The Galway Cycling Campaign wishes to disassociate itself from the Galway Transportation Unit’s controversial Newtownsmyth one-way street experiment and is questioning claims that it was intended to benefit cyclists. At the start of Bike Week 2010, the City Council announced a “contraflow” cycle lane in Newtownsmyth, a street that already has two-way traffic and where [...]

The 2nd Annual Family Cycling Treasure Hunt survived some initial summer showers to come out a clear winner with the kids yet again in 2010. An afternoon of cycling fun, training, exploration and adventure was had by over thirty families. Starting from the Arts Millennium building in NUI, Galway and taking in some of Galway city’s [...]

Galway Cycling Campaign is inviting families to come out and join in the fun of a bicycle treasure hunt this weekend. The event is one of the highlights of Ireland’s National Bike Week/Seachtain na Rothaíochta (13–20 June 2010). The bicycle treasure hunt is an ideal fun activity to bring your kids to, this Sunday 13 [...]

The Galway Cycling Campaign has reacted with incredulity to Galway City Council’s latest redesign of the Seamus Quirke/Bishop O’Donnell Road, saying it will lead to increased danger for pedestrians and cyclists and serious inconvenience for public transport users. As of 2007, the proposed design included an on-road solution for cyclists for the length of the [...]