The Court of Appeal today overturned a High Court judgement blocking the proposed 6-month trial of a segregated cycle path on Strand Road, in Dublin’s Sandymount area. The council originally sought to introduce the two-way cycle lane back in 2020 during the Covid pandemic, but was opposed by individuals in the Strand Road area who […]
Since the new Lotts & Co supermarket opened on Rathfarnham Road a couple of months ago, there’s been a lot of dangerous parking outside by customers and delivery drivers. Well, thanks to Dublin City Council, as of this morning there’s new plastic bollards protecting the cycle lane. They start not far from the Terenure crossroad, […]
I took this photo a few weeks ago on a Sunday evening in Dublin city centre. These communal bins belong to a nearby apartment block, and someone has decided to block the majority of the cycle lane with them, forcing people on bikes out into the general traffic lane. Before the cycle lane protection bollards […]
I was cycling through Rathmines on Sunday 5th July 2020, and noticed that Dublin City Council had been busy adding bollards and orcas to protect the cycle lane. In the past this cycle lane was notorious for being blocked by parked vehicles, which meant that groups such as I BIKE Dublin used to take direct […]
This is a typical cycle lane in Dublin city centre. It consists of a bit of paint at the side of the road. Technically it’s an offence for motor vehicles to drive or park in a cycle lane, but enforcement is very rare, and all too often motorists stray into these painted cycle lanes without […]
The COVID-19 pandemic has the potential to radically change the way we distribute road space in Dublin city centre. With a target to double the number of people who walk, and triple the number who cycle, it looks like we’re going to have road space taken away from motor vehicles and given over to active […]
