📣 New research just published. Thank you @seai-ie.bsky.social for supporting the work
To increase e-cargo bike uptake, we must focus on:
1. Network Planning & Safety
2. Maintenance & Surface Quality
3. Design & Exclusion
activetravelstudies.org/article/id/1...
To increase e-cargo bike uptake, we must focus on:
1. Network Planning & Safety
2. Maintenance & Surface Quality
3. Design & Exclusion
activetravelstudies.org/article/id/1...
Situating the E-Cargo Bike in an Emerging Cycling Network: A Qualitative Study
In many low-cycling contexts, cycling is routinely marginalised in transport planning practice while, in everyday traffic interactions, cyclists are frequently disregarded as legitimate road users. E-...
activetravelstudies.org
I spoke joined Colm McCarthy and Will O'Callaghan to discuss Metrolink on the Last Word earlier
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What Happens Next with the Metrolink?
Professor in Transportation at Trinity College Dublin Brian Caulfield and economist Colm McCarthy join Will O'Callaghan to discuss what happens now the Metro...
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by Brian Caulfield — Reposted by: Stacy D. VanDeveer
After 3 years and 2 days
Metrolink given green light by An Coimisiún Pleanala www.rte.ie/news/2025/10...
Metrolink given green light by An Coimisiún Pleanala www.rte.ie/news/2025/10...
Metrolink given green light by An Coimisiún Pleanala
Permission has been granted for Dublin's long-awaited Metrolink project link Dublin city to airport.
www.rte.ie
The NTA Household travel survey results for 2024 are out...
Mode share for driving is up and now higher than it was in 2012.
Cycling mode share has increased slightly on 2023
% of our trips to work are down 7% on 2017, the impacts of WFH & COVID
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Mode share for driving is up and now higher than it was in 2012.
Cycling mode share has increased slightly on 2023
% of our trips to work are down 7% on 2017, the impacts of WFH & COVID
www.nationaltransport.ie/wp-content/u...
A very sensible idea, one that is done in many other cities...
FYI the Metrolink railway order will be with An Coimisiún Pleanála 3 years tomorrow....
www.irishtimes.com/transport/20...
FYI the Metrolink railway order will be with An Coimisiún Pleanála 3 years tomorrow....
www.irishtimes.com/transport/20...
Planned Dublin Metro linking city centre with airport and Swords could open in stages
Testing and starting services on railway in phases could cut multi-billion euro project’s costs
www.irishtimes.com
Fantastic op ed by Paul Farrell in the Sunday Independent today. Hammering home the point of the importance of investing in our universities
@tcddublin.bsky.social
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@tcddublin.bsky.social
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Paul Farrell: It’s delusional to think universities will thrive without extra funding
“The value of an idea lies in the using of it,” said Thomas Edison, whose many credited inventions include the commercially viable light bulb. It remains as true today as it did a century ago.
m.independent.ie
Reposted by: Brian Caulfield
Reposted by: Brian Caulfield
On World Car Free day I published an article in @daily27.bsky.social on some of the impacts cars have on our society.
daily27.info/2025/09/22/u...
daily27.info/2025/09/22/u...
Unpacking the Impact of Our Car-Centric Lives – Daily27
daily27.info
Residents in Enniscorthy, Youghal, and Tramore are all asked to interact with the platform, tell us what the challenges and opportunities in their towns are, up-vote comments, upload photos, and help us co-create sustainable mobility solutions in each town. Here's the link: www.townsmatter.ie
EUROPEAN MOBILITY WEEK starts today! The CONUNDRUM Research Project team is delighted to launch our TownsMatter platform as part of our @researchireland.ie National Challenge Fund project.
Fantastic new tool launched by Transport Infrastructure Ireland, developed by AECOM to measure the impacts 5 greenways across Ireland.
uk.planengage.com/tii/page/Pow...
uk.planengage.com/tii/page/Pow...
12 years ago we did an appraisal of the Greenway in Mayo and with tourism benefits alone they pay for themselves
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Measuring the success of the Great Western Greenway in Ireland
This paper analyses the usage of a pilot Greenway (cycle way) in a rural environment in Ireland. The path is 42km long and has several settlements alo…
www.sciencedirect.com
Reposted by: Brian Caulfield
Ireland’s mild weather isn’t a shield - @tcddublin.bsky.social Professor Karen Wiltshire and Associate Professor Graham J. Dwyer explain in @theconversation.com why climate risk is real and growing. Insightful and urgent reading.
Read the article: bit.ly/4oTefpV
Read the article: bit.ly/4oTefpV
Why Ireland’s mild temperatures won’t protect it from the climate crisis
Its position on the edge of the Atlantic makes it vulnerable, and the storms are getting stronger.
theconversation.com
Fantastic article by Billy Hann @dublinbusnews.bsky.social
"The choice is ours. Retreat or progress. Dubliners deserves progress."
Billy Hann: Why Michael O’Leary and Dermot Desmond are so wrong on axing MetroLink www.businesspost.ie/analysis-opi...
"The choice is ours. Retreat or progress. Dubliners deserves progress."
Billy Hann: Why Michael O’Leary and Dermot Desmond are so wrong on axing MetroLink www.businesspost.ie/analysis-opi...
Billy Hann: Why Michael O’Leary and Dermot Desmond are so wrong on axing MetroLink
www.businesspost.ie
Fantastic news..... now to deliver it
Dart expansion to Drogheda approved in move to supercharge commuter capacity www.irishtimes.com/transport/20...
Dart expansion to Drogheda approved in move to supercharge commuter capacity www.irishtimes.com/transport/20...
Dart expansion to Drogheda approved in move to supercharge commuter capacity
Northern line improvements may lead to controversial shuttle replacement for Howth suburb
www.irishtimes.com
All the details of our project can be found here: citiesgovernancesustainability.eu/conundrum/
CONUNDRUM: Co-creating sustainable community mobility - Cities, Governance & Sustainability
citiesgovernancesustainability.eu
Great to chat on Ireland AM this morning on issues around poor rural public transport. I got to discuss our @researchireland.ie funded @conundrumsfi.bsky.social project and how our research is looking into new ways of solving these issues
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@deanphelan.bsky.social @niamhmcherry.bsky.social
Reposted by: Brian Caulfield
Never has a transport project in Ireland been as analysed, appraised, criticised and debated as much as this... my contribution to @rtebrainstorm.bsky.social this morning
www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
Why Metrolink is a much needed connection for North County Dublin
Never has a transport project in Ireland been as analysed, appraised, criticised and debated as much as this
www.rte.ie
Reposted by: Brian Caulfield
Why Metrolink is a much needed connection for North County Dublin. 'Never has a transport project in Ireland been as analysed, appraised and debated as much as this'. By @briancaulfield.bsky.social @tcddublin.bsky.social www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
Why Metrolink is a much needed connection for North County Dublin
Never has a transport project in Ireland been as analysed, appraised, criticised and debated as much as this
www.rte.ie
We better tell all the cities globally like Paris, Melbourne, Auckland etc they should down tools now.
AI will make Dublin’s MetroLink obsolete, says Dermot Desmond www.irishtimes.com/ireland/dubl...
AI will make Dublin’s MetroLink obsolete, says Dermot Desmond www.irishtimes.com/ireland/dubl...
AI will make Dublin’s MetroLink obsolete, says Dermot Desmond
Businessman says Government should abandon project as AI will lead to rise in self-driving cars
www.irishtimes.com
Reposted by: Brian Caulfield
Our colleagues contributed to running workshops in Youghal and Tramore this week. Utilising the local knowledge of community members, we will undertake analysis to identify solutions to enhance mobility and community well-being.
Funded by @researchireland.ie #NationalChallengeFund #NextGenerationEU
Funded by @researchireland.ie #NationalChallengeFund #NextGenerationEU
Reposted by: Brian Caulfield