Survey / Galway School Bike Count

Survey / Galway School Bike Count

As part of Bike Week, Galway Cycle Bus and Galway Cycling Campaign have teamed up to do an ambitious yet simple project this week: we’re going to count the number of bikes outside every primary and secondary school in Galway City.

We want to find out how many children (and teachers) are cycling to school in Galway. We can see the amount of bikes at schools has increased. We want to count the bikes this week and to repeat the exercise a number of times at random throughout the school year.

We’re asking parents, teachers and principals to count, and photograph, the student bikes parked on school grounds on Tuesday 22 or Wednesday 23 September and send them onto us via email, DM on Twitter, or on a form on the Galway Cycle Bus website.

Data will be shared with all participating schools and all data gathered will be published for analysis.

Email galwaycyclebus-at-gmail-dot-com to participate and for more information.

Photo credit: #AndSheCycles campaign by An Taisce-Green Schools

Photocall & launch/ Supermarket Bike Parking Survey with Minister Hildegarde Naughton

Photocall & launch/ Supermarket Bike Parking Survey with Minister Hildegarde Naughton

Galway Cycling Campaign is joined by Minister of State at the Dept. of Climate Action and Transport Hildegarde Naughton to launch the Galway Supermarket Bike Parking Survey.

We know that many of you are living your lives more locally these days and probably using local supermarkets more often than usual. We in Galway Cycling Campaign want to find out about the quality of bike parking at these supermarkets.

The survey will establish a baseline, highlight areas for improvement, and guide supermarket management to invest in upgrading and enhancing their customers’ shopping experience.

Social cycle / CycleCoffeeCake spins to Gort and Coole Park

Social cycle / CycleCoffeeCake spins to Gort and Coole Park

Join us for the first CycleCoffeeCake in County Galway!  Galway Cycling Campaign and the Burren Lowlands are teaming up for a 40km social cycle for adults from Gort to Coole Park, Thoor Ballylee and Lydican Castle, Ardrahan. We particularly welcome adult women who want some confidence to stay on their saddles since they hopped back on during lockdown. Women who are new, nervous, or returned to cycling since lockdown are particularly welcome. (more…)