This is a brilliant project from @dccbeta.bsky.social May be of interest to @connectingcabra.bsky.social @leafybatter.bsky.social @emmet.quiddity.ie @lorrainedarcy.bsky.social and others!

Dublin City residents without secure bicycle parking can now register for BikeBunkers BikeBunkers, a service providing secure bicycle parking for Dublin City residents who lack access to secure bicycle storage, is now open to expressions of interest from the public, with the first units expected…

If you don't let your children play onstreet near your home, why not? #PlayStreetsBETA For example: large vehicles (eg trucks), vehicle speeds and frequency, vehicle predictability (eg near corner/bend), lack of space (eg vehicles parked), cleanliness of street, particular risks (eg nearby water)?

Bleeper is delighted to be operating the #BikeBunkers service on behalf of @dubcitycouncil.bsky.social. The new website is now live and accepting submissions from people interested in using a BikeBunker. #Dublin bleeperactive.com/blogs/news/b...

Bike bunkers! One of my most common requests in inner city areas. Well, they're finally here. The contract has been signed and they're taking requests now. I'm off to apply for one!

@paris.fr @davidbelliard.bsky.social Bonjour! Serait-il possible d’obtenir plus d’informations sur ces barrières? Par exemple, un plan technique (afin que nous puissions en tester un), ou bien existe-t-il un fabricant particulier utilisé par la Ville de Paris que nous pourrions contacter?

The #CooktopBETA trial will be removed from Herbert Park next month in November. If you would like to check it out before it's removed, now's the time! We will then begin the assessment and decide next steps. If you have any feedback or suggestions, please let us know! Here or [email protected]

The #CooktopBETA trial will be removed from Herbert Park next month in November. If you would like to check it out before it's removed, now's the time! We will then begin the assessment and decide next steps. If you have any feedback or suggestions, please let us know! Here or [email protected]

Very cool. I’ll take a look when next in Dublin. I’d like to see this in Birmingham. It’d be handy for runs to the dump, enable train station pick ups with folding bikes for visitors, and end the long-standing debate over whether we have room in the store for a cargo bike. (And so much more.)

New BETA Project: #StreetMixBETA Could we design a better process for residents to decide the kerbside uses on 'their' street and balance with public needs? More information dccbeta.ie/project/arti... Looking for volunteer streets, so please spread the word! 🙏

"Children are basically living very captive and kind of contained lives, and that's just not healthy." @timrgill.bsky.social on this @thewaroncars.bsky.social podcast. podcasts.apple.com/podcast/id14... More info on Tim rethinkingchildhood.com/about/ #PlayStreetsBETA

New BETA Project: #StreetMixBETA Could we design a better process for residents to decide the kerbside uses on 'their' street and balance with public needs? More information dccbeta.ie/project/arti... Looking for volunteer streets, so please spread the word! 🙏

14 water sensors along the River Liffey providing information on water level, temperature and velocity. liffey.udlive.io You can read more about this @smartdublin.bsky.social project here. smartdocklands.ie/projects/riv...

Visualising historical changes in air pollution with the Air Quality Stripes Website: airqualitystripes.info And paper led by @kirstypringle.bsky.social and @jimmcquaid.bsky.social now published which visualises trends in air quality across many global cities: gc.copernicus.org/articles/8/2...

This year is 10 years of 'Dublin Canvas' (an initiative which arose out of the first BETA Project) and ~1,000 artworks competed! 🙌 It would be lovely to celebrate that in some way, with a strong focus on the participants. All suggestions would be very welcome! Cc @dublincanvas.bsky.social

To expand the learnings for #CargobikeSharingBETA, there is now a public, electric, cargobike in #Stoneybatter. @bleeperactive.bsky.social have registration info here bleeperactive.com/pages/shared... We would love to hear your feedback and suggestions if you use it, and please spread the word! 🙏

To expand the learnings for #CargobikeSharingBETA, there is now a public, electric, cargobike in #Stoneybatter. @bleeperactive.bsky.social have registration info here bleeperactive.com/pages/shared... We would love to hear your feedback and suggestions if you use it, and please spread the word! 🙏

Dublin today held 25 play streets, opening up those streets to local children and their parents for 3 hours (to mark 25 years of #CarFreeDay). Managing to visit 11 of the 25 within the 3 hours, it was useful to see how each space was used and gather various learnings for upcoming #PlayStreetsBETA.

Getting to see @dublincanvas.bsky.social boxes before they are finished is always amazing! 💗 Artwork (and this photo) by https://www.instagram.com/emberillustrations?igsh=bmoyeWZuNGFhbjM3 #DublinCanvas

Today’s a banner day for D7 Play Streets! From Third Space café in Smithfield in 2023 to a Play Street initiative for the entire city in 2025. In 2023, myself and my friend, Sean Shanagher, organised a public meeting to see if people were interested in doing "play streets” across Dublin 7...

Great to see @dccbeta.bsky.social in the paper today www.independent.ie/regionals/du...

Resharing my latest @forbes.com article - it's about play in cities, and how we're not doing enough to meet the needs of children. It features interviews with two experts in outdoor play from @sheffielduni.bsky.social ⚛️👩‍🔬🧪 www.forbes.com/sites/laurie...

#CooktopBETA has completed 145 cooking cycles / 2,900 minutes of cooking. We visit the trial twice a week to gather various metrics to help us to assess the trial. This is one of the reasons why 'proximity to staff' is one of the criterion for picking trial locations. dccbeta.ie/process/arti...

Company appointed to roll out up to 300 secure on-street ‘Bike Bunkers’ lockers in Dublin City -- The Bunkers fit 6 bicycles in one car parking space, but the spaces are reserved for subscribers who get keys to the lockers. Bleeper, the company best known for its bicycle share service, has been…

Interesting podcast by Donal Fallon on Captain Ingram and the foundation of Dublin Fire Brigade threecastlesburning.libsyn.com/fighting-the...

🎨 Dublin Street Art Pilot Project with @dccbeta.bsky.social 🎨 We’ve received some brilliant wall suggestions already—like the one below—and we’re keen to see more! If you own a wall or know a perfect mural spot in Dublin City Centre, get in touch: wallsproject.ie/dublin-walls/

Thanks to a recent user of the Gather Grill in Herbert Park for their feedback. More information on this trial here and we'd love to hear from you if you use it, including any suggestions for improvements. dccbeta.ie/project/arti... #CooktopBETA

Bicycle storage to front of houses to be exempt from planning permission -- Issue raised in the context of people without easy access to the rear of homes. Bicycle storage units at the front of house are among the things which the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage is looking to…

How might we better enable "doorstep play" in Dublin City, opening up streets so that children can comfortably play near their home? For more information or to suggest a street, see dccbeta.ie/project/arti... #PlayStreetsBETA

You can also follow Dublin City Council BETA on instagram, with the same @dccbeta handle. www.instagram.com/dccbeta/

The 1st planning application was submitted by @thewallsproject.bsky.social for #StreetArtBETA. It's a regular planning application with site notice, open to public observations, etc. planning.agileapplications.ie/dublincity/a... However it's for the 'blank canvas', not any particular art content.

With our first planning application now submitted, we’re on the lookout for more walls! If you own a wall or know a great mural spot in Dublin City Centre, let us know here: wallsproject.ie/dublin-walls/

Today we removed the hangar within which the two @bleeperactive.bsky.social cargo bikes for #CargobikeSharingBETA were based. We will now iterate on this trial, switching to an onstreet approach, with the cargobikes locked to (low) bike stands at this same location - to learn about that approach.

Look at this amazing spread being cooked up by a group of Taiwanese students, who took a trip to #CooktopBETA after their last class of the day! If you'd like to plan a visit to this trial, there's more info at dccbeta.ie/project/arti... or just let us know if you've any questions or suggestions.

The Wayfinding Centre in Dublin is a world-first. It replicates real-world transport conditions. It supports people with access needs to navigate public transport and design professionals to design safer, more inclusive and accessible spaces. youtu.be/NZZEJKoPX0o?... thewayfindingcentre.ie/about/

🚨 Calling owners of walls, street artists (muralists), residents, community groups... 🚨 Do you know of anywhere? Reposts would be amazing! 🙏 #StreetArtBETA

Here's how to use the #CooktopBETA trial in Herbert Park. Please let us know if you use it this weekend and any suggestions that you have to improve it!! ☀️ Or do you have any questions? Here, or DMs open, or [email protected]

Excellent term - "doorstep play" #PlayStreetsBETA

Very interesting to learn about Mr. Perfect - a men's health group that use the public cooktops in Australia as their meet up venue. #CooktopBETA mrperfect.org.au

A discussion about #CooktopBETA on Reddit. www.reddit.com/r/Dublin/s/f...

If you were to think about potential 'places' in your neighbourhood or in the city, what sort of characteristics would you think about? Ie locations that seem like natural places where people might like to stay for a while. Some examples below. Are there any characteristics missing from the list?

@mplscargobikelibrary.com Hi, if you haven't seen this #CargobikeSharingBETA project, it might interest. https://dccbeta.ie/project/article/cargobike-sharing

Some great insights from artists across Ireland as part of our work with @dccbeta.bsky.social on the Dublin Street Art Pilot Project!

The soundscape of a city is an important but subtle aspect. https://earth.fm/glossary/what-is-soundscape-definition-and-examples/

Local Government Ireland is now on Bluesky! Here to talk about news, events and activities related to local government in Ireland.

Contractor to roll out 300 Bike Bunkers in Dublin City to be appointed by end of June Dublin City Council hopes to have a contractor appointed to roll out and run its Bike Bunker scheme by the end of Q2 2025, by the end of June. Bike Bunkers allow residents who do not have secure storage access to…

Dublin’s community cargo bicycle trial clocks up over 4,000km Dublin City Council's community cargo bicycle trial, an initiative that aims to "offer residents and businesses a cost-effective way to use electric cargo bikes for everyday tasks and deliveries", is to switch into phase two. The…

If you've any thoughts that you'd like to add, please let us (or @thewallsproject.bsky.social) know.

The QR code links to this info www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/press-centre...

To gain some early feedback on the proposal behind #StreetArtBETA, @thewallsproject.bsky.social#StreetArtBETAinterviewed 9 street artists / muralists. Generally it would suggest that the proposal is on the right track but it also highlighted some aspects for further consideration as we develop the initiative. 👌