July 2010: Cyclists face doomsday as Director of Services says Doughiska is the model for the City.
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8 responses to “July 2010: Cyclists face doomsday as Director of Services says Doughiska is the model for the City.”
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Neither Galway City Council’s Director of Services for Transport & Infrastructure, nor the Transport Unit director, would be fit to do as much as sweep the roads in a decent cycling city like Groningen or Copenhagen.
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What a fucking joke! It’s easily known that the instigators of this farce haven’t been on a bike since they were kids. These councillors are famous for going on “fact finding” junkets all over the world. Why couldn’t they make a short hop over to the Low Countries to view an example of best practice. As it stands the design borders on the irresponsible requiring cyclists to make unreasonable and counter intuitive decisions while cycling through Galway. If this is carried through elsewhere in the City these “facilities” will be widely ignored representing not only a massive waste of scarce resources but also making criminals of cyclists as they ignore the ridiculous requirements of Galway’s cycling infrastructure.
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Its almost as if you have a form of transport-racism going on there. An attempt to subjugate cyclists in the hope they either give up and go back to driving or find another route, town or country more conducive to their sport and method of transportation.
It makes you wonder how Ireland ever got a national cycling team.
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‘Doughiska road is now the “model” for the rest of the city in terms of cycling provision.’
Well, it has international recognition, of a sort:
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/pete.meg/wcc/facility-of-the-month/September2010.htm
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When I cycle, I cycle on the road. When I walk, I use the footpath. I’m not changing this to suit the twits in council and their whims, signs be damned.
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True. Footpaths are for pedestrians, and road traffic should be tamed to allow more cyclists.
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What a total joke. Total joke.
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