article

75 years after the UK's first cycle lane opened, the same debates rage on

Today's cyclists would jump at the chance to ride on the wide, separate lanes that in 1934 received only a 'frigid welcome'

Department of Transport Press Release

Dempsey releases a draft cycle design manual, for public consultation

07 - 12 - 2009

As part of the Government's new National Cycle Policy Framework, the Minister for Transport, Noel Dempsey TD, announced today, a public consultation process on new guidelines for cycle design in Ireland.

<

A CYCLE route in Co Clare has been listed as one of the top 10 in the world in a new guide which highlights the best trends, destinations, journeys and experiences for the upcoming year.

Forget earnest nerds in woolly jumpers and hick raingear, writes LOUISE ROSEINGRAVE ; cyclists rank among the most sartorially savvy road-users, and new fashions and accessori

Boris Johnson saves woman from street attack

Green filmmaker Franny Armstrong pays tribute to 'my knight on a shining bicycle'

Madam, – I was disappointed to learn of the High Court challenge by 12 Dublin businesses to the “bus gate” at College Green (Home News, October 27th).

(Please please if you support the bus gate let your councilors know by emailing or calling them. You can find who your local councilliors HERE) 

DUBLIN CITY Council is coming under pressure from city-centre business interests to abandon the “bus gate” on College Green, despite a remarkable reduction in bus journey times and a huge increase in the number of cyclists. 

A CYCLIST is fighting for his life after being hit by a Dublin Bus wing mirror prompting claims that the company has continually been warned by drivers of their potential danger.

The victim, a cleaner at Beaumont Hospital believed to be a 37-year-old Polish man, was hit on his way home from work on the Artane Road earlier this month.

An Appreciation

Mon, Oct 19, 2009

Eileen Coen: Eileen was the most dedicated of all volunteers, making literally thousands of visits to the elderly of Dublin over 40 years. Many of those visits were made on her bicycle, which she was still riding up until earlier this summer.

Full article below:

A GROUNDBREAKING new study on the health impacts of central London’s recent initiatives to reduce traffic pollution could put pressure on other major cities to follow suit and cut emissions.

That’s according to asthma expert Prof Tak Lee, who told a conference in Dublin at the weekend about a unique study looking at how bringing down traffic-related emissions affects respiratory health in children.

Prof Lee, from King’s College London, said air pollution was a major environmental factor relating to health and that particulate matter with a diameter of under 10 microns, which is associated with traffic emissions, was of notable concern.