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Dublin City Council BETA
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A @dubcitycouncil.bsky.social initiative to imagine, trial and establish solutions that improve living in the city. www.dccbeta.ie Here's what we're working on https://trello.com/b/8jXnfMIO/beta-project-pipeline
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Dublin City Council BETA @dccbeta.bsky.social · 7d
New BETA Project: #StreetMixBETA

Could we design a better process for residents to decide the kerbside uses on 'their' street and balance with public needs?

More information dccbeta.ie/project/arti...

Looking for volunteer streets, so please spread the word! 🙏
A grid of cars, trees, plants and bicycles. Blue and orange icons on a white background.
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Dublin City Council BETA @dccbeta.bsky.social · 20h
The #CooktopBETA trial will be removed from Herbert Park next month in November. If you would like to check it out before it's removed, now's the time!

We will then begin the assessment and decide next steps. If you have any feedback or suggestions, please let us know! Here or [email protected]
Photo of a park setting. It's a sunny day with some trees and people blurred in the background. In the foreground is a cooking appliance with a hood. Around it is a ring of stencil leaf markings.
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Dublin City Council BETA @dccbeta.bsky.social · 3d
Cc #CargobikeSharingBETA
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Shivaji Shiva @shivajishivalaw.bsky.social · 18d
Very cool. I’ll take a look when next in Dublin.

I’d like to see this in Birmingham.

It’d be handy for runs to the dump, enable train station pick ups with folding bikes for visitors, and end the long-standing debate over whether we have room in the store for a cargo bike. (And so much more.)
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IrishCycle.com @irishcycle.com · 18d
Cargo bicycle share trial expands to Dublin’s northside with new hub in Stoneybatter

A cargo bike share scheme, which is being run as a pilot project by bike hire company Bleeper for Dublin City Council's Beta Projects, has been expanded to Stoneybatter. The new location in Stoneybatter is on…
Cargo bicycle share trial expands to Dublin’s northside with new hub in Stoneybatter
A cargo bike share scheme, which is being run as a pilot project by bike hire company Bleeper for Dublin City Council's Beta Projects, has been expanded to Stoneybatter. The new location in Stoneybatter is on Manor Place, opposite Kerala Kitchen. The cargo bike rental costs €1 per 15 minutes of use, which is capped at €25 per day. Bleeper said: "We're excited to announce the new shared cargo bike in Stoneybatter!
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Dublin City Council BETA @dccbeta.bsky.social · 7d
New BETA Project: #StreetMixBETA

Could we design a better process for residents to decide the kerbside uses on 'their' street and balance with public needs?

More information dccbeta.ie/project/arti...

Looking for volunteer streets, so please spread the word! 🙏
A grid of cars, trees, plants and bicycles. Blue and orange icons on a white background.
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Dublin City Council BETA @dccbeta.bsky.social · 6d
9 people have so far suggested their street for the #StreetMixBETA trial.

Reading the additional info that people provide is very valuable.

1. It can signal how people interpret a particular project and what is important to them.

2. If themes emerge, it can be a source for potential new projects.
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Dublin City Council BETA @dccbeta.bsky.social · 6d
Hi Bob, they are indeed! 😊

There is also a spectrum...

From the neighbour living two metres away all year round, to the person who visits Dublin City once a year on a match-day.

From the young child who cannot venture far, to the adult who can benefit from a greater area.
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Dublin City Council BETA @dccbeta.bsky.social · 6d
It is indeed. Thanks Lee, great to have the list like that.
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Dublin City Council BETA @dccbeta.bsky.social · 7d
"Children are basically living very captive and kind of contained lives, and that's just not healthy." @timrgill.bsky.social on this @thewaroncars.bsky.social podcast.

podcasts.apple.com/podcast/id14...

More info on Tim rethinkingchildhood.com/about/

#PlayStreetsBETA
About Tim
Tim Gill is an independent scholar, writer and consultant on childhood, and a global advocate for children’s play and mobility. He is the author of Urban Playground: How child-friendly urban …
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Dublin City Council BETA @dccbeta.bsky.social · 7d
That's an interesting angle, thanks Emmet.

If you pass it on, anyone interested can suggest their street using the form.
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Dublin City Council BETA @dccbeta.bsky.social · 7d
New BETA Project: #StreetMixBETA

Could we design a better process for residents to decide the kerbside uses on 'their' street and balance with public needs?

More information dccbeta.ie/project/arti...

Looking for volunteer streets, so please spread the word! 🙏
A grid of cars, trees, plants and bicycles. Blue and orange icons on a white background.
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Dublin City Council BETA @dccbeta.bsky.social · 7d
14 water sensors along the River Liffey providing information on water level, temperature and velocity.
liffey.udlive.io

You can read more about this @smartdublin.bsky.social project here.
smartdocklands.ie/projects/riv...
A map of Dublin showing the locations of ring buoys and sensors along the River Liffey. Extract from website - graph showing water temperature, which rises and falls reflecting the tides.
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Ed Hawkins @edhawkins.org · 7d
Visualising historical changes in air pollution with the Air Quality Stripes

Website: airqualitystripes.info

And paper led by @kirstypringle.bsky.social and @jimmcquaid.bsky.social now published which visualises trends in air quality across many global cities: gc.copernicus.org/articles/8/2...
Visualising historical changes in air pollution with the Air Quality Stripes
Abstract. This paper introduces the Air Quality Stripes, a data visualisation project which presents historical changes in outdoor particulate matter air pollution (PM2.5) concentrations across major ...
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Dublin City Council BETA @dccbeta.bsky.social · 8d
This year is 10 years of 'Dublin Canvas' (an initiative which arose out of the first BETA Project) and ~1,000 artworks competed! 🙌

It would be lovely to celebrate that in some way, with a strong focus on the participants.

All suggestions would be very welcome!

Cc @dublincanvas.bsky.social
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Dublin City Council BETA @dccbeta.bsky.social · 9d
Not a follow up, because it long pre-dates the 3 hour event...but with #PlayStreetsBETA to find out how to best enable doorstep play across the city, in a sustainable way.

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Dublin City Council BETA @dccbeta.bsky.social · 17d
Dublin today held 25 play streets, opening up those streets to local children and their parents for 3 hours (to mark 25 years of #CarFreeDay).

Managing to visit 11 of the 25 within the 3 hours, it was useful to see how each space was used and gather various learnings for upcoming #PlayStreetsBETA.
A photo of a street lined with dramatically shaped, very tall trees silhouetted against the sky. The view is down the street. Cars park left and right, with some gaps. Some colourful bunting is stretched across the street and in the centre of the roadway, at the far end of the street, some parents and children play.
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Dublin City Council BETA @dccbeta.bsky.social · 16d
To expand the learnings for #CargobikeSharingBETA, there is now a public, electric, cargobike in #Stoneybatter.

@bleeperactive.bsky.social have registration info here bleeperactive.com/pages/shared...

We would love to hear your feedback and suggestions if you use it, and please spread the word! 🙏
Photo with large gable wall of a house. Three people walk past on footpath. There are 4 bike stands, 2 are low for cargo bikes, 2 are for regular bicycles. A branded cargo is locked to one of the stands. A photo showing the cargo box of the cargobike. It contains straps which enables two small people to be transported.
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Dublin City Council BETA @dccbeta.bsky.social · 16d
Cc @leafybatter.bsky.social @cosybatter.bsky.social @irishcycle.com @irishcyclingcmpn.bsky.social
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Dublin City Council BETA @dccbeta.bsky.social · 16d
To expand the learnings for #CargobikeSharingBETA, there is now a public, electric, cargobike in #Stoneybatter.

@bleeperactive.bsky.social have registration info here bleeperactive.com/pages/shared...

We would love to hear your feedback and suggestions if you use it, and please spread the word! 🙏
Photo with large gable wall of a house. Three people walk past on footpath. There are 4 bike stands, 2 are low for cargo bikes, 2 are for regular bicycles. A branded cargo is locked to one of the stands. A photo showing the cargo box of the cargobike. It contains straps which enables two small people to be transported.
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Dublin City Council BETA @dccbeta.bsky.social · 16d
It's great, thanks!
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Dublin City Council BETA @dccbeta.bsky.social · 16d
Did you draw the traffic cells, or does it pull that data in from another data source?
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Dublin City Council BETA @dccbeta.bsky.social · 16d
Hi Emmet, what's the background map?
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Dublin City Council BETA @dccbeta.bsky.social · 17d
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Dublin City Council BETA @dccbeta.bsky.social · Mar 25
A 🧵 on play streets in London

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Dublin City Council BETA @dccbeta.bsky.social · Mar 25
London Play @londonplay.bsky.social is a charity "working to ensure that children have the space, time and freedom to play." https://londonplay.org.uk

They "want every child in London to have high quality, free play opportunities, near to where they live."

#LondonParisBETA 🧵
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Dublin City Council BETA @dccbeta.bsky.social · 17d
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Dublin City Council BETA @dccbeta.bsky.social · Mar 24
A 🧵 on school (+ play) streets in Paris.

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Dublin City Council BETA @dccbeta.bsky.social · Mar 24
A 🧵 on 'school streets' and 'play streets' in Paris and London.

These are streets temporarily/permanently opened up (by closing to motor vehicles), to enable use of the full street - to create safer, child-friendlier spaces for children and parents, near their schools and homes.

#LondonParisBETA
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Dublin City Council BETA @dccbeta.bsky.social · 17d
Dublin today held 25 play streets, opening up those streets to local children and their parents for 3 hours (to mark 25 years of #CarFreeDay).

Managing to visit 11 of the 25 within the 3 hours, it was useful to see how each space was used and gather various learnings for upcoming #PlayStreetsBETA.
A photo of a street lined with dramatically shaped, very tall trees silhouetted against the sky. The view is down the street. Cars park left and right, with some gaps. Some colourful bunting is stretched across the street and in the centre of the roadway, at the far end of the street, some parents and children play.
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Dublin City Council BETA @dccbeta.bsky.social · 18d
Searching for more info led here... www.joderoberts.com but a Reimagination Unit would be a nice name/role for a city team!
jode roberts
Jode Roberts is a Toronto-based artist, beekeeper, community builder, writer and perpetual schemer.
www.joderoberts.com
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Dublin City Council BETA @dccbeta.bsky.social · 25d
Getting to see @dublincanvas.bsky.social boxes before they are finished is always amazing! 💗

Artwork (and this photo) by https://www.instagram.com/emberillustrations?igsh=bmoyeWZuNGFhbjM3

#DublinCanvas
A traffic light control box on a Dublin street is being painted as part of the Dublin Canvas project. The box has a sketched outline of a running figure with arms stretched forward, ready to be filled with colour. A printed reference design, showing an abstract multicoloured version of the artwork, is taped to the box. Beside it are painting supplies including a tool box, step stool, and a high-vis jacket. In the background is Gresham House, a brown brick building with a blue entrance sign and a large golden clock on the wall. Two pedestrians, an adult and a child, walk past on the pavement. White text on the image reads: “Day 1 of this years @dublincanvas box! @dlrcoco.ie”.
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