Don’t consider myself an advocate, urbanist, activist or part of some fringe group. Just a dad that was tired of their kids losing their childhood independence at the hands of a toxic and normalized car culture Quite sad that wanting kids to walk/bike/roll safely to school is considered radical.

“From climate change to smoking & cancer, this is the story of how doubt has been manufactured. This 10 part series will explore how powerful interests & sharp PR managers engineered doubt about the connection between smoking & cancer & how similar tactics were used to make us doubt climate change.”

You owe it yourself to not be taken in by populist evasions. The inflationary pain ordinary people are about to endure is directly caused by warmongering which we can't control, and a stubborn refusal to transition, which we can control, accelerate, and target.

Bhí mé ar tí dul go Bóthar na trá leis an clann ach las mé an tine 🔥 agus ag breathnú ar @rte.ie 📺 Pst a thugann ticket master dom.

Na cártaí ÁILLE deartha ag Caitríona don imeacht Traitors (Na Sionnaigh) a bhí againn tráthnóna.

First time I’ve seen this detail, a lip where drivers turn into a side road crossing a new cycle lane and raised footpath. Cars slowed right down before turning 👏 Bóthar Stiofáin, galway @irishcycle.com @irishcyclingcmpn.bsky.social @galwaycycling.bsky.social

As I was made to wait 2.5 minutes to cross a road this morning, let's again do the maths simple.ghost.io/lets-do-the-...

The people want tar💪 Great progress along Bóthar Stiofáin in Galway. Some really nice design features like bevelled kerbs 🤓 Hope works can be wrapped up soon so that disruption is minimised, unlike other schemes which seem to drag on. @galwaycycling.bsky.social

I think having academically trained theologians is very very important, actually.

Crack-cocaine must be kept illegal.

New cycle lane being born on west side of Bóthar Stiofáin, galway city. The east side of the road is finished to a very high standard. Lots done below the surface too. It’s much easier to put these in with new road designs rather than retrofitting them. @galwaycycling.bsky.social

Checked BBC website earlier to see what happened with the English by-election. No obvious news (maybe it was old news by then). But I'm listening to a detailed report about it on Adhmhaidin 🤷‍♂️ Mar is gnáth, is fearr na meáin Gaeilge. Scéal tábhachtach.

Curious about Russian sentiment. I know it stretches to Alaska but a peaceful endgame is having Russia as a willing member of a strong EU.

🗓️ 7:30pm Tuesday 3rd March, Galway city. Meeting of Galway Cycling Campaign, a local group of Irish Cycling Campaign @irishcyclingcmpn.bsky.social Open meeting. Be great to see some familiar faces there. Followed by social bike talk. DM if coming.

“Children are not killed because they're not wearing high-vis vests. Children are killed because people are speeding, they are inattentive, they are drink driving, they're on their mobile phones, or the design of our roads is not appropriate.” Cllr Alan Curran www.independent.ie/regionals/ga...

- Clearly, the reason the new Danish minister of the interior said she’d “rather invest in cycle tracks than freeways,” is that only one of those has a positive return. Political currency and returns look different in different societies.

“One mile on a bike is a $.42 economic gain to society, one mile driving is a $.20 loss.” “Which means that Copenhagen, a city of 1.2 million people, saves $357 million a year on health costs because something like 80% of its population commutes by bike.” #CityMakingMath Some costs aren’t costs.

This is so sad. Seven people killed on our roads in one day. Including another teenager being hit by a motor vehicle. RIP🕯️ Some say this is a necessary price of our motoring convenience; it's not. We could choose #VisionZero but we don't. Our public roads are dangerous. www.rte.ie/news/ireland...

One of the greatest bollard walks in history. #WorldBollardAssociation

Present for you.

Government failing to consider how key policies are damaging climate, says UN expert www.irishtimes.com/environment/...

Wait what theconversation.com/the-worlds-2...

"Annoying children keep wanting to bike to school despite city's best efforts to make it too dangerous."

Ní amháin nach bhfuil airgead fágtha don linn snámha a ghealladh i gCnoc na Cathrach ach rud ba measa ná nach mbíonn muinín ag na daoine uaisle ina gcóras taistil poiblí féin. Is leor 🅿️♿ a bheith ináirithe agus athrú meoin i Halla na gCathrach. connachttribune.ie/galway-city-...

In rich countires, like Ireland, the poor have high carbon footprints and so pay this tax. This is why it is so important that the carbon tax is ringfenced for projects like council house retrofits and small farmer subsidies, to ensure the tax is a net benefit to the poor. 2/2

Cyclists are already required by law to use lights after dark. If drivers can't see these then they have other problems. If, on the other hand, the problem is that some cyclists don't use lights when they're supposed to, what makes anybody believe that those same cyclists will wear hi-vis?

Can someone read this out in the chamber of Galway City Council: www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

It's not the only statistical blooper. Causality is a casualty of carbrain.

Tá daoine ann a deir go gcuirfeadh teorainn 30km in aghaidh na huaire in áiteanna a mbíonn daoine ag siúl nó ag tiomáint mall orthu. Is fiú é a phlé. Is mór an trua go n-éisteann Aire um Shábháilteacht Bóithre leo in ionad cumarsáid stuama a spreagadh. www.facebook.com/reel/1213505...

Ó 3:08 ar aghaidh Sé an fhírinne ná an mhalairt do dearcadh an lucht uasail. www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-YY...

While the country has many ongoing problems admittedly, there is little any of us can do right now, as ordinary citizens, to resolve them, other than exercising our vote at the next election to enact change www.advertiser.ie/galway/artic...

Cathaoirleach ar ár gCoiste Feidhmiúcháin @neasa.bsky.social ar @nuachttg4.bsky.social Aontaím muid leat @kevigi.bsky.social faoi @tg4.bsky.social bheith gníomhach ar Bluesky. Tá "Súil Eile" tábhachtach anseo freisin

An appalling proposal is hidden at the end of the Government’s Bill on the airport cap; it would exclude decisions under the legislation from the current obligation on almost all public bodies to consider their climate impact and to be consistent with climate objectives.

Delighted to hear that @galwaycitycouncil.bsky.social have removed this kissing gate. It will make the park so much more accessible, especially with the new section of greenway to avoid a hairy junction. Great work 🙌 #KissTheKissingGatesGoodbye

www.tg4.ie/ga/player/ca... 📺 Ó 9:15 ar aghaidh go dtí 12:05. Plean stuama do Bhóthar na Trá agus rothaíocht lárnach. @neasa.bsky.social @irishcyclingcmpn.bsky.social Cúis bróide dom a bheith luaite ag PÓC - laoch🙌 Mór an trua nach mbíonn @nuachttg4.bsky.social gníomhach anseo ar Bluesky fós ...

The Distance. My entry into the Super Bowl ad mix.

Mise ar an mbandwagon @kingdonncha1.bsky.social #SeaHawks

Our Active Travel team has published a newsletter with updates on: Ballybane Road and Castlepark Road Cycle Network Scheme Bóthair Stiofáin Cycle Network Scheme Salmon Weir Bridge Pedestrian Crossing See https://tinyurl.com/yyr883d5

Galway cyclists seek a ‘safe space’ four years on from collapse of Salthill project

You know that energy when the powerful man at the top of the table doesn't have the woman who sends the emails and collects the glasses around ... that freewheeling extemporising energy ... that's the Irish government right now.

Infuriating! Make cycling safer by preventing vehicles from crashing into them, not by policing what they wear.

I used to get very frustrated before Marriage Ref having to constantly answer the same basic things re same sex marriage/queer people and getting the same feeling today about cycling. People really don't want to accept that cars kill people and everyone has the right to move around in public safely

I spoke about the Government’s ridiculous proposal to criminalise cyclists who don’t wear helmets 🪖 The fact they even proposed this betrays their complete lack of understanding of what makes our roads unsafe for cyclists & pedestrians 🚗🚙 @labour.ie @dublincycling.bsky.social

Why Mandatory Helmet and Hi-Vis Laws are not the Answer to Road Danger Issues www.irishcyclingcampaign.ie/why-mandator...

I was knocked off my bike in broad daylight by a driver who I suspect was texting. The Gardaí wouldn’t attend the scene (because I wasn’t hurt enough) and didn’t respond to my Traffic Watch report. The issue isn’t hi-vis jackets.

To what end? It makes nobody safer and will lend more weight to motorists' claims that they, 'didn't see' the other road user. Pathetic from a govt that shelved actual evidence based moves to make streets safer.

This is the worst government we've ever had. Fucking useless. #IrishPolitics #SpéirGorm

The Irish Cycling Campaign will be appearing before the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport today. The focus today is on Road Safety. We look forward to discussing the importance of a public health-led, safe systems approach to road danger reduction. #VisionZero #Love30

In Cambridge the force used to pull over cyclists with no light and issue a 30 quid fine. That fine was actually accompanied by a set of front and rear lights that cost about 15 quid. Problem solved

"For every kilometre travelled by bicycle, society gains 80 cent in socio-economic benefit." www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...