elections and cycling

SF have a separate biodiversity policy which is quite good. Probably should've put it in the manifesto.

AFAIK, on climate voting record, PBP, SD, Greens and solidarity are joint first.

Bus connect came up in conversation with a canvasser and they tried to to tell me about the time they got hit by a cyclist when I talked about how its inadequate for cycling.
Told them it had nothing to do with anything and I didn't start the conversation by asking if they drove so I could tell them about the time I was hit by a car.

tomasrojo wrote: »

Shay Brennan, on Twitter at least, gives the impression of being reasonably clued in about transport and cycling, so this might be good:
https://twitter.com/fiachkelly/status/1224660503936540672

He does have some good promises on transport but not convinced FF are the team to deliver any of it.
https://twitter.com/shaybrennan/status/1222863610591969280?s=21

tomasrojo wrote: »

Shay Brennan, on Twitter at least, gives the impression of being reasonably clued in about transport and cycling, so this might be good:
https://twitter.com/fiachkelly/status/1224660503936540672

I find it bizarre that his running mate in that constituency is Deirdre Conroy, who scraped the last seat in Kimmage Rathmines during the local elections on the single issue of opposition to Bus Connects.

magicbastarder wrote: »

huh, that means he probably called to us too and i missed him. i was hoping to talk to him, had heard he was personally decent but i wanted to give an FGer a few thoughts that have been rattling round in my head.

I met him a few times a long time before he was a TD and he's a decent skin.

Incidentally I knew him through a fellow photography student who was doing a photo project on corruption and had us chuck on suits and pose for pics. As a result, there are photos on a hard drive somewhere of me handing Rock a brown envelope and shaking his hands. I always wondered what would happen if he fell out with the mutual friend and those pics surfaced, though they're very pantomimey.

I admire his stance on expenses and he at least made an effort to sort out the Ticketmaster stuff.

smacl wrote: »

Just waiting to see which if any of my local candidates owns up to building the ridiculous new roundabout in Scholarstown which has brought local traffic to a standstill and made an otherwise pleasant cycle far more dodgy. Apparently it is suppose to be a piece of cycling infrastructure too. The lads from "Dumb and Dumber" could have come up with a better design.

Hey, I'm local to you too, but only since mid 2018. What did this junction look like previously? Drive this stretch in the mornings and its a nightmare, thankfully the cycle takes me the opposite direction.

AndrewJRenko wrote: »

Not exactly a top priority issue for a national legislator - cost of nice-to-have events, but not really essential services

Oh I agree entirely, it's just one of those things that was accomplished in a measurable way and it benefited me to some extent.