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#activetravel

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Roasting House Coffee

UKs only industry is finance. Literally a banana-republic but for accounting.

If there was ever one paragraph to illustrate this and why cars will always be prioritised over everything else, it’s this from the #Guardian article on car-finance-scandal theguardian.com/law/2025/aug/0

If we’re not buying new cars on unaffordable loans then are we even British?

Meanwhile the NHS needs you to use #ActiveTravel on non-existent or dangerous #cycle lanes which are littered with parked cars.

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brad m

#activetravel
“#London’s #walking and #cycling commissioner has said that reckless behaviour on the capital’s roads … remains a key challenge for #roadsafety, warning that online culture war narratives are often exaggerated and bear little resemblance to how people actually behave”
“#Cycling is now a fairly mainstream mode of #transport"
"driven by a combination of new #infrastructure, expanded #ebike hire schemes, congestion charges, and the ultra-low emission zone” road.cc/content/news/london-cy

road.cc · “This ‘us vs them’ mentality is exaggerated online”: London’s cycling chief says reckless, law-breaking cyclists and drivers are fuelling a toxic culture warWill Norman has warned that SUVs, dangerous driving, red-light-jumping cyclists, and people generally behaving like “idiots” pose a far greater threat than the “antagonism” that’s “not representative of real life”
Ciarán Ferrie

My thoughts on the Irish Times' reporting of the impact of the DLR Connector project on Dundrum Village.

Giving voice to opponents of active travel schemes without interrogating their claims does the public a grave disservice.

linkedin.com/posts/ciar%C3%A1n

(I know LinkedIn isn't very popular on this platform but I find it a very effective way of getting this kind of message across - longer posts, broader reach and (mostly) reasonable debate)

www.linkedin.comHow the media reports on Active Travel projects has an impact on public opinion and it is important that reports are balanced, objective and accurate. | Ciarán FerrieHow the media reports on Active Travel projects has an impact on public opinion and it is important that reports are balanced, objective and accurate. An article in The Irish Times earlier this week on the impact of Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council's DLR Connector project would lead one to believe that there will be a total ban on cars in Dundrum village. It links the current dereliction and vacancy rate in the village with active travel measures that haven't yet been implemented, with no evidence to support a link between the two. There are many well known reasons for the decline of the village which have nothing to do with active travel infrastructure but these are barely alluded to in the article. Under the DLR Connector project there is no proposal to remove cars from Dundrum Main Street or from Upper Kilmacud Road. It will still be possible to drive into the centre of the village and park your car at the side of the road (this despite there being over 3,500 off-street parking spaces available nearby). There is a short section of Ballinteer Road, less than 200 metres in length, where through access of private vehicles will be restricted in favour of public transport, walking and cycling access – this will ensure reliability of the A2 and A4 bus routes as well as providing safe access for people walking and cycling. The cost of this minor restriction to car access is a detour of no more than three minutes for people driving from the Barton Road East direction. In return, residents of Rathfarnham, Nutgrove and Ballinteer will get a frequent and reliable bus service to Dundrum running every 12 minutes on week days, and delivering them to the heart of Dundrum village. One business owner describes as “unreasonable” the idea that “everyone can take the bus, walk or cycle in all weather”. It is also unreasonable to think that everyone can take the car. Only 49% of people living in the Dublin area hold a full driving licence. To provide the greatest accessibility to Dundrum village therefore, we need to ensure that there is safe and reliable access for all modes of transport. Reporting statements by opponents of the scheme, without verifying the veracity of those statements or questioning their accuracy, does a disservice to the public, and undermines the efforts to implement much needed improvements to road safety and to progress sustainable transport measures which are essential to meet climate action targets. We need to see better from the media. https://lnkd.in/euhSWtVt #ActiveTravel #ClimateAction #RoadSafety #Dundrum #Dublin
#ActiveTravel
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brad m

#RoadSafety
“A new peer-reviewed study has found that a low-traffic neighborhood #LTNs in #London is associated with a significant drop in road injuries and fatalities … a 35% reduction in overall road injuries and a 37% decrease in those killed or seriously injured within #LTN areas”
“builds on earlier findings from other #activetravel initiatives in #London … which also linked #infrastructure changes to increased #cycling rates and wider #publichealth benefits” momentummag.com/low-traffic-ne

Momentum Mag · Low-Traffic Neighborhoods Cut Serious Road Injuries by a Third, Study FindsA new peer-reviewed study has found the low-traffic neighborhood (LTNs) in London are associated with a drop in injuries and fatalities.
Jon PENNYCOOK

"LTNS CUT DEATHS AND INJURIES BY OVER A THIRD."

Taken from the #BikeIsBest newsletter bikeis.best/p/30-cycling-growt

"Examining 113 London Low Traffic Neighbourhoods (LTNs) across more than a decade, researchers found that LTNs were associated with a 35% reduction in all injuries, and a 37% drop in deaths and serious injuries (KSIs)."
theguardian.com/world/2025/jul

#BikeIsBest’s Substack · 30% cycling growth and good LTN news #170By #BikeIsBest
#cycling#biketodon#walking
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