Women on Wheels Webinar on March 8th

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Celebrate International Women’s Day on Wheels

Public Meeting: Monday, 8 March 2021 - 8pm
Zoom Room
Ever heard the phrase that bikes are “freedom machines”? Join us to explore the realities of women cycling in Ireland on this International Women’s Day.

Join us on Zoom at 8pm, on Monday the 8th of March to explore these questions, with a panel of experts including Kathleen Jacobi, Transport Infrastructure Ireland, Ciara Norton, Green-Schools & Síle Ginnane, Women on Wheels, and Rebecca Jones, Urban Movement Ltd., chaired by Siobhán McNamara, Dublin Cycling Campaign.

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#Dublin Bay by Bike – Sandycove to Irishtown*

With the weather improving and evenings getting longer, why not get out and explore the coastal route? Send your cycling photos to #DublinBayByBike (Instagram &Twitter) with best entries winning a weekly cycling related prize. *Booterstown to Irishtown section coming soon, fingers crossed. Northside map in progress.

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Barrack Bridge and Cave's Marsh boardwalk in Malahide

Barrack Bridge is situated on Old Yellow Walls Road and crosses the Gaybrook stream just before the stream enters Cave’s Marsh. It is 2km from Malahide & 4km from Swords. People from Seabury (a large estate in Malahide) mainly use it to go to & from Malahide & also by school kids who use it to attend local schools.

Children from Seabury, Waterside & Kileen use this bridge to get to Pope John Paul II School & Saint Sylvester’s School. A recent survey showed that 92% of parents felt Barrack Bridge is unsafe for school children.

Read About the Different Proposals for This Area Here

The battle on the kissing gates continues and while access to Latchford park is blocked by kissing gates, in Mulhuddart-Castleknock area there is a trial for 'K gates'. You can check these news stories and more news bits from Fingal County Council on dublincycling.com

And if you missed last month's public meeting on how to influence policy and public authorities, you can watch it back here!

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Cyclist.ie warmly welcomed the recent announcement on Active Travel jobs and we are now working to ensure these posts are created at senior levels in Local Authorities.

Cyclist.ie’s Rural Cycling Collective is embarking on a year-long ‘Rothar Rides’ promotion, aimed at getting people out exploring rural Ireland by bike - starting this Sunday. We warmly welcome Kinsale Loves Bikes into the Cyclist.ie fold as our 27th member group. Amongst the submissions Cyclist.ie made over the last month were ones to TII and an Oireachtas Committee on the cycle-unfriendliness of many N-roads, to Kerry County Council on the Killarney cycling proposals, and to Department of Public Expenditure and Reform on the renewal of our National Development Plan. They can all be found on Cyclist.ie's website!

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More than 550 participants joined the launch event for Women in Cycling, a new international network aiming to help women get more visibility, impact, and leading roles in the cycling sector. This is an initiative of ECF, Cycling Industries Europe and other organisations. Do check out ECF’s article which includes a video of the launch. In other news, ECF has highlighted the campaigning work of Cyclist.ie in the latest story on its website. ECF has also unveiled the Preliminary Programme for the Velo-city conference in Lisbon in September and the super early bird tickets (costing €300 as against the normal €850) are available until Sun 7th March.

ECF's Website