For context;
The average percentage is calculated from a relatively low base of five deaths in 2010 and takes account of a recent fall in the number of cyclists’ deaths - from 14 in 2017 to nine in 2018. A total of 83 cyclists were killed in the years 2010 to 2018 inclusive.
Eight cyclists were killed on Irish roads last year (2019) but the 2019 data falls outside the scope of the study.
The health benefits of cycling vastly outweigh the risks.
street closures in the evenings are kicking off again until Oct
Dominick Street Upper, William Street West and Raven Terrace will all be closed to traffic from 6pm until 11pm every day until 2 October.
Small Crane, from New Street West to William Street West, will be closed to motorists 24/7 throughout the summer.
Its great to see Small Crane being completed closed off. Its only a matter of time until they do works there to make it fully pedestranised
New pedestrian crossing at Blackrock moves a step closer
Did anyone get out to these streets last night, to see how many businesses actually used them?
Hospitality are mostly finding it hard enough to get staff for their existing seating, it's hard to see that adding furniture moving to the job will make things easier.
Pretty FUGLY. A few planter boxes would really add to the Small Crane compared with the mix of bollards here, but I suppose they got to use all those bollards that they ordered for the Salthill Prom Cycleway even though they set out so that it would fail.
lol true. In fairness, there are longer-term plans for the small crane which will see it looking a heck of a lot better
Looks great. Will look at lot better if they ever get to the point of permanently closing these streets, and moving the seating to the center of it imho
Yeah, 'cos all the people living upstairs are gonna love having pissheads street drinking outside all the time.
Great to see the street closures back. Was down there this evening with the kids and it's lovely. Got that nice social vibe you get in other European cities. Nice to be able to let little ones use their legs without worry
Totally agree but I will stick with the car and get my health benefits another way until the number of cyclist increase vastly and are protected by more accommodating motorists, Garda enforcement and road design.
Might be of interest to some folks here
GCCN and the Galway County PPN are collaborating to host an online meeting on Active Travel within the city and county on May 9th at 6pm.
This meeting aims to bring together groups and individuals who are passionate about creating a Galway City and County that are accessible for all active travel.
We imagine a place where people of all ages and abilities, including blue-badge drivers, disabled people, people with infants and young children, walkers, joggers, people on bikes, trikes and scooters and bus & train users can all move with ease and be treated with respect.
Universally accessible active travel and public transport that will benefit all residents is a vital part of a just transition and a people-centred place to live work and visit.
Galway City Community Network and Galway County PPN will host this meeting to facilitate a collective voice for active travel and public transport users.
Clodagh has been doing phenomenal work for Salthill and the prom.
So tonight, there was seating outside Taylors, Blue Note and Massimo. And a gazebo (no seating) outside the Roisin. At 10pm, a lonely smoker or two outside them. The Small Crane had exactly the same area closed as it did last year, with absolutely zero use being made of the closed-off area.
Shure, a roaring success. And before anyone says, Monday is usually a big night in Galway city centre. Tuesday is the quiet day.
So, you were complaining that the area would be overrun with vomiting drunks....and now you're complaining it's not???
Ya a quiet Monday in May really is the time to acid test outdoor dining alright. Time well spent.
Not quite sure what you think "complaining" means.
But I'm happy to predict that if an area has with unmanaged fixed seating it will be used for street drinking and worse.
And to note that I don't think that reallocation of public roadway to the for-profit businesses which happen to be next door is a good idea. Even though the staff employed by those businesses are the only realistic way of managing the space.
The test is all summer, this is just the first night of it
Monday is usually a big night in Galway city centre.
It hasnt been a big night for over a decade!
I'm well aware of the length of time it runs, it's a great idea and a big addition to the city. You seem to have misunderstood my post.
Mind boggling that you think a public space should only be used for cars
You're misunderstanding the whole thing! The measure of success is the displacement of cars. It's then irrelevant whether or not the space is actually used, or what it's used for, as long as people in cars are successfully diverted.
A wet Monday what's more, when the university exams finished last week and the students have dispersed.
Its wasn't raining when I was there. No puddles either.
You do understand that certain areas of land are specifically legally designated as roads - for years use of cars, buses, bicycles, taxis, etc.
If the council wants to make some land into a public road there's a specific legal process to follow. Same if they want to un-designate a road.
There are more bikes than cars in your photo. You would have thought that would have made the bike zealots happy.
Ok?
Thats not an insurmountable obstacle and can be done quite rapidly, relatively speaking, if appropriate resources are assigned.
Yes they're urban roads or streets ("Local Tertiary" roads I believe the classification is in Ireland). There's no requirement for them to be 24x7 accessible to any of the vehicles you mentioned, nor to all (any?) of those vehicles. You've heard of the concept of a pedestrianised street perhaps?
The land in question is streets not roads. Roads are designed for car throughput, streets are a destination, for shops/houses, which people need to walk to access. You cant drive into a shop.
Some bits I came across on Twitter today related to lighting and pedestrian improvements around the city.
First one is on GCC nearing completion of the rollout of LED streetlighting, some nice savings and a lot better light quality
The second one relates to lighting in lanes throughout the city.
Below is the map from that tweet showing where they've done work. I've been through 3 of these lanes recently during the day but yet to see them at night but they've been cleaned up and look a lot better than they used to.
Last one is the the lighting installed in South Park/Blackrock seems to have gotten really good feddback so they are looking at using the same type in other locations, but no details on where yet
Last one is the provision of benches in the Merin Woods area, a nice addition
In other news, the Coach Station debacle trundles on
Regarding the street closures in the evenings, I think there needs to be a bit of a rethink in terms of accessibility. In the first image below, imho its not a good result to block off a foot path like this
A better approach might be the seating area down the middle of the street, with the footpaths left unobstructed. Something like Prince Street in Cork
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