Census 2011 Results: Profile 10 Door to Door – Commuting in Ireland – Report Highlights

Cyclist.ie Highlights

Highlights of the highlights:

• Proportion of commuters driving, up to 69% in 2011 from 57% in 1981
• Number / proportion of commuters cycling, up ~10% from 2006, to ~40,000; most popular in Dublin / Galway (~6% / ~5%)
• Proportion of commuters walking, ~10%, at ~180,000; highest in Galway, also Dublin and Waterford, lower in rural areas; changes unstated
• Huge increase in car dependency among school and college students

The National Transport Authority intends to introduce public bike schemes in four regional cities by the second half of next year.

The NTA yesterday invited sponsorship applications for bike schemes in Cork, Galway, Limerick and Waterford. Read article

Cyclist.ie asks: Why does it need a commercial sponsor? The obesity time-bomb lurking within the health system due to inactivity urgently requires a policy response that ensure that these schemes go ahead, with government funding if needed.

The Independent Child Death Review Group report uncovers high level of child fatalities attributable to Road Traffic Accidents

11 out of 68 non-natural child deaths known the HSE  (and 3 out of 17 while in the care of the HSE) found to be attributable to Road Traffic Accidents

Cyclist.ie find this data scandalous but reject often-heard calls for children to be corralled away inside – childhood obesity is now a far higher risk; our streets must be made safer for all

Full report and relevant tables Continue reading Ireland’s roads dangerous for children? →

Traffic law changes end a grave injustice say cyclists. Cyclists celebrate end of unfair traffic regulation.

Cyclist.ie, the network for all the cycling campaigns in Ireland, has welcomed the recent ending of the regulation requiring mandatory use of cycle tracks by cyclists. The removal of the obligation was long sought for and was included as Objective 15.4 of the Government’s National Cycle Policy Framework (April, 2009). The changes to the Traffic Regulations were released by the Minister for Transport Leo Varadkar TD in September and became law earlier this month. As acknowledged in the National Cycle Policy Framework, much of the cycling infrastructure constructed in Ireland is of a poor standard and can place cyclists in a dangerous position – such as inside turning HGVs.

Example of ill-designed cycle lane

Continue reading Cyclists welcome changes to Traffic Regulations →

CYCLING TO work, college or school has risen by 15 per cent nationally since 2006 and – more dramatically – by more than a third in Dublin, Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown and Cork, according to an analysis of last year’s census. Read more

But work to do in Limerick & Waterford

Popular and modern, the bike has captured the public imagination and is being idealised by artists and businesses. Read article

Central Statistical Office on student travel mode