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"It really is an absolutely critical issue," says Mark Kelly.
The council is now planning to decide whether to make the temporary bollards and planters that stop rat running on Pigeon House Road permanent.
At recent meetings, councillors for the southside of the city debated three possible transport changes – two proposed in the shorter-term and one further in the future.
Of those who’d been in collisions, more than half of those asked said they’d collided with vehicles, while more than a quarter said they’d been alone but hit a pothole or bollard, or the like.
At Monday’s monthly council meeting City Engineer John Flanagan issued a report to councillors about four major cycling projects in the city, and more.
Next month, charity Frontline Make Change plans to open Frontline Bike, an upcycling bike shop aimed to bridge the gap between addiction recovery and employment.
“It’s the busiest route for bicycles, I think, coming into the city on the north side,” says Green Party Councillor Janet Horner.
The council and the NTA are planning more changes to footpaths and roads across the city to help people to get where they are going while observing social distancing.
We’re looking to spin off this tool for collecting data on cycling safety in the city. Anyone interested in getting involved is invited to a workshop on 18 March.
This phase, which includes 600 metres of segregated cycle track, runs from Sheriff Street Upper, along the banks of the canal, up over the railway lines, and joins up to Newcomen Bridge.
Demand is still there for a little world where kids can learn the rules of the road, and road safety, said a council spokesperson.
Blood Stoney Bridge would stretch about 125 metres across the river from Sir John Rogerson’s Quay to North Wall Quay.
Inspired by a cycle-bus initiative in Galway, the Riverview Educate Together cycle bus isn’t the only one in the Dublin area. There are also cycle buses in Ballinteer and Portmarnock.