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#activetravel

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BicycleBen

Bad news - serious cyclist injury on Eastboro Way, #Nuneaton today. This is a busy, 40mph road (but with some drivers going faster) with industrial units and thus heavy traffic. There is no cycle infrastructure and the one footpath is not wide, but it's an important route to bypass the town centre.

coventrytelegraph.net/news/loc

Coventry Live · Cyclist seriously injured in collision which has closed Nuneaton roadPolice remain on the scene in Eastboro Way
#ActiveTravel#Cycling
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Jules

"The #CycleToWork scheme should be rebranded “Cycle for Health” and opened up to low-income employees, freelance workers, and pensioners, as part of a series of reforms urgently required to tackle inequality and lack of access to active travel, the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Cycling and Walking (APPGCW) has said."
road.cc/content/news/mps-call-

road.cc · MPs call for “urgent reform” of Cycle to Work scheme to tackle active travel inequalityThe All-Party Parliamentary Group for Cycling and Walking has also urged the government to clamp down on pavement parking and remove discriminatory access barriers on bike paths, highlighting “systemic underinvestment” in active travel
#ActiveTravel#UKBikeTooter
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Ciarán Ferrie

"To pause for a moment and consider that 54 people were killed using active transport last year, while no national emergency plan was implemented, is to realise that these deaths are factored in as the cost of a car-centric culture, where no impediment to driver convenience will be tolerated."

Excellent piece by Keith Adams of the Jesuit Centre for Faith and Justice.

jcfj.ie/2025/03/24/danger-roll

#RoadSafety#ActiveTravel
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Duck Marshall 🚲

Families like mine, two working parents with young kids living in suburbia, tend to need two cars. I don't like driving if I don't have to. Instead of a second car, my cargo bike is my SUV! I can haul my two primary school kids all around town, do a full week grocery shop for four—

and even carry a new, large, swimming pool home from the retail park through the lovely sunshine past the ducks at Callendar Park!

A very large box strapped to the back of a mid-tail cargo bike. The box is twice the length of the cargo rack of the bike and is resting at an angle in the railing for child passengers. It looks really awkward but, because the weight is lower than the centre of balance of the cyclist, it's not difficult to balance.
A very sunny park, a path is in the foreground and a large pond in the background with sun glinting off the water. There's a convex mirror jutting into the picture with the reflection of the back of the bicycle implying the mirror is attached to the bike handlebars.
#utilityCycling#bike#sustainable
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Ciarán Ferrie

Good article by @sadhbhoneill on changing to more sustainable transport patterns. She makes the point that behavioral change is a collective endeavour which needs to be supported by the government and local authorities. Relying on individuals to change their behavior in the way Sadhbh has done is not going to achieve the necessary modal shift.

#SustainableTransport #ActiveTravel

irishtimes.com/opinion/2025/03

Safer infrastructure, lower speed limits and more parking facilities would encourage more people to cycle.
The Irish Times · I went car-free living in Waterford. Here’s how it’s goingBy Sadhbh O'Neill
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Ciarán Ferrie

Site visits at a retail park in Blanchardstown and an industrial estate in Neilstown mightn't sound like the makings of a pleasant morning out of the office, but today was a perfect day for the bike and I was able to take in both site visits and enjoy a cycle through the Phoenix Park and along the Grand Canal, as well as a short stop for lunch in Chapelizod.

A view of the Glen Pond from above in bright spring sunshine. There are trees on both sides of the lake and you can see the Dublin mountains in the distance.
A view of the Grand Canal tow path approaching the M50 flyover with trees along the path and reeds along the edge of the canal. The sun is casting strong shadows across part of the path.
A photo of the village square in Chapelizod with a green electric long tail cargo bike in the foreground. A man is sitting at a bench beyond. The sky is blue and the sun is shining brightly.
#SustainableTransport#CarDependency#ActiveTravel
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