Journalism and Cycling 2: the difficult second album

Not exactly cycle related, but absolutely bizarre

https://twitter.com/newschambers/status/1263076196339855360

Why dont they close the entrance, thats madness

There should be a cycle-thru

All this talk of nature coming back to cities and birdsong and flotillas of families on bicycles... and now this. Ugh. We don't deserve this planet.

Joining a queue of that length as soon as McDonald's open is a sign of western stupidity at least anyway.

Out walking with the dogs this morning in the local park. McDonalds only open 24 hours and already litter from their restaurants spread across the park - coffee cups, sundae cups, straws, and paper bags. Not possible to confuse it with any other brand.

Makes me sick. Not at McDonalds itself (for now), but the low IQ/EQ of their patrons.

The story from the gardai and passed on by the media about the "national slowdown day" irks me with how it's being covered. Gardai are asking motorists to be more careful and to expect an increase in cyclists and pedestrians on the roads.

If anything, the increase of cyclists and pedestrians has been there the last few months, it's the re-introduction of an increased level of motorists to the roads that are the hazard.

https://www.nationaltransport.ie/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Covid_Mobility_Programme_21.5.20_FINAL_WEB.pdf

I'm sure this will be covered by the media shortly. It makes for interesting reading for anyone commuting by bike into Dublin.

Weird, was working earlier for me. They must have taken it down.

Only glanced over the previous one but that looks like the same to me.

It's the same document. It's interesting reading and was picked up positively in the Irish Times. https://www.irishtimes.com/news/environment/dublin-and-covid-19-car-restrictions-more-space-for-bikes-bus-restrictions-in-the-offing-1.4259642

https://www.fingal.ie/news/plans-underway-deliver-broadmeadow-greenway-after-planning-permission-granted

https://youtu.be/Q5uymHhtBcM


Fingal County Council will immediately commence preparations for the construction of the Broadmeadow Greenway after receiving official notification today that An Bord Pleanála has granted planning permission for the €12m project which will link Malahide and Donabate across the Broadmeadow Estuary.

The 6km off-road walking and cycling greenway route will be built jointly by Fingal County Council and the National Transport Authority (NTA) and a spectacular 280 metres long bridge crossing the Broadmeadow Estuary on the Malahide Railway Viaduct is set to become an iconic feature along the Fingal coastline.

From reading some comments, it looks like the supports for a boardwalk alongside the rail line were put in when it was being repaired a few years back.

magicbastarder wrote: »

great news; more than 99% of drivers now stick below the speed limit.

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/more-than-1-000-drivers-caught-speeding-on-national-slow-down-day-1.4261068

Would be great if true. I drive at or below the speed limit and recently things have not been good. Going into town at the UCD flyover I have my speed set at the limit and it's like I'm parked im being overtaken so fast and frequently. This is the usual situation in most locations. I get tailgated all the time and overtaken aggressively.
I think the Gardai figures are bull for a few reasons:
1) People know where the speed checks are
2) There was national publicity on the day of action that it Would be happening.
3)Just because 90% , which I do not believe for a second, of drivers obeyed the speed limit at particular set of locations and times doesn't mean they do this in other locations or times.
I wouldn't believe these stats in a fit, in fairness the Gardai don't do too well on presenting figures. Give me a speed camera and I could pick locations where at least 90% of drivers break speed limits.