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Paging Owen Keegan. https://twitter.com/RegineGuenther/status/1247811156502122500
Ping ping Owen Keegan. https://twitter.com/PatrickDuce/status/1247807344517369856?s=19
Good evening to you Owen Keegan. https://twitter.com/vpsn/status/1247920043863601152?s=19
Paging Owen Keegan from Vancouver. https://twitter.com/Dale_Bracewell/status/1247921115994787846?s=19
A message from Mexico City, on 18th March, for Owen Keegan. https://twitter.com/QAGreenways/status/1240405422546341890?s=19
Owen Keegan, never not ignoring international best practice. https://twitter.com/julespenner/status/1247737756417003522?s=19
Hello Stuttgart. Closing roads to drivers so that people can walk and cycle at a safe distance. Dublin laggards again. https://twitter.com/svmatis/status/1247875665057263616?s=19
Calgary, Canada achieved what is physically impossible in Dublin, apparently. https://twitter.com/itsakev/status/1244403115295535104?s=19
City leadership:
"Take advantage of this period where traffic is light, in order to rapidly advance a protected bike way network for SF to join the league of global cities who actually care about reducing GHG emissions, promoting public health & safety."
"Take advantage of this period where traffic is light, in order to rapidly advance a protected bike way network for SF to join the league of global cities who actually care about reducing GHG emissions, promoting public health & safety."
Hallo aus Vienna. Wie geht's Dublin? https://twitter.com/BirgitHebein/status/1248212479588564992?s=20
Another reminder of how unique Ireland is in our response to people's need for social distancing in urban areas. https://twitter.com/citycyclists/status/1248515036101959681?s=19
Twitter is an awful place for showing just how much more leadership other cities have than our own. Narrow streets like Pearse St need to be reconfigured, now. https://twitter.com/LisaStokes66/status/1248364546978451457?s=19
Meanwhile OPW/Dublin City Council closed down St Stephen's Green. https://twitter.com/NewUrbanism/status/1248566897471156225?s=19
Minneapolis: 18 miles of streets where they've made it safer to walk/cycle.
Dublin: we'll have a meeting over the summer and get back to you. https://twitter.com/MikeLydon/status/1248400819642220545?s=19
Dublin: we'll have a meeting over the summer and get back to you. https://twitter.com/MikeLydon/status/1248400819642220545?s=19
Washington DC with "pandemic extended sidewalks". Gee that sure looks complicated to implement. No way that councils here could do it. https://twitter.com/DCDOTRA/status/1247896403034009605?s=19
Dublin: 0 miles https://twitter.com/MikeLydon/status/1248620002950795268?s=19
There's a whole list of 60+ cities. Guess what? No Irish city on the list. https://twitter.com/DrTCombs/status/1248638428159361026?s=19
Frustrated with @DubCityCouncil just sitting on their collective hands/hole, someone in Dublin just went ahead and widened the footpath on a 3 lane road. https://twitter.com/MikeBanim/status/1247920292569272327?s=19
And guess what @DubCityCouncil did? Moved the cones onto the footpath, making even less space for pedestrians. https://twitter.com/MikeBanim/status/1248623352492654592
Oh look, businesses in London taking road space from cars in order to enable social distancing. https://twitter.com/raphaelzy3/status/1248604675764436996
Would welcome our local elected officials to come out with this kind of language and to follow through with the council execs who cannot seem to fathom making life better for pedestrians or bike users. https://twitter.com/NYCSpeakerCoJo/status/1248669209070100485?s=19
Good read. Man's got vision. https://twitter.com/StreetsblogUSA/status/1248632240369799171?s=19
Oh no, this looks so complicated. https://twitter.com/DvSchneid/status/1248267293940989961?s=19
Would never work here. https://twitter.com/jordanback/status/1248670445743661057?s=19
Any local politician who doesn't quickly come to this realisation and doesn't convince the local council exec to make changes necessary to protect people... well they're not able to claim "pro active travel" credentials later on down the line. https://twitter.com/cllrmattwynne/status/1248398405597925378?s=19
While @DubCityCouncil order citizen-extended footpaths to be clamped down on, Vienna are using detailed data analysis on which streets to open up for pedestrians and bike users to use for car-free exercise. https://twitter.com/floloeco/status/1248747812537413632?s=19
Soundness in Seattle.
Ditherin in Dublin. https://twitter.com/seattledot/status/1248762875025465346?s=19
Ditherin in Dublin. https://twitter.com/seattledot/status/1248762875025465346?s=19
You: Stop cherrypicking parts of the US and ignoring places like Texas!
Me: Oh wait, here's Austin, Texas creating a temporary footpath/cycle lane. https://twitter.com/tomwald/status/1248767060873789442?s=19
Me: Oh wait, here's Austin, Texas creating a temporary footpath/cycle lane. https://twitter.com/tomwald/status/1248767060873789442?s=19
Ok good, starting to see some leadership from politicians. https://twitter.com/ciaranahern/status/1248936053504868353?s=19
Great to see @donna_cooney1 push tg council for more measures to improve 
and 
safety. https://twitter.com/donna_cooney1/status/1248913592688226304?s=19
and safety. https://twitter.com/donna_cooney1/status/1248913592688226304?s=19
Cllr Ray McAdam calling for pop-up cycle lanes. Love to see it. https://twitter.com/RayMcAdam/status/1248898605777330176?s=19
Ah but that's Hackney. It would never work here in Dublin, or Galway or Cork or Waterford. https://twitter.com/laura_laker/status/1248927826914541568?s=19
Dublin City Council: oh we just don't have the resources to open streets to and
Kampala, Uganda: https://twitter.com/mandyug/status/1246352924554530817?s=19
and Kampala, Uganda: https://twitter.com/mandyug/status/1246352924554530817?s=19
The reason we haven't opened streets to people, is not resources. It's political will. https://twitter.com/jen_keesmaat/status/1248973101469184002?s=19
The Limerick leader. Very encouraging to see a TD be so direct about this. https://twitter.com/BrianLeddin/status/1248985677804568576?s=19
This is what we have to look forward to if we don't reconfigure the space available on our streets for different modes.
The road space we now have will *not* be fully utilised for up to a decade. We need to re-shape it for more efficient modes
https://twitter.com/giulio_mattioli/status/1248969813776633858
The road space we now have will *not* be fully utilised for up to a decade. We need to re-shape it for more efficient modes
https://twitter.com/giulio_mattioli/status/1248969813776633858
The opportunity to start is right now. Not after a 3 month review or wait-and-see or run a public consultation. Start closing streets to through-traffic en masse. Now.
Once again, Dublin & other Irish cities will miss the boat and lag behind the world. https://twitter.com/MikeLydon/status/1248998739219492865?s=19
Once again, Dublin & other Irish cities will miss the boat and lag behind the world. https://twitter.com/MikeLydon/status/1248998739219492865?s=19
Air quality is great right now, streets are quiet with sounds of humans, more kids out on bikes, people nodding to their neighbours. We can make some small low-cost changes so that this survives post-covid crisis.
Should we do it?
Should we do it?
I normally wouldn't post porn on Twitter but I think you should all check out this gallery from @PBroytman showing quick-build cycle lanes in Berlin. https://qimby.net/user/[email protected]?fbclid=IwAR1sqpD_sOIOtyU0Sce5tFaKbrqGtb6zgw1SZDq-Pg-A2MjN0ra5ojEgTDc
Will council management in Dublin, Cork, Galway, Limerick listen to the children? https://twitter.com/brent_bellamy/status/1248752871253966849?s=19
This is reaching the point where Ireland are the last ones left to take any initiative on this. New Zealand setting up a central fund for making quick changes to streets to allow more walking and cycling on residential streets. https://twitter.com/JulieAnneGenter/status/1249090455741988864?s=19
Leadership from a Councillor in London. Some councillors here are still trying to push the idea that one way footpaths next to big wide 2-way roads are going to solve everything. https://twitter.com/Jo_Earlsfield/status/1249035353014632450?s=19
Oakland is going well. They closed off 74 miles of road to non-local traffic. https://twitter.com/jwalshie/status/1249082380607877120?s=19
Oakland have definitely decided that #StreetsAreForPeople not for prioritising cars. @streetsare4ppl https://twitter.com/Derailluer/status/1249090354885918720?s=19
This is what it comes down to. Space for cars is more important than stopping the spread of a deadly virus. https://twitter.com/matty_prasad/status/1249153088382029825?s=19
Still crickets for every single local authority in Ireland. Drop an email to your local councillors and ask them why we're lagging behind the rest of the world. https://twitter.com/nhbaptiste/status/1249410674914217985
Chairperson of local Transport Committee reads excellently-written article about pedestrian/cycling safety measures.
Kick-starts process to implement in her area
Your move, Irish politicians... https://twitter.com/laura_laker/status/1249734783254638592
Kick-starts process to implement in her area
Your move, Irish politicians... https://twitter.com/laura_laker/status/1249734783254638592
Hup. Green Party councillors on Dublin City Council have written to the CEO to insist that the city urgently implement tactical urbanism solutions to make social distancing and local outdoors exercise possible during the lockdown (and beyond). https://twitter.com/djlonergan/status/1249739492384219136?s=19
https://twitter.com/djlonergan/status/1249739492384219136?s=19
To great national and international acclaim, the Mayor of Oakland closed 74 miles of streets to car traffic (except local access). Here she is explaining her decision: https://twitter.com/LibbySchaaf/status/1249749741862191110?s=19
The Irish Times now covering the need to reallocate space to pedestrians and cyclists. @OliviaKellyIT more material above if you'd like it 
https://twitter.com/IrishTimes/status/1250021114551480320?s=19
https://twitter.com/IrishTimes/status/1250021114551480320?s=19
Owen Keegan has responded to councillors after getting representations from many elected reps (your emails etc matter). Looks like an acceptance that something has to be done in urban villages but refusing to accept that people actually live in the city centre too.
Some great advice from @ibikebrighton for councils and transport professionals, on how to reconfigure streets for better public health in these times.
No need to re-invent the wheel.
No need to re-invent the wheel.
The idea that this is only an issue in Dublin's villages and outside supermarkets, is patently false.
Leonard's Corner is anti-pedestrian by design at the best of times. Truly highlighted here: https://twitter.com/takeithandy/status/1250042921413496832
Leonard's Corner is anti-pedestrian by design at the best of times. Truly highlighted here: https://twitter.com/takeithandy/status/1250042921413496832
