Month: March 2008

  • Small Crane Scheme will make cycling to school illegal say cyclists

    The Galway Cycling Campaign has expressed “serious reservations” about the City Council’s “enhancement scheme” proposed for the streets around the Small Crane area in the West of the city. Cyclists have lodged objections to the new one-way street system proposed by city architects for area.

  • Meeting minutes 10 March ’08

    Venue: I.T. building, NUI, Galway Present: Shane, Cormac, Stan Apologies from everyone else Agenda: 1. Galway Chamber’s Traffic & Transportation Forum. 2. Safety initiative with Gardai – report 3. Submission/presentation to RSA re proposed Cycle Safety Strategy 4. Progress on National Cyclists organisation – report

  • Analysis of traffic jam formation

    I don’t know if this reveals anything we don’t already know, but it’s an interesting study: http://www.iop.org/EJ/article/1367-2630/10/3/033001/njp8_3_033001.html New Scientist report: http://preview.tinyurl.com/2weqk9 Accompanying video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Suugn-p5C1M