Dublin Cycling Campaign have developed an Uplift campaign to provide for a means for ensuring cyclists in the city have their say in Dublin’s 2016-2022 Development Plan.
You can access the Uplift Campaign here and make your submission here: https://uplift.ie/dublin-cycling/
Dublin City Council are accepting submissions until this Friday on the City Development Plan. The plan will shape the future of Dublin for the next seven years.
39,000 people count themselves as cyclists, commuting to work and study in Dublin. Whether we’re cyclists, pedestrians or drivers, it’s to all our benefit that our city streets become easier and safer to cycle in. From default speed limits to creating new cycleways, there are plenty of ways Dublin City Council can make Dublin a healthier and safer place for cyclists.
Dublin Cycle Campaign has been working hard to make the city safe for all transport users. You can read their submission to the City Development Plan 2016-22 here.
Dublin City Council needs to hear from as many of us as possible. The more of us that input into the plan, the better our chances that safe cycling is prioritised in how the city is developed over coming years.
Making a submission is easy – use the text provided below or add your own suggestions to the box on the right.
Example points you can include in your submission
Feel free to mix and match from each or add your own text.
- A change in how Dublin City Council manages its road and transport network is required. We need an integrated road and transport system where cyclists and pedestrians can move across the city safely and with ease.
- The plan needs to prioritise creating new high quality cycle facilities – i.e. cycle-lanes, (segregated) cycle-tracks, cycle-ways – and the proper upkeep of them throughout the city. This must include implementing immediate improvements to the most hostile/cyclist-unfriendly junctions in the city.
- A default speed limit of 30kph within the canals, and in all our urban villages, residential areas, and in the vicinity of all schools should be included in the plan. The plan must recognise that transport networks should prioritise the safety and access of all pedestrians and cyclists.
- The plan should seek to address the problem of illegal parking in cycle lanes. This must involve actively implementing parking laws with a view to bringing to an end illegal parking in cycle and bus lanes during operational periods.
- Bike safety needs to be given prominence in the plan, especially provision of safe bike locking facilities and information on bike thefts being made publicly available.
- I want to know how the people of Dublin can be more actively involved in decision making at community and city level. I would like to see more use of innovative methodologies and media channels in addition to how people can engage with Area Committees and Strategic Policy Committee’s.
- Finally I would like to know how the principles of improved ‘livability’ and health and wellbeing are going to be measured over the lifetime of this plan. As a resident of Dublin I want to see tangible targets that can be measured, are timed and made public to all of us who want to see Dublin a healthier and cycle friendly city.
Please note
Dublin City have agreed to accept email submissions on the development plan. When you click send, this email will be sent from your email address to Dublin City Council including the text you added. If you do not get a reply from the target you might want to email or call them to ask why they haven’t responded.
This is an Uplift campaign supporting the Dublin Cycling Campaign who you can read more about on their website.
