[Steveire]

^^^^ Yeah ^^^^

Particularly

Glass, potholes, drains which have been set too low in the ground, mud & puddles in areas of the track which have a dip in them, dips in the track

I always think "what would motorists do if the road was like this 1.5 meters to the right? They wouldn't stand for it that's what!"

[cyclopath2001]

Originally Posted by billyblanks

As far as cycling two abreast goes, I think is is allowed if there is a broken white line on the road, if it is a solid white line you need to cycle singlefile.

No, you can legally cycle two abreast at all times assuming you can tolerate the abuse.

Originally Posted by alun

I notice that they seem to use dashed white lines to delineate them rather than solid ones. Does this mean that motorists can legally occupy them when there are no cyclists around?

The rules for cycle lanes are not given in the Rules of the Road, but in brief, you can only enter a cycle lane while turning. Other regs would prohibit causing an obstruction by actually stopping while doing so.

The regs also allow parking in some cycle lanes at certain times.

[skywalker_208]

Originally Posted by cyclopath2001

No, he's not pulling in or out, he was driving down the cycle lane as if it wasn't there.

Thats a Taxi.. dont get me started on them!! hehe

[robfitz]

Originally Posted by UserX

I would also like to know more about this cycling committee/board and what exactly they are doing to benefit cyclists.

The government through the Minister for Transport and the Department of Transport http://www.transport.ie/ and Department of Environment http://www.environ.ie/ sets the policy and any legislation to implement that policy. Links to the legislation effecting cyclists are available at http://www.dublincycling.org/tikiwik...ng+Legislation.

The Dublin Transportation Office http://www.dto.ie/ create reports/documents/guidelines, promotion, training and provide funding for transportation projects (cycle tracks, QBC's, etc). The next two big DTO documents for cyclists are the Cycle Policy and the Cycle Manual.

The local county/city councils design, implement and maintain most if not all of the cycling infrastructure provided.

The National Roads Authority http://www.nra.ie/ don't have much to do with cyclists. ????

The National Safty Council http://www.nsc.ie/ continue to tell us that doing things that are dangerous might kill us or someone else.


The DTO Cycle Policy and Cycle Manual are receiving input and review from the members of the DTO Cycle Forum. The Cycle Forum is made up of traffic engineers from the local councils, OPW, people from the department of transport, department of environment, other state body's, and others from special interest groups. Cyclist are represent directly on the forum by 4 (5) members of Dublin Cycling Campaign http://www.dublincycling.org/ (this includes myself).


A big (huge) event supported by the DTO and Dublin City Council dealing with cycling is going to take place in Dublin at the end of this month call velo-city http://www.velo-city2005.com/. Expect to hear a lot of spin about good cycle tracks, etc.

[cyclopath2001]

Originally Posted by robfitz

http://www.dublincycling.org/tikiwik...ng+Legislation.

That's a useful resource, have you found any reference to shared cycle/footpaths and particularly to the sign below? I've searched for a while.

The DTO states that it's illegal and dangerous to use paths of this type (where there is no dedicated section for cyclists), but the City Council is still 'constructing' them.

[ninja900]

Originally Posted by USER X

What would cyclists think of the idea of every bike carrying a registration plate?

Not much I'd imagine, it does fewk all to prevent motorcycle theft.

[Mucco]

Referring back to tinkerbell's original post.

I cycle to work in Dublin every day, and have done for many years.
I find cycling in Dublin to be fine, no major complaints. There is a bit of an education gap with regard to cyclists though.

Cyclists are allowed to cycle two abreast, and have the right to take up the full lane if they want. I quite often do this to prevent cars overtaking me when it is not safe to do so.

As regard to cycle lanes. There are a multitude of studies showing that these are actually more dangerous than cycling on the road.
http://www.lesberries.co.uk/cycling/infra/infra.html
I very rarely cycle on the cycle lanes as they have not been designed for cyclists. They have been designed for motorists.

And cycling on footpaths. I'm always surprised at the number of people I see cycling on the footpath. The road is faster and safer. However, I think the main reason people do so is that they think that the road is dangerous. It is worth stating that statistics show a pedestrian is far more likely to be killed/injured on the footpath by a car than by a cyclist.
Can't find the source for this at the moment, but it was the Transport for London website - I can't find any statistics for Ireland