Information for Irish Reclaim the Streets Activists

national | miscellaneous | news report

Friday May 10, 2002 19:15

by Shane Foran - Galway Cycling Campaign

galwaycyclist at yahoo dot co dot uk

Galway Cycling Campaign c/o the Galway One World Centre, the Halls, Quay St., Galway

The issue of road users rights has gained prominence in recent days. The following links to information on Road Design/Traffic Management are available on the web for Irish "Reclaim the Streets" activists who wish to get a more holistic view of the issues.

Information for Irish Reclaim the Streets Activists

The issue of road users rights has gained prominence in recent days. The following links to information on Road Design/Traffic Management are available on the web for Irish "Reclaim the Streets" activists who wish to get a more holistic view of the issues. These consist of Galway Cycling Campaign information sheets and adopted Galway Community Forum Policy documents. Some of these may be quasi-technical in nature and hard to read but unfortunately what is going on Irish streets complex and not given to simple sound bites.

CHILD PEDESTRIAN DEATHS
In 1997 and 1998 Ireland had the highest child pedestrian deaths rates in Western Europe
http://www.geocities.com/galwaycyclist/info/childdeaths.html

CAR SPEEDS ON IRISH ROADS
How this happened (in part) and what the Gardai haven't been doing about it
http://www.geocities.com/galwaycyclist/info/speeds.html

GALWAY COMMUNITY FORUM MOTION ON 20MPH SPEED LIMIT
Part of the solution
http://www.geocities.com/galwaycyclist/forum_20mph.rtf

GALWAY COMMUNITY FORUM POLICY DECLARATION
MULTILANE ROUNDAOBUTS
http://www.geocities.com/galwaycyclist/roundabout/forumroundabout.html

GALWAY COMMUNITY FORUM POLICY DOCUMENT ON A PEOPLE FREINDLY
ROADS INFRASTRUCTURE
This is a large word document (120 kb) but sets out the basic principles
http://www.geocities.com/galwaycyclist/forum_mtn_pple_frndly_rds.doc

GALWAY COMMUNITY FORUM POLICY DOCUMENT ON WALKING
http://www.geocities.com/galwaycyclist/forum_motion_walking.doc

Finally, the car lobby and their allies in the Gardai, Govt Departments and National Press have long controlled and managed public access to information on road safety and other issues. RTE is alleged to be involved in an illegal relationship with the AA and this matter is currently before the Supreme Court. The Irish National Safety Council is largely funded and controlled by the same motor insurers who have been making huge profits out of the excessively high level of death and injury on Irish roads. Many of us, through no fault of our own, have ended up internalising the lies and misinformation put out by these sources. The only remedy to misinformation is information, and sometimes the picture that emerges is not very nice.

http://www.geocities.com/galwaycyclist/info/seatbelts.html

Even more information sheets on various issues are available on the GCC web site

http://www.geocities.com/galwaycyclist/

or by request from galwaycyclist@yahoo.co.uk

Well done to everybody who came out.