Cycling Dublin Environment

Dodder greenway should be a “bicycle superhighway” says Danish experts – IrishCycle.com

Danish consultants who worked on plans for the River Dodder Greenway in Dublin say that people cycling and walking along the river should be kept apart, and the route should become a “bicycle superhighway”. The suggestion of keeping people cycling and walking segregated could be a popular one with those on two-wheels as well as […]

Cycling

5 years of Dublinbikes

Latest statistics: Current number of stations: 100 Current number of bikes: 1,500 Long-term members 46,695 Short-term members (YTD) 9,395 Journeys in 2014 1,760,832 Total journeys 7,951,866 Percentage of free journeys 95% Average journey time 20 minutes Journeys on busiest day 13,614 on 4th September 2014 Number of journeys taken after: One year 1,101,877 Two years […]

Arts Photography

“I’m a photographer. No, let me rephrase that: I would like to be a photographer.”

I’m a photographer. No, let me rephrase that: I would like to be a photographer. In reality I’m merely an obsessive who takes lots of photographs in the hope that some day, just once, he will produce an image that is really, truly memorable. Like the images that Henri Cartier-Bresson captured, apparently effortlessly, in their […]

Cycling Environment

A dated and flawed approach…

“Even Minister Donohoe appears to be toeing the RSA line of victimising pedestrians rather than suggesting that drivers slow down. He should know better,” said Cuffe. “Instead of victimising children the RSA should also be seeking more low speed zones and pedestrian crossings. According to the RSA’s own research such zones have been successfully implemented in […]