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In Howth, council plans to charge for parking on Harbour Road
Drivers would also be limited to leaving their cars in spots on the road for a maximum of three hours.
Council looks to trial moves to make Balrothery friendlier for cyclists and pedestrians
The new active travel plan for the village, which sits about 2.5km south of Balbriggan's town centre, includes a one-way system, among other measures.
Councillors ask for a working group to, finally, sort safer access to a lonely bit of Swords
A muddy path is the only pedestrian link from Swords to Knocksedan – aside from walking on roads with cars whizzing by.
After years of talk, councillors push for a refocus on traffic in East Wall
It’s been six years since the area was listed as a priority for improved traffic management.
In Fingal, councillors ponder expanding the Community Car scheme
Through it, volunteers give lifts – and company – to people who need to get to hospital appointments, mass, or wherever they're going.
Dublin city facing decade of disruption from construction of big – and long-awaited – transport projects
Work on two bus corridors – Liffey Valley to the city centre, and Ballymun and Finglas to the city centre – is due to kick off this year. And that’s just the start.
A requirement that cyclists wear helmets and hi-vis would be a challenge for bike-share companies
The government seems to be considering making helmets and hi-vis mandatory for people using some category of bikes, though it’s not totally clear which.
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.
The 238 bus in Tyrrelstown is “cancelled, cancelled, cancelled”, residents say
At a recent meeting, councillors backed a motion calling on the National Transport Authority to sort it out.
Despite repeated complaints, a stretch of James’s Street remains hazardous for cyclists
They are shunted into a bumpy sliver of gutter between the kerb and the Luas tracks.
Long-time campaigners bristle at politicians' back-patting over new lift at Clongriffin Dart Station
“They were actually trying to take credit for the extremely hard work that we have put in."