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Dublin kicked off Cycling-Friendly Cities list

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  • #32
    buffalo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,190 ✭✭✭buffalo


    average_runner wrote: »
    Cycling in the city cant be that good for your health with all those car and bus fumes going directly into your face.

    Cycling is like any other activity, good for health if only you look after yourself when you get off the bike also.

    Wat? :confused:

    Cycling is good for your health, no matter what else you do. Yes, you might still end up obese if you eat like a horse or have glandular problems or do zero other exercise, but that doesn't make cycling bad for your health.


  • #33
    tomasrojo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 11,961 ✭✭✭✭tomasrojo


    That Glasgow study suggests that cycling is very good for you, even allowing for all-causes mortality. The fumes problem is worse for people inside cars, it was reported this week (and I've seen it reported a few times previousl).


  • #34
    Chips Lovell
    Moderators, Politics Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 24,277 Mod ✭✭✭✭Chips Lovell


    Yeah, there's been a few studies done that found this. The latest one found that car passengers are exposed to nine times more pollution than cyclists or pedestrians.


  • #35
    tomasrojo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 11,961 ✭✭✭✭tomasrojo


    Guy Sajer wrote: »
    I'm sure there is an emergency cabinet meeting taking place on how to respond to this. The sound of running footsteps echoes in the corridors of the Dail while politicians frantically tighten their ties rushing to blame eachother.

    I did enjoy this pen picture.


  • #36
    AndrewJRenko
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,896 ✭✭✭✭AndrewJRenko


    average_runner wrote: »
    If you read my full post, i already said they didn't do it right.
    Cycling in the city cant be that good for your health with all those car and bus fumes going directly into your face.

    The desperation to nitpick at all things cycling related is just a bit sad.


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  • #37
    tampopo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,351 ✭✭✭tampopo


    Weepsie wrote: »
    Does the Dublin City Cycling officer do an awful lot? A few blog posts, and did help to get Velo-City here, but what else?I'm hoping they are at the various public meetings discussed on here at the very least, but as it is, there is little to no cycling or walking promotion done by Dublin City.

    It was a position filled by someone already in the council too, so I'd hope they were in fact the best candidate and no just another example of internal shuffling

    She's on maternity leave.


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