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How much do you bench? 💪 So many groups have been taking the initiative and building benches so that folks waiting for transit have places to wait. These photos came to us from Strong Towns Baton Rouge!

I can't help wondering what proportion of the spoils/ Gavin votes were just men wanting to have a man to vote for? Is that what they mean when they said there was no one there to represent them? #Áras2025

From a research interview.... "Somebody said to me, road engineers...if they were to build a house, it would be all corridors." It's a good line, and also probably quite relevant to what we currently prioritise in developing environments to support walking & cycling in urban areas.

This morning I delivered training for SU Sustainability Officers. The resource that gif the best reaction was this @seai-ie.bsky.social tool that records Public Bodies progress in implementing the Climate Action Mandate. Just search for the Uni/public body in the search box! (Better on laptop) 1/2

Now that Oasis have played Croke Park, the nation's attention will turn to the exciting news that The Climate Alarm Clock team will host our first ever live podcast show! Find us at the @immaireland.bsky.social on Sunday, September 14th at 2.30pm at Earth Rising Festival. More details to come 👀

🌱 Double Green! 💚 #TUDublinSustainability is thrilled that both the Radiation & Environmental Science Centre and the NanoLab Research Centre have achieved Green #MyGreenLab certification www.tudublin.ie/explore/abou... Congrats Dr Furong Tian, Prof Fiona Lyng & My Green Lab Coordinator Sarah Maher.

Join us on 15 July at 18:30 in the Patagonia Store in Dublin for an intro to Planetary Health — exploring how climate, social, and political issues impact human health. Open to all: healthcare workers, students and the public. #PlanetaryHealth 🌍

@ibike.ie bopping their way through @tudublin.bsky.social #Grangorman Campus on their way to @stoneybatterrocks.bsky.social @tudublinsustain.bsky.social @bgormley.bsky.social

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What an amazing resource! @bgormley.bsky.social

Let’s fuel health not harm #BanFossilAds

This great video also reminded me of an interesting facet of motonormativity: people can lose 100 hours a year in traffic and never notice; but they have one late train and it's all "Never again - you can't rely on them"

As a parent I love walkable neighbourhoods cause the kids can get places themselves. No big conspiracy, I’m just tired.

This year’s St. Patrick’s Day takes place during a challenging time for those working for a greener future. But as Mary Heglar reminds us, “This planet is the only home we'll ever have. There's no place like it. And home is always, always, always worth it.” Lá Fhéile Pádraig sona daoibh go léir!

He then added, “I grew up in poverty. The wonderful thing about playing outside is that it’s free”. Hear hear! @tomhayesmp.bsky.social

A mobile bicycle-trailer pop-up library ... with hammocks. Genius.

After I got my driver's license, the bike was dead to me. Fast forward a few decades, add a few trips to the Netherlands, and I returned to two wheels for my physical and mental health. Bikes don’t fix everything, but active transportation is a medicine that pays dividends in multiple ways.

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Rest in peace, Professor Shoup (1938-2025) We will keep up the good work. Share your stories and thoughts with the parking reform community here: parkingreform.org/donald-shoup

Spark Skills is back again! Click this link to learn more about class times and to sign up! doodle.com/sign-up-shee...

Pontevedra, Spain, shows shows safer streets & fewer cars lead to thriving cities. My piece in today's @independent.ie #roadsafety

“If you invite more cars, you get more cars. If you make more streets better for cars you get more traffic...If you invite people to walk more and use public spaces more, you get more life in the city. You get what you invite.” - Jan Gehl #StreetsForPeople #DulwichModalShift

What is it about active travel infrastructure that emboldens some of our worst citizens?

Love learning nuggets like this. Each of our streets is so unique with it's own stories of how they were shaped

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Word of the Day is one I keep posting at the end of the year, hoping its time will come. ‘Respair’, from the 16th century, is fresh hope, and a recovery from despair. Here’s to a few drops of respair in 2025.

Winter Solstice at Newgrange - watch from 0840 UTC: www.youtube.com/watch?v=776c... A time to reflect on the past year, and a reminder that after darkness comes light. Hoping for a peaceful year ahead. #WinterSolstice

Tara is awesome. Definitely listen to this! @drtaragoddard.bsky.social

Thanks Cork's 96FM for reporting progress on the "Take a Seat" initiative — to facilitate (particularly) older visitors to the city to use outdoor seating, toilet facilities and a glass of water without the expectation of having to make a purchase.

TU Dublin’s whole-of-institution approach to sustainability aims to reduce its environmental impact, develop solutions for mitigating and adapting to climate change, and increase knowledge and skills for a greener future. #HEAStoriesofImpact #TUDublinSustainability youtu.be/DrMdnP9teRU

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Happy to wait for 2mins on my bus in Nassau St #Dublin as we run ahead of schedule @dublinbusnews.bsky.social Dublin Transport Plan in action! Gamechanger for crossing the city by bus

" the city of the future increasingly resembles the city of the past – which is to say, the past before motorcars & monolithic modernism took over. Except now we can have clean transport, safe streets & cosy, triple-glazed apartments, but people still make eye contact with their neighbours."

Congratulations on your #ClimateJustice Universities book launch @jenniecstephens.bsky.social Fabulous evening with a call for action full of hope 💚

Good public transport is one of the greatest social equity measures there is. Jeopardising or delaying it further embeds car dependency, social isolation, and poverty traps.

This is my mantra as we finish out 2024 and look towards 2025. So many big things going on, so I'm focusing on the wonderful little things and what's within my sphere of influence 💚💕💕💕 (so only going to be found here!)

After a lovely evening at gifted at the RDS. It has become part of my Christmas traditions. I love supporting small independent businesses & makers & it was particularly nice that there was a clear emphasis on Sustainability 💚 highly recommend #SpéirGorm

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Yes please for Ireland too. Bigger cars are really impacting on visibility and design standards need to reviewed to reflect this

Wasn't on campus today to see it myself but delire to see this pop-up Weds Market at Broadstone luas stop @tudublin.bsky.social Vibrancy to spaces brings safety to stops!

The #FloridaDavid situation is stepping into legend territory of #MattyBán 2021, when Matt Le Blanc was adopted as the nations newest uncle.

This has been such a wholesome giggle in the midst of #GE24. Ireland at its best. Having the craic & making new friends. #FloridaDave 's acceptance of the challenge to embrace the craic and make new friends has made him a star 🌟

I'm appreciating this observational work. Always space to learn

Some lovely soul has created a *CUSTOM FEED* for the election count - a tab on your homepage that will have all the #GE24 content - you need to *click here & then “pin feed”* bsky.app/profile/did:...

Instead of forcing kids to rely on their parents for every trip, cities can provide safe, connected mobility for all ages. This fosters early freedom and responsibility, shaping more independent, capable kids than those confined to car dependency.

As you head out to vote today in #GE24, bear in mind that the global #climate system is breaking down, right before our eyes. Please, please only vote for candidates who are truly committed to doing what they can to tackle this unfolding tragedy. www.theguardian.com/world/2024/n...

Real sceitimíní energy in the air today! #GE24 #SpéirGorm Apparently there's been a great turnout at my local polling station already. Sceitimíní = excited nervous energy For non-Irish followers we use a proportional representation system. Interesting few days ahead watching the votes & transfers

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas at TU Dublin…

Reading this and thinking of Chris Whitty’s recent Chief Medical Officer report on health in an ageing society, which says: “… making active transport, including walking and cycling, safe and attractive for people as they head towards and enter old age would be a major win”