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[PR] Public Lecture "Building a Cycling Culture"
Hi,
Under a different hat, I'm a member of Dublin Cycling Campaign and we have our annual lecture coming up this week. Feel free to drop in. Colm Quote:
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17-06-2010, 17:39 | #2 |
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Bike campaign
As a long-term member of Dublin Cycling Campaign, although not as active currently as a few years back, I'm keen on helping to formulate a proper Bike-Friendly policy on IE trains; I'll provide more details in due course, but for example, all offpeak DART/Suburban trains in Dublin, and the Cork-Cobh and Cork-Midleton Services, should immediately be made accessible to passengers with bikes; this will cost IE NOTHING, and indeed will bring in a LOT of extra revenue, especially at weekends/holidays.
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We have been working on this.
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21-06-2010, 02:27 | #4 |
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In Toronto, all subway services are okay for bikes off peak, and most bus services have front mounted racks to carry two bikes.
See also this: http://biketrain.ca/ Last edited by dowlingm : 21-06-2010 at 02:29. |
21-06-2010, 11:56 | #5 |
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All services nationwide with the following exceptions carry bikes
DART Dublin - Maynooth/Longford/Drogheda/Dundalk/Gorey/Enniscorthy/Wexford Cork - Cobh/Midleton/Mallow The timetable now clearly states which routes and which trains carry bikes, this is due to us pointing out EC/1371/2007 requires this information to be made available before train. Safety issues remain as no DART or commuter train is fitted with any appropriate racks or restraints to ensure a bike is secured while on the train. I don't see this being resolvable without significant capital expense but the rack could compromise capacity at peak hour. Safety is the key concern and no compromises are acceptable The accepted industry approach is bike parking at stations which can cope with greater numbers. Further expansion of bike facilities is dependent on a significant uptake on the facilities provided for intercity and regional services.
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21-06-2010, 12:48 | #6 | |
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I was in Swansea last weekend, cycled Swansea - Burry Port, no probs putting bikes on the trains there. |
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21-06-2010, 12:56 | #7 | |
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21-06-2010, 13:12 | #8 | |
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Arriva Wales: http://www.arrivatrainswales.co.uk/Bicycles/ VVS (Stuttgart): http://www.vvs.de/tickets/mitnahme-von-fahrraedern/ Why does everything need capital investment in the country before anything is done? The 06:45 last Wednesday had 40 ppl on the train. There was plenty of room* for bikes. *No dedicated bike space, but there was room. In Stuttgart on all trams, outside of peak-time, bikes can be conveyed on them. Regional and InterCity trains have dedicated space (in some cases dedicated carriages) for bikes. Here it should be possible to be able to cycle to work (via using the train where possible). Last Tuesday I cycled Model Farm Road (work) to Midleton. Wednesday morning, I cycled from home to Midleton station (about 2km), bought my ticket, put bike on the train (which did not interfere with anyone boarding or disembarking from the train), arrived in Cork with ticket out, no one wanted to look at the ticket, cycled off to work. Along with the lack of information in Midleton station, or any other East Cork station, there is nothing about taking bikes on trains. |
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