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.
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Vision 2030- Consultation period ended
Dublin Cycling Campaign is a nominated 'stakeholder' in the 'Vision 2030' consultation process. The fifth stage of the process is now complete -read on to see some of the impacts proposed for cyclists.
The National Transport Authority (NTA) is responsible for transport planning at a strategic level in the Greater Dublin Area (GDA). It was established in December 2009 and subsumed the former Dublin Transportation Office (DTO), who had commenced the strategy formulation process.
Derek Peppard, Mike McKillen and Will Andrews of the Campaign attended different sessions of the Consultation, and we have made this written submission to the process. We seem to be getting through to them! Consistent focussing on 'cycle lanes' has been tempered with the concept, from the National Cycle Policy Framework, of traffic and speeds reduction.
The NTA is currently developing the transport strategy for 2030, called 2030 Vision, which will be at the heart of all transport planning in the region for two decades. As part of the process, consultation is taking place with the public and a range of strategic and political stakeholders. This report (PDF, 328 KB) covers the fifth round of the Consultative Panel meetings (CP5), in which the Consultative Panels (made up of key political and strategic stakeholders) discussed Strategy options and proposals within them, as well as constraints that may influence the final contents of the Strategy and its success in meeting objectives.
Here's an extract from the 'Conclusions'- Walking and cycling-
There is support for improvements to the pedestrian network, both better quality footpaths and improvements to crossing facilities. The Dublinbikes city centre cycle hire scheme was almost universally welcomed and suggestions were made for its expansion. Whereas better quality cycle lanes were supported by many, others noted that there were narrow streets in many areas where they could not be implemented. The need to reduce traffic volumes and speeds to improve the cycling environment (perhaps as an alternative to cycle lanes) was also noted.
See Table 4.7 of the report, on page 27 (page 33 on PDF reader), for feedback from consultation attendees about cycling.
