June 2010

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SYLVIA THOMPSON

Bike campaigner stages fashion show to highlight the benefits of using two wheels to get around the city

WE WOULD all just hop on our bikes to go to the local shop, cinema, library or post office if Mikael Colville-Andersen, Danish urban mobility expert and owner of the Copenhagen Cycle Chic and Copenhagenize.com blogs, had his way.

Colville-Andersen was in Dublin last week to launch Dublin Cycle Chic, the city’s first cycle fashion show organised by Dublin City Council and the Danish Embassy as part of National Bike Week.

PAMELA NEWENHAM

More than one million people who drive to work each day are to be persuaded to switch to more sustainable forms of transport including car-pooling, walking and cycling.

The Smarter Travel Workplaces Programme, unveiled today, aims to see a quarter of a million workers out of their cars by 2012 to reduce carbon emissions.

At present, almost 57 per cent of workers drive to work, with 90 per cent of vehicles containing only the driver, statistics released by the Department of Transport reveal.

Minister for Transport Noel Dempsey said the programme hopes to assist companies to achieve a 20 per cent reduction in staff car usage.

PAMELA DUNCAN

MAKING CHANGES to our built environment would help counter low levels of physical activity in Ireland, a seminar has heard.

More than 130 delegates attending a joint seminar by the Institute of Public Health in Ireland and the UKCRC Centre of Excellence for Public Health heard that low levels of physical activity are contributing to long-term health problems.

Teresa Lavin, Institute of Public Health in Ireland (IPH) said that enhancing opportunities for physical activity in the built environment was essential in influencing the public in carrying out physical exercise.