Rail objections

Long-awaited Sligo Greenway may be in jeopardy over Irish Rail objections

Company says disused line between Claremorris and Collooney should be retained for future Western Rail Corridor

www.irishtimes.com

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