The Dublin Cycling Campaign is an independent, voluntary lobby group that has been working to improve the city for all cyclists for over a decade and a half.
The vision in the National Cycle Policy Framework is that all streets need to be not just safe, but also provide an attractive cycle-friendly environment. It stresses that the most imporant measures to achieve this are not specific to cyclists, but general actions to calm traffic and reduce traffic levels. The 30 kmph zone and the successful HGV ban are excellent examples of this.
ALMOST 25,000 people have signed up for the Dublin City Council bike scheme, meaning it is 100 times more popular than the Paris and Brussels equivalents.
The council is now planning an expansion of the scheme, due to be completed before the summer.
BACK IN FORCE COLLEGE GREEN BUS GATE: MOTORISTS WHO have been using Dublin’s College Green during the evening peak traffic hours for the last two months, will have to find alternative routes from tonight, following the reinstatement of the “bus gate”.
