The sooner the better Plan proposes one-way traffic on Dominick Street connachttribune.ie/plan-propose...

Shameless Garda PR blitz links road deaths to visibility issues in cases where there is no link Comment & Analysis: Sadly, I have to start this article by saying, for the avoidance of doubt, nothing in this article says 'don't be visible'. Lights are a legal requirement, and it'd be a good start…

We'll also ratify our constitution and elect our committee for this year. If you have any thoughts on the constitution or would like to be involved please let us know. The following positions need to be filled: - Chairperson - Secretary - Treasurer - Public Relations Officer - Up to 7 OCMs

We're going to discuss: - Who we are - What we intend on advocating for in Galway (Hint: Public Transport & Active Travel) - How we intend on doing it

Hi everyone, We'd like to extend an invite to you for our Official Relaunch & AGM. It will be held in Murray's Coffee House in Salthill at 7pm on the 4th of December

REMINDER: Our official Relaunch & AGM will be held in Murray's Coffee House in Salthill at 7pm tomorrow evening.

A lot of what's happening is farmers extending their buildings/boundaries illegally onto the Irish Rail owned land over the years. Irish Rail need to re-assert their ownership of ALL existing lands that ARE owned by the taxpayer not these cute hoor farmers. irishcycle.com/2025/12/01/o...

Geataí busanna. Sin leigheas don chóras tinn tráchta i nGaillimh ach níl éinne ag caint futhu. #BusConnects Is féidir linn go leor airgid agus am a chaitheamh ar réiteach iomlán ach an píosa is éifeachtaí den scéim ná na geataí busanna. 1/3

It has rained before in Galway, forever. Bus shelters have been debated before, ad nauseam. Decades pass. Year after year, neither Galway City Council nor the National Transport Authority are able to get their act together enough to fix the system. bsky.app/profile/cosa...

Cllr Frank Fahy described the lack of shelters as “beyond a joke”, as if commuters would walk 20 minutes to stand in the rain, instead of driving, “and for a bus that may not even come”. The NTA said responsibility for bus shelters lies with the local authority. m.independent.ie/regionals/ga...

NTA pulls funding for cycle and pedestrian crossing at former railway bridge connachttribune.ie/nta-pulls-fu... #galway

Those outraged by a €100k bike shed should look at the annual cost of renting out car park spaces www.thejournal.ie/readme/bike-...

Over 300 letters sent to County Council over road safety in Furbo www.galwaybayfm.ie/galway-bay-f...

It's not an exaggeration to say that high car usage and poor buses are an explicit policy choice. This is why the promises of a transport mecca post Galway ring road from agencies and parties with decades of neglecting public transport is such obvious BS.

€3.3m for Galway canal turbines to supply free city electricity connachttribune.ie/e3-3m-for-ga...

Big support for renewed Salthill ‘vision plan’ connachttribune.ie/big-support-...

This is an INSANE decision by the E.U. “By signing up to mutual recognition of vehicle standards with the U.S., the E.U. has waved the white flag on road safety. This is not a technical detail – it is a political choice that puts trade convenience ahead of saving lives.” This will kill people.

Bright rail future beckons for Galway and the West of Ireland connachttribune.ie/bright-rail-...

Galway City Council Announce Redevelopment of the Old Galway Corporation Waterworks building on Dyke Road www.galwaycity.ie/news/2025/ga...

Great piece by @cianginty.bsky.social from @irishcycle.com in todsy's Guardian. You can see kids (and growp-ups) are loving their bikes even more these days thanks to #BenHealy #TourDeFrance www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Fair play to MTU – 96 covered bike spaces, just like that. That’s how you do it. Four of these at the Páirc Uí Chaoimh and you'd hardly notice in the landscape. More of this, please. @what-if-cork.bsky.social @corkbeo.bsky.social @cyclingincork.bsky.social

This is the reality of Vision Zero. It requires more than urging. It requires investment and the courage to confront the sources of danger on our roads. Not to outsource them. Each month a family in Galway (population 300 000) gets that dreaded knock. These are not accidents; these are results.

IDA targets Oranmore firing range for silicon factories. There needs to be investment in a new railway station to support this or get locked into further car dependency, if this plan is serious www.advertiser.ie/galway/artic...,

Major milestone as Salthill development strategy moves to next stage www.galwaybayfm.ie/galway-bay-f...

A planning application for the Active Travel project for the Western Distributor Road has just been lodged. A portal for online submissions will open next Monday & drop in public information event will take place on June 17th in the Clybaun Hotel. Fantastic news. www.galwaycity.ie/services/act...

Would be nice to get some creative thinking around Galway's traffic congestion problem. Affordable housing so people can live in the city. Decent bus schedules from the more rural areas that have now become the commuter belt into Galway. Or, absolutely wild suggestion, a commuter train?

Time to abandon Galway Ring Road and seriously invest in decent public transport for the county and the city.

The LDA & Galway Harbour Co. have announced the public consultation for the redevelopment of the inner port. Click into the website below & drop into the consultation on the 3rd/4th June in the Portershed. Make sure your voice is heard, this is a massive development for Galway www.galway-harbour.com

I signed. You should too unless you live on Strand Road and think you’re better than me

and it's exemplary with negative connotations. We need fresh leadership 3/3 archive.connachttribune.ie/cycleway-tri...

But it is exemplary 2/3 bsky.app/profile/iris...

Galway is not special 1/3

The saga of the Galway City Outer Bypass covered here in glorious detail… with learnings for the rest of us too

The light touch with which road deaths are treated is one of the things that confuses me most in this very confusing world

Galway County Council helping to create Galway City's car dependence and car traffic problem, while taking no responsibility for it. #RibbonDevelopment is just a random occurrence, presumably.

@neasa.bsky.social chairperson of @irishcyclingcmpn.bsky.social said: “Our restructuring represents a fresh chapter in our journey to make cycling accessible and safe for everyone in Ireland.”

On the subject of 🚲 permeability, is anyone on friendly terms with a journalist who might be interested in participating in an active travel experiment? The experiment being to compare the utility of walking versus cycling on a number of carefully selected routes through the centre of Galway City?

@galwaycycling.bsky.social @galwaycommuters.bsky.social @what-if-galway.bsky.social @kevigi.bsky.social @tinydbass.bsky.social @kleyden.bsky.social @richardsilke.bsky.social @fhmediastuff.bsky.social

Pedestrianisation is not "wrong", but the value of the term "car free" is that it admits the possibility of some demotorised zones where both walking and cycling are allowed. It doesn't have to be absolute, and could be decided case by case. Unfortunately the Council is far too heavy-handed.

This urban greenway in Galway, Millers Lane, is part of a well-planned train network 🚂🧵

Great thread

Caveat: a large chunk of the city centre has already been made hostile to cycling. Going car-free is good, for numerous reasons, but obliterating the utility of cycling in the process is a massive own goal. bsky.app/profile/kevi...

Other Streets in the City Centre around Eyre Square where contra flow would make cycling safer and encourage modal shift: Brendans Ave, Daly's Place, Eyre St, Bóthar Irwin These points have been made to deaf ears for years, nay for decades. They deserve to be heard and championed. 🧵5/5

Potential Streets to provide increased permeability and shorter route than the Dock Road route: Merchants Road Augustine Street and Flood St 🧵4/5

Potential Streets to provide increased permeability and shorter route than the Salmon Weir route: Mary St, Bowling Green, Abbeygate Street Market St and Lombard St Waterside Nuns Island 🧵3/5

Implementation of a number of contra-flow cycling routes through the medieval core of the city would increase permeability for existing cyclers. The following maps illustrate the routes cyclers need to take to navigate from one side of the city to the other due to the current one way systems. 🧵2/5

Permeability of Galway City Centre for bicycles. A thread on contra-flow cycling🧵 Numerous one-way streets throughout the medieval city centre core create challenges in relation to permeability for cyclers. 🧵1/5

Great thread here

Middle street, Lombard Street, Dominick street, William Street should all be pedestrianised. Any other streets?

Given that pavement parking is now a cultural norm, despite its long-established illegality, there's a non-zero probability that those cars are owned by people taking part in the protest.