Mr. T. O’Sullivan,

Assistant

Dublin's shortest cycle lane, Aungier St. Dublin 2, 18/11/09

Unicycles only please!

The recent vote by the city council on November 2nd unfortunately decided to remove the College Green Bus Gate in the evenings.

Here's a list of the councilors and how they voted:

Dublin City Council are meeting on Monday 2nd of November to decide whether to keep the College Green Bus Gate or get rid of it in the afternoon during Operation Freeflow.

We encourage you to email your local councillors to let them know what you think before Monday. A list of their contact details is available here:

Someone left these flyers on all the bikes at the top of Grafton St. They obviously thing that the way to get traffic free routes is by spreading car-dependent sprawl all over the country.

Have your say on where new bike stands should go on the new city council cycling website:

http://www.dublincitycycling.ie/cycling-maps/consultation

We’ve all had what we would term as nasty falls from our bikes when cycling. But one female cyclist has miraculously survived from a truly horrendous one. The cyclist plummeted 100ft down a cliff and amazingly escaped with a broken collar bone and cuts and bruises after a mystery climber stopped to give her first aid.

The 50-year-old, who has not been named, was cycling with members of her family when she fell off her bike at Cheddar Gorge in Somerset, rolled down a grassy bank and went over the edge of a cliff, landing 300ft from the road.

Here's an interesting set of articles on the fear of cycling by Dave Horton posted on Copenhagenize.com.

http://www.copenhagenize.com/2009/09/fear-of-cycling-01-essay-in-five-pa...

 By Dr Mike McKillen - Friday September 18 2009

The launch of the JC Decaux Dublin bike scheme (www.dublinbikes.ie) has brought a welcome focus on cycling in our city.

Commuting cyclists know that any increase in the number of bikes plying our streets will bring about the 'critical mass' effect that makes cyclists more visible to drivers and this, in turn, compels drivers to take more care in interacting with riders.

However the scheme has raised the question from many commentators and drivers: is it safe to cycle in Dublin?