Started by Mikael Colville-Anderson in 2006 with his influential blog www.copenhagencyclechic.com, Cycle Chic is all about the re-branding of the bicycle as not only transport and urban mobility, but also as something cool and hip and do-able in your regular clothes. The Dublin Cycle Chic fashion show took place on Wednesday 16th June in City Hall as part of National Bike Week. For those of you who missed it, check out the video above to see what it was all about.
‘The bikes are rising’ by Therese Purcell was the winner of our Cyclize Your City competition. You can view all of entries in the gallery here. Thanks to all those who submitted designs.
Cyclize your City is an initiative under this year’s Bike Week programme of events and is jointly organised by the Department of Transport and Dublin City Council. It’s a competition to get the creative juices flowing and encourage conversation and public engagement around the area of bicycle travel and the environment.
So, we’re asking you to create your vision of what your city would look like ‘Cyclized’ using any medium suitable for digital reproduction. The winner will receive EUR1,000 and the opportunity to see their work used in a nationwide campaign promoting the development of cyclized cities in Ireland. For full details please see www.cyclizeyourcity.ie
We’re delighted to announce that the site picked up a Gold award in the ‘Online Social Impact’ category at the Digital Media Awards 2010. The Digital Media Awards seek to recognise and reward excellence in the digital media sector and take place annually. While we didn’t win the category, we’re delighted that the work we’ve put into the site has been recognised. Congratulations to all the winners.
Research has shown that nearly three quarters of cycle fatalities in Dublin are caused by left turning HGVs. Drivers can struggle to see you, especially if they’re turning left and you’re going straight ahead:
We have produced this short film with the Road Safety Authority to help cyclists and HGV drivers navigate Dublin’s streets more safely.
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.
Cycling Maps
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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