Dermot Hanney
hanneydp.bsky.social
Dermot Hanney
@hanneydp.bsky.social
It looks the same but different 😀

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Does anybody know how to get a greenway added to Google Maps? For the Ballina end of the Ballina to Killala Greenway (a work in progress), they don't seem to want to accept my route.

It's important because Google Maps is directing people, such as touring cyclists, onto the 80km/h Killala Road.
February 11, 2026 at 11:30 PM
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All bicycles included in draft plan for mandatory helmets and high-vis, Department confirms irishcycle.com/2026/02/04/a...
All bicycles included in draft plan for mandatory helmets and high-vis, Department confirms
— Plan was expected to be put to the Cabinet today before it was withdrawn from the meeting of Government Ministers. A reported plan by Ireland’s Government to make the wearing of helme…
irishcycle.com
February 4, 2026 at 9:44 PM
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Hi all campaigners and councillors here: I'm looking at writing an article on what you'd recommend for any person or group who's frustrated with progress on X, Y or Z cycle route or pedestrian crossing, etc, and what would you recommend to them? If you want to contribute, can you please...
January 28, 2026 at 12:22 PM
New wayfinding signage in Canary Wharf
January 21, 2026 at 3:48 PM
Anyone able to explain what is going on here? How can one automate a post box?
January 19, 2026 at 9:24 AM
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Revamped website for @transportfornewhomes.org.uk - lots of research showing the gap between the good words in planning policy on sustainable transport and then what actually built on the ground: www.transportfornewhomes.org.uk
Transport for New Homes
Bringing transport and planning together
www.transportfornewhomes.org.uk
January 14, 2026 at 8:53 AM
The issue for UK is not it shouldn’t build high speed rail, but why does high spreed rail cost so much to build? As someone raised in the comments here, the cost per passenger km is not so great as this will be a high use route so maybe we are in many ways simply miscalculating these schemes costs
This is *before* the new budget increases, which could take the total cost over £100bn www.ft.com/content/3f73...
January 13, 2026 at 1:07 PM
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This is *before* the new budget increases, which could take the total cost over £100bn www.ft.com/content/3f73...
January 13, 2026 at 9:26 AM
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I mean, it’s absurdly high, but it will actually run a lot of traffic and so won’t be the highest cost per seat mile.
January 13, 2026 at 9:41 AM
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Judge who said cyclists a “nightmare” pleaded guilty to failing to take breathalyser test

A Dublin-based Circuit Court judge who said that "Cyclists have become a nightmare in Dublin" pleaded guilty in 2012 to failing to comply with a request by a garda to use a breathalyser in Connemara.…
Judge who said cyclists a “nightmare” pleaded guilty to failing to take breathalyser test
A Dublin-based Circuit Court judge who said that "Cyclists have become a nightmare in Dublin" pleaded guilty in 2012 to failing to comply with a request by a garda to use a breathalyser in Connemara. According to court reports yesterday, Judge O’Donohoe said in the Circuit Civil Court said: “You never know with cyclists what they are going to do or anticipate what they are going to do...
irishcycle.com
January 13, 2026 at 10:25 AM
@secondcaptains.bsky.social @kenearly.bsky.social @jonawils.bsky.social @dionfanning.bsky.social player that fell off cliff example after major transfer in Premier League after looking world class example missed = Andriy Shevchenko at Chelsea. Never got off the ground after looking amazing at AC
December 15, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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Roads? Where we're going, we don't need roads!

In my latest blog post, I go back to the future in East Oxford.

therantyhighwayman.blogspot.com/2025/12/back...
Back To The Future In East Oxford
I have been doing some work in Oxford, and on a recent visit, I had the chance to look at some historic traffic calming in East Oxford which...
therantyhighwayman.blogspot.com
December 13, 2025 at 12:03 PM
This is where blind reliance on cars and ignorance of decarbonisation gets you

youtu.be/Pgwny1BiCYk?...
December 13, 2025 at 9:44 AM
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Just as you thought food delivery companies couldn't inflict any more misery on society:

Instead of using lowly-paid gig economy contractors to deliver groceries, they're replacing humans with robots, who, in turn, force humans off the pavement into road traffic.
November 28, 2025 at 11:50 AM
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Contract for Belfast-Dublin trains expected to be signed within days after High Court clears tracks

A legal block on Irish Rail and Northern Ireland Railways signing a contract for new Dublin-Belfast trains has been lifted by the Commercial Court, a division of the High Court. The block was put in…
Contract for Belfast-Dublin trains expected to be signed within days after High Court clears tracks
A legal block on Irish Rail and Northern Ireland Railways signing a contract for new Dublin-Belfast trains has been lifted by the Commercial Court, a division of the High Court. The block was put in place through a legal application by Spanish train manufacturer CAF, which lost out in the bidding process for the new trains to Swiss manufacturer Stadler. …
irishcycle.com
November 27, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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Government goes cold on ordering new trains, so 41-year-old Dart fleet — breaking down daily — to keep causing issues for rail network for years

A conservative approach by the Department of Transport to ordering replacement Dart train carriages will lead to increased reliability issues on the…
Government goes cold on ordering new trains, so 41-year-old Dart fleet — breaking down daily — to keep causing issues for rail network for years
A conservative approach by the Department of Transport to ordering replacement Dart train carriages will lead to increased reliability issues on the Dublin rail network, likely cost the State more when the trains are ordered, and will delay the expansion of other train services, it has been claimed. Earlier this year, the Department of Transport claimed the delay in ordering the trains -- replacements for the existing 41-year-old Dart carriages, which are suffering daily breakdowns and affecting local and intercity services -- was due to a review of the National Development Plan.
irishcycle.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:31 PM
@secondcaptains.bsky.social suddenly this makes much more sense

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AZ Alkmaar striker Troy Parrott backs himself against some top Premier League strikers 💪
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November 17, 2025 at 6:00 AM
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🗺️ Who wanted PTAL but for the whole country? Well, here you are. labs.podaris.com/dft-connecti...
DfT Connectivity Metric Viewer by Podaris
Explore how connected your area really is – a UK-wide map built using the Department for Transport's new Connectivity Metric.
labs.podaris.com
November 4, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Westfield Avenue new cycle track coming along nicely

Intrigued if blue sections are part of guidance or designer just going on a solo run

Really like the SUDS / planting arrangement.

More to come soon further west
November 2, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Anyone know if there’s a hack to find out when the new DLR train is running today?
November 1, 2025 at 10:28 AM
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Expansion of Dart to Drogheda using battery-electric trains delayed until 2027

A plan to operate a more frequent train service under the Dart brand on Dublin's northern line has been delayed by a year until 2027 due to a supply issue with the battery units for the new trains, Irish Rail confirmed…
Expansion of Dart to Drogheda using battery-electric trains delayed until 2027
A plan to operate a more frequent train service under the Dart brand on Dublin's northern line has been delayed by a year until 2027 due to a supply issue with the battery units for the new trains, Irish Rail confirmed today. The plan includes using new battery-electric trains to serve towns between Malahide, where overhead electrification currently ends, and Drogheda.
irishcycle.com
October 22, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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We'd be alright if it weren't for the customers.
October 20, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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Good morning Cardiff 🌅
Cardiff will be the first UK city to introduce a surcharge for oversized SUVs and trucks, "while very large vehicles – those over 3,500kg – will be excluded from residential permits entirely."
Cardiff set to tackle SUV 'carspreading' in UK first
Cardiff Council is set to become the first local authority in the UK to introduce higher parking charges for SUVs and other heavy vehicles, in a move campaigners say will make city streets safer and f...
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October 16, 2025 at 8:01 AM
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Had a fun couple of hours out of the office today.

#HammersmithBridge
October 9, 2025 at 5:13 PM