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Years on, danger spots for cyclists along Rathmines to city centre corridor persist
There's a plan to reduce motor vehicle traffic along the route, and install kerb-segregated cycle lanes along most of it – but moving very, very slowly.
Greater use of red-light cameras on Dublin roads inches closer
On Monday, the National Transport Authority published a tender looking for someone to help it plan and oversee the roll-out of red-light and speed cameras.
Frustrated by longer wait for green man at Blackhorse junction, people dash across in front of moving cars
“I know the cycle of the lights and I’m like, ‘I should have gone already,’” said Niamh Stephens on Tuesday.
Council should look, again, at London-style system to force companies to use safer trucks in the city, councillors urge
The death of Johnny Santos Xavier De Abreu while cycling in the city recently was a reminder of the risk posed by heavy goods vehicles, a motion said.
Council pushes clampers to expand their hunt beyond the city centre, into the suburbs
A new contract, with new terms, should kick in from August.
Parents plead for traffic dangers around Harold’s Cross Educate Together National School to be addressed
Changes to improve safety are part of the planning permission, while a walkability audit five years back made recommendations, too.
Across the city, parents snatch their kids out of the way of red-light-breaking drivers
Despite years of talk, a promised national strategy on red-light cameras is yet to be published – let alone implemented.
Live in Fingal and wish you could push your kids out to play on the street?
The council says it wants to hear from you.
Lack of speed-limit data from Dublin City Council hampering “lifesaving” technology in cars
The council is now over 18 months late in meeting a legal deadline to publish a digital map of speed limits on city streets.
Few have used process set up to allow appeals to speed limits, figures show
Since 2022, there have been 332 appeals lodged with councils nationwide, according to a Department of Transport spokesperson.
In Dublin 15, councillors say they’re inundated with complaints about slippery leaves on footpaths
“It's no exaggeration. I've had at least 20 different people coming to me with this issue,” Councillor Angela Donnelly said.
After government abandons plan to make city speed limit 30km/h by default, council returns to slog of doing it bit by bit
At a meeting of Dublin City Council’s transport committee on Wednesday, councillors and council managers expressed frustration with the long road ahead.