Does your candidate support the National Cycle Policy Framework?

tomasrojo · 09-02-2011 10:51pm #1

Saw this over on the Dublin Cycling Campaign website:

http://dublincycling.com/ge11

Find out more about the National Cycle Policy Framework and why it's important to support candidates endorsing the policy

Anyone know where the parties stand on it? I know Fine Gael never endorsed it, but I think most other parties did. I imagine support for it from any coalition partners would be quite soft if Fine Gael decided to throw it all out.

I fear the worst, really.

ashleey · 09-02-2011 11:45pm

Have you checked with jc trichet? Why chat with the monkeys when it's the organ grinder you want?

ten speed racer · 10-02-2011 10:45am

Labour support the National Cycle Policy Framework.

“I therefore greatly welcome the core objectives in the National Cycling Plan many of which are longstanding Labour policies including the insertion of cycle and pedestrian provisions into local and national planning and development procedures; making urban road design more cycle friendly; developing rural cycle networks and Irish cycle tourism; and increasing cycle safety and education especially for school children and motorists.

I don't think you should be so pessimistic. I'd be hopeful that it would be implemented--I don't think FG would feel strongly enough about it to make abandoning it a condition of any coalition negotiations.

tomasrojo · 10-02-2011 11:12am

I've a very negative outlook generally. It's a blessing, and a curse, as Monk used to say.

tomasrojo · 23-02-2011 8:57pm

http://www.cyclist.ie/2011/02/survey-of-general-election-2011-candidates/

Some responses from the candidates to a survey.

ten speed racer · 07-03-2011 10:35am

Just to update on this, a commitment to the National Cycle Policy Framework is included in the new Programme for Government.

Bunnyhopper · 07-03-2011 12:56pm

"We will continue to invest in the National Cycle Policy and we will look to extend the Dublin Bikes Scheme across the wider Dublin area and to other cities and integrate the scheme much more effectively with public transport links."

From the Labour website:

http://www.labour.ie/download/pdf/programme_for_national_government.pdf

or the same document in FG flavour (for the sake of balance

)

http://www.finegael.ie/upload/ProgrammeforGovernmentFinal.pdf

Undercover Elephant · 07-03-2011 1:18pm

Umm, what does the Dublin Bike Scheme have to do with central government?

monument · 07-03-2011 2:28pm

Undercover Elephant wrote: »

Umm, what does the Dublin Bike Scheme have to do with central government?

They are going to fund expanding it. Advertising will take a back roll.

tomasrojo · 07-03-2011 2:39pm

Bunnyhopper wrote: »

[...] we will look to extend the Dublin Bikes Scheme across the wider Dublin area and to other cities and integrate the scheme much more effectively with public transport links.

I certainly hope they do. Strikes me as a very effective way to increase use of both the bike scheme and public transport.

Also, without wishing to turn this into another helmet thread, the more successful the bike scheme is, the less chance Headway have of successfully pushing through an all-ages helmet law. Then they can get back to their real job, instead of obsessing about cyclists all the time.

Undercover Elephant · 07-03-2011 3:26pm

monument wrote: »

They are going to fund expanding [the Dublin Bike Scheme]. Advertising will take a back roll.

Have they actually said that? It does not appear to be in the programme for govt.

ciotog · 07-03-2011 3:37pm

Undercover Elephant wrote: »

Have they actually said that? It does not appear to be in the programme for govt.

Page 62:

"We will continue to invest in the National Cycle Policy and we will look to extend the Dublin
Bikes Scheme across the wider Dublin area and to other cities and integrate the scheme much
more effectively with public transport links."

Doctor Bob · 07-03-2011 3:38pm

Undercover Elephant wrote: »

Have they actually said that? It does not appear to be in the programme for govt.

I believe the NTA will be responsible for the expansion. (That's the NTA- the quango that certain cycle campaigners want abolished.)

tomasrojo wrote: »

I certainly hope they do. Strikes me as a very effective way to increase use of both the bike scheme and public transport.

I hope so too, but I worry that expanding Dublin Bikes will take precedence over catering for cycling in general. I'd be happy if it happens as well as improving conditions for cycling on the ground (better infrastructure, traffic calming, better road surfaces in general) rather than instead of the latter. Putting more public bikes on public streets that are in shreds is not a recipe for success.

Undercover Elephant · 07-03-2011 4:07pm

@ciotog / Doctor Bob - That's not the same as saying they (we) will fund it, though. I'm not being picky, but in these times it's a reasonable working assumption that if they don't commit funding, it won't be funded. (And if they do then it will be up to the ECB.)

ciotog · 07-03-2011 4:09pm

Undercover Elephant wrote: »

@ciotog / Doctor Bob - That's not the same as saying they (we) will fund it, though. I'm not being picky, but in these times it's a reasonable working assumption that if they don't commit funding, it won't be funded. (And if they do then it will be up to the ECB.)

I understood from previous press coverage that they would seek to fund it from a combination of private and public funding. So there's scope there still for it to happen - fingers crossed.

Does your candidate support the National Cycle Policy Framework?

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