The Dublin Cycling Campaign is organising a Bicycle Christmas Party on Thursday 17th December in POD on Harcourt Street to celebrate the rejuvenation of cycling in the city. You can click the image above for the PDF poster. It promises to be a great night. Hope to see you there.
The first stage of the Canals Cycle Route (Portobello to Alfie Byrne Road) is currently at public consultation. Documents can be viewed and comments made by following this link to the Council’s planning system.
Check out our new cycle parking facility on Drury Street. I was delighted to lead the project which was officially opened on Thursday 8th October by Councillor Andrew Montague and Dublin City Council’s Cycling Unit. The facility offers indoor cycle parking to cyclists around shops, bars, restaurants and cafés, right in the heart of the city.
The cycle park is located on the ground floor of Drury Street Car Park. An entire floor of car parking spaces was removed to provide for cyclists. The facility is designed for short-term use so this means anyone from commuters, to tourists, to shoppers can use it.
What’s great about this new facility is that it’s indoors, the cycle parking area is under constant surveillance by CCTV and its completely free to the general public. I’d imagine it will also tie in quite nicely with the Dublin Bikes scheme in that people will be able to cycle into town, lock their bikes up in a secure indoor facility in the centre of the city and then use the dublinbikes to get around town. There are two stations close by, one around the corner on Exchequer Street and another one up towards St. Stephen’s Green on Chatham Street.
The City’s Cycling Officer, Ciarán Fallon says “It’s great for cyclists and it’s great for shops and local businesses. There used to be 16 car parking spaces in the cycle parking area, now there’s 192 spaces to park your bike. That’s 12 times as many shoppers only now is they’ll be arriving on 2 wheels instead of 4!”
View Drury Street Cycle Parking in a larger map
Speaking on behalf of Dublin City Council’s Cycling Unit, I am delighted to announce the launch of our new website – DublinCityCycling.ie. We hope that it will serve as a hub for news and events for Dublin’s many existing cyclists and will encourage more city-goers to enjoy life by bike.
Highlights of the site include:
Public Bike Scheme : http://www.dublincitycycling.ie/category/public-bike-scheme
Learn more about Dublin City Council’s public bike scheme launching in September – 40 Bike Stations, 450 bikes. Find out where the stations are, how to sign up for annual membership or how to use the bikes on a once-off basis.
Cycle Parking Consultation: http://www.dublincitycycling.ie/cycling-maps/consultation
We’re putting in additional cycle stands around Dublin in 2010 and we’d like your input on where you’d most like to park your bike.
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Download PDF maps showing Dublin City Councils cycle network, which includes more than 200km on-road cycle/shared bus and cycle lanes and 25km of off-road cycle tracks.
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Title: Bike to Work Day
Location: Merrion Square South
Start Time: 1Assemble 18:00, Start 19:00
Date: 2009-06-17
End Time: 20:00
Join other commuters to celebrate “Bike to Work Day” for a leisurely ride through the streets of Georgian Dublin in a car-free environment.
The route will be marshalled but participants should be comfortable cycling on road and the event is not suitable for the under 12s.
Cyclists of all fitness levels are welcome:
There are 4,000 places available on this year’s Cycle so please REGISTER NOW for a unique trip through the capital’s streets.
Road Closures and Traffic Information:
Merrion Square South will be closed to traffic on Wednesday June 17th from 2PM to 10PM.
No parking will be available on Merrion Square South during this time. Wheelchair access and special needs will be facilitated on Merrion Square East.
Car parking will be available as normal on all other side of Merrion Square the surrounding streets. Please follow standard Pay & Display policies.
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