„Ich steige jedes Mal blind aufs Fahrrad und hoffe nur, dass ich lebend nach Hause komme“: Der Bürgermeister von Drogheda sagt, dass „autozentrierte“ Radwegkürzungen Verkehrssicherheitspläne behindern und Radfahrer in Gefahr bringen
https://road.cc/content/news/cycle-lane-cuts-putting-cyclists-danger-says-mayor-317869
Von Amazing-Yak-5415
9 Kommentare
Just implement the 0.5m to 1m rule. The amount of drivers that don’t follow this is astonishing
It would help to have oversight on the slew of „active travel“ funding that is used to just resurface roads or are mostly roads projects and do little to improve active travel.
The government are not serious about any form of transportation that isn’t a car.
If you literally feel like your life is at risk, take another mode of transport.
It’s mind-boggling. All the money in the world for useless Greenways, and nothing for cycle routes which actually make the bicycle viable during the week rather than just on sunny weekend afternoons. This country needs to get a grip. As a daily cyclist for years I can say with confidence that you only need two things and both are cheap:
1. Arterial cycle paths into town centres
2. Cycle parking throughout town centres
The paths don’t have to be segregated. Just repaint the road. Throw up some of the cheap collapsible bollards as well if you like. The cycle parking is just a few steel tubes sunk into the road surface where a car parking space used to be.
A child could do it, but apparently our local governments can’t. We are living in the clown world.
we can’t have cycling infrastructure because it might inconvenience caoimhe driving 50m to tesco – ireland cycling decisions in a nutshell.
we’ve a country as flat as the netherlands (except cork) and are just too bonkers to figure out pedestrian and cycling infrastructure is the ONLY way to beat fuel, insurance and car capex inflation.
I predict bikes and electric bikes will play a huge role in the future, and we’ll have absolutely nothing ready
I don’t know one single cyclist that shares the road with cars that doesn’t have that same fear. We just poke that fear down, ride carefully as we can, and hope some shithead isn’t reading her texts as she passes us.
I spend some time in Seville this summer and it was eye opening to see how safe and fun the cycling in the city can be. Absolutely amazing cycle lanes, segregated with separate acces to bridges, crossings etc. I know we can’t have exactly the same here but we can definitely improve and do them better!