CyclingWorks Dublin - employer drive to get infrastructure built

Rechuchote

The Grand Canal route is the one I'd use most - I love it. And I was on the Clontarf cycleway the other day and loved that too.

CramCycle

Rechuchote wrote: »

The Grand Canal route is the one I'd use most - I love it. And I was on the Clontarf cycleway the other day and loved that too.

Grand canal was close to being good but stupid pinch points and not being able to correct lighting sequences has made parts of it a pain to use. Still probably the best we have. As well as diverting into a housing section and being unclear at one point.

- ending at GCD end that dumps you onto the street at a pedestrian crossing
- the next light sequence up that is not only the slowest light change in Dublin but again, huge conflict with pedestrians
-Just passed Leeson St. a tremendous pinch point with huge numbers of pedestrians and cyclists coming into conflict at rush hour, this is probably the worst part of the route for me.
- Slightly further up you get turfed out into a housing area with very unclear marking on how to get back onto it a little further up.

I used it for a week or so until I found staying on the road was far easier and safer.

Rechuchote

Leeson Street is a difficulty because there are two gigantic water mains either side of the bridge - you can see them if you look.

You have the choice to use the Grand Canal way or the road; the fact that cycling has increased more in Rathmines and Kimmage than anywhere else in the city due to it shows that a lot of people feel safe on it and prefer it.

Rechuchote

Current companies signed up to support Dublin Cyclingworks and write to the Minister and Department of Transport asking for Greater Dublin Area Cycle Network to be built immediately for the safety and health of their staff:

Muahahaha

Great idea Rechuchote. Can I suggest contacting Bobby Kerr of Insomnia- he cycles around Dublin a good bit on Dublin Bikes. I know he stood down as CEO of Insomnia a few months back but Im sure he would still help plus he has a national profile.

Ironically Conor Faughnan of the AA also cycles to work and no doubt curses the infrastructure like we all do. But I doubt you would ever get the AA on board with this campaign

Zynks

Looks like CyclingWorks just took off after the Dublin Chamber of Commerce announced its support and brought some 40 companies with it. This might be able to influence government policy.

Dublin Firms Join Forces to Demand Better Cycling Infrastructure

John Hutton

Strongly suggest contacting trade unions, particularly civil service ones.

Muahahaha

Thats is a great result getting 40 companies on board through the Dublin Chamber of Commerce. Their public affairs manager Graeme McQueen clearly gets the benefit of investing in cycle infrastructure:-

The Chamber's move comes as 3 in 4 firms in Dublin note that the negative effect of congestion on their business has increased since the start of 2018.

Mr McQueen said: “The plan is there to develop a network of safe cycling routes throughout Dublin – but, almost 5 years after it was launched, it is still sitting on a shelf gathering dust. Why are we sitting on our hands? Increasing the amount of cycling is an open goal for Dublin – a city which is clogged with traffic on a daily basis. Making Dublin safer for cycling will make the city more family-friendly and greatly improve the quality of life for Dubliners."

Companies who have signed up to the Chamber’s call so far include: CPL, Olytico, Evolve, Griffith College, DIT, The Entrepreneur Academy, Arthur Cox, Mason Hayes & Curran, JLL, Ronan Daly Jermyn, The Panel Search & Selection, Talbot Pierce, Sam’s Bar, The Dawson Hotel, Venue 35, Voxpro, Distilled SCH, Contracting Plus, Sodexo Ireland, Linesight, Clearsight Communications, Engage People, 101 Translations, Alstom Transport Ireland, Hanna Moore + Curley, The Alternative Board, Hartley & Marks Publishers, Wandsoft, ShinAwiL, Horizon Blue Talent Consulting, Ervia, Mason Alexander, BDM Property, CBRE, CFO Services, MyNewApp.com, William Fry, K3 and Goodbody.

Grassey

Raised this in work to the Exec, they think it's a great initiative that they'll be willing to support. Our bike racks are currently over subscribed with the good weather recently so that's helped! It's gone to the communications person so hopefully it'll be 'officialised' soon enough!

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Rechuchote wrote: »

The Grand Canal route is the one I'd use most - I love it. And I was on the Clontarf cycleway the other day and loved that too.

Rechuchote wrote: »

Leeson Street is a difficulty because there are two gigantic water mains either side of the bridge - you can see them if you look.

You have the choice to use the Grand Canal way or the road; the fact that cycling has increased more in Rathmines and Kimmage than anywhere else in the city due to it shows that a lot of people feel safe on it and prefer it.

Here's two articles I've had on my list for a while and needed to be written...

Grand Canal route
http://irishcycle.com/2018/07/05/what-to-do-with-a-problem-like-cycling-at-leeson-street-bridge/

S2S at Bull Island
http://irishcycle.com/2018/06/11/s2s-cycle-route-at-bull-island-is-case-study-in-getting-details-wrong/

There's no issue with the water mains at Leeson Street bridge -- even if the choice was to fix the pinch point at the bridge by having the most direct route over the bridge, they would not be routing the cycle path over the wall of the bridge. It would go around the bridge parapet and around the water mains and line up with the cycle path on the other side.

The attitude of "You have the choice to use the Grand Canal way or the road" won't hold for many other routes and design choices need to start being made for cycling for all.

Rechuchote

Over 100 organisations have now written to the Minister and National Transport Authority via Cyclingworks Dublin - Google, SIPTU, Fórsa, Vodavone, a host of universities, companies, etc. It would be great to get a lot of SMEs too. The website is https://dublin.cyclingworks.org and contains templates that you can use as a basis, though increasingly people are writing their own very strong letters. A brilliant one from RKD this week, one of the country's largest architectural practices.