Public Meeting 8th October 7pm at the Biodiversity Hub in Ballincollig.

For anyone interested in supporting active travel in Ballincollig, join us for a chat at this public meeting to learn about what we do and our future plans. All welcome!

'Lee to Sea Jamboree' next Sunday. This looks like it will be a great event for Cork Harbour Fesival. Well done @corkcyclingcrew.bsky.social for organising this. 👏👏👏

A great afternoon was had by all at our first ever Bike Week event today!

We took in a cylce through the Regional Park explored the bikes lanes of Ballincollig, and finished up with coffees and treats at Cafe Chico!

Supported by Cork City Co and Cork Sports Partnership 🚴🌞🌳☕

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Join us tomorrow for our Bike Week event as we take in a fun ride exploring some of the cycle lanes and trails around Ballincollig and the Regional Park. We'll be meeting at the park entrance at the GAA Club at 12.45pm. See more details below!

We hope to see all then!

BST will be holding a public meeting this week to chat about plans for this year's upcoming Bike Week amongst other things. Join us at 7.30pm, Wed 2nd Apr, at the Cork Biodiversity Hub at the entrance to Regional Park by the GAA club. Anyone interested in coming along is welcome!

What a brilliant day at the Ballincollig St Patrick's Day Parade. Such a big turnout on the streets and it was thrilling to take part with so many other wonderful groups from around the community! A great day for the village! ☘️☘️☘️

We're thrilled to be taking part in the Ballincollig St Patrick's Day Parade this year. Our group, of all ages and abilities, will be marching, cycling, and strolling behind this banner so keep an eye out for us! Ayone who would like to join us can get in touch. The parade begins at 3pm
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So much space becomes redundant, marked by diagonal white lines here, because of right turning lanes. You could literally drive a bus through it.

Continous cycle lane, pedestrian crossing and traffic lights removed while even more space was given over to traffic to accomodate extra turning lanes on both roads

Interesting comparison between most recent Google Earth photo in 2023 at this junction at Carrigrohane Rd/Leo Murphy Rd, and 2nd pic from 2010. All active travel measures were removed not long after being installed here. There has been progress in Ballincollig over the years, just not here.

Things you love to see. Bike parking provided for several customers in the same anount of space as a single car parking space at Castlewest shopping centre yesterday.

Speed limits are changing from 80km to 60km today on rural local roads across Ireland. In Ballincollig, the area marked red in the image below, Curraheen Rd & Maglin Rd, has been reduced. The Lee Rd is also now 60km and there are lots of changes around Blarney and elsewhere to be aware of also.

This is the junction at Eastgate in Ballincollig. Narrow footpaths with obstacles, a pinch point for buses and no safe route through for cyclists. As a main artery into Ballincollig village, improvements under Bus Connects can't come quick enough.

Making use of the segratated cycle lanes in Innishmore. It's great to have the infrastructure for the smallies to be able to move around safely in Ballincollig. 🚴

We had a productive first meeting of the year tonight for Ballincollig Sustainable Travel. Lots of plans to promote and improve active travel for our community are in the pipeline for the year ahead. Lookout for updates here soon and anyone who wishes to get involved can send a DM for info.

Ballincollig Sustainable Travel is a community group who are campaigning to create the best possible sustainable travel options for people of all ages and abilities in our village.

Follow our page for updates and get in touch to find out how you can get involved!