Browsing Month 'October, 2007'

Venue: Room AC201, Concourse, NUI, Galway.

Present: Shane, Sarah, Alan, Bart, Stan.

Minutes of the previous meeting were not lodged; they were uploaded to the website on October 1st.

Read more...

Seen in Poznan, Poland.

Read more...

Close-up. Note how the shattered glass adds to the challenge of negotiating re-entry to a narrow road on a blind bridge with a bad surface.

Read more...

Monday, 8 October 2007 11:46
http://www.rte.ie/news/2007/1008/transport.html

In the greater Dublin area four-out-of-ten pupils who are driven to school live within 2km, according to a Dublin Transportation Office survey. The research involved almost 150,000 students.

Read more...

Irish Independent
Tuesday October 02 2007
http://www.independent.ie/national-news/wanted-new-spin-doctor-to-get-people-cycling-1114369.html

Wanted: new spin doctor to get people cycling

A CYCLING ‘guru’ is being recruited by the Government
to come up with a plan to ensure more people get ‘on
yer bike’ and leave the car at home.

Read more...

The group representing Galway cyclists has welcomed
the announcement (Irish Independent 2nd Oct 2007) that
Transport Minister Noel Dempsey plans to publish a
discussion document shortly on sustainable modes of
transport. They also welcome the statement that he is
“aiming to focus some of the thinking on transport
policy on simple, proven measures which benefit both

Read more...

Venue: Room AC201, Concourse, NUI, Galway.

Present: Cormac, Indie, Matthew, Frank, Stan, Simon.

Minutes of the previous meeting were not lodged; they were emailed to members the previous week.

Read more...