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Residents push for council to slow down cars and trucks on Crumlin Road
At a meeting Monday, a council engineer said it was doing speed surveys and could look at making changes. “We need to take some actions now,” he said.
Under new guidelines, there’ll be no more public consultations before trialling medium-sized traffic changes, council transport chief says
“The trial is the consultation,” Brendan O’Brian said, explaining the new Department of Transport guidelines for medium-sized projects.
Congestion charges “not a suitable tool” for the city at the moment, council transport chief says
He suggested that a low-emissions zone for the city centre, and a pay-per-mile model for the Dublin region might be better.
In Baldoyle, residents have been waiting 13 years for permanent and universal access to their local Dart station
The temporary steel tower that connects the town to the station has been without a functioning elevator for two months.
A quest to understand statistics published by the Road Safety Authority leads to a wild answer chase
That’s not good, says Fine Gael TD Ciarán Cannon. “There is no one central repository for all the data we need to make our roads safer.”
In the north inner-city, a proposal to fence in council flats to keep the world out
A council committee voted to start a process to close off the public right of way on Hardwicke Street, which would set the stage for putting up fences and gates.
In Balbriggan, a street party encourages conversations about a lower-carbon future for the town
The council has been considering options such as pedestrianisation to reduce carbon emissions in the seaside town.
Council Briefs: Settling the route for north Dublin EirGrid cable, calming traffic at Hansfield Wood, and new homes in Mulhuddart
These were among the issues Fingal county councillors discussed at a recent meeting.
Dublin’s cycling hotspot? The “Terenure A” electoral division, census data says
But what is it about this patch of the city – which many might think of as part of Harold’s Cross – that makes it so cycle-y?
Will you tell us what you want out of a revived Cycle Collision Tracker?
Should we expand it beyond cycle collisions, or keep it tightly focused? Should we try to collect images in addition to text, or are there pitfalls to doing that?
Fingal County Council’s planning to roll out community grit boxes for winter, but Dublin City Council isn’t
“We would very much welcome Community grit boxes being made available, in the absence of the Councils undertaking the work themselves,” says Jason Cullen, of the Dublin Commuter Coalition.
As Fingal drivers shift to electric vehicles, some say it’s hard to find places to charge them
Dublin’s charging strategy relies heavily on drivers in Fingal being able to park and charge their cars in driveways. But that’s not an option for everyone.