Sligo Cycling

1. Our #SamhainCycleDiscoCleveragh supported by @SligoBID & @DeptCultureIRL was our 1st after dark event & we lit up the town! We distributed back-up bike lights courtesy of @cyclistie & @TFIupdates & Foam Light Up Sticks too. Thanks @IBIKEDublin for the inspiration!

@thaktonhemlock @bob_coggins @risteardc1 @sligococo @Marie_Casserly Word or not, we get you! Thinking thin doesn't cut it! On the way back from Strandhill the other day one of us diverted by Gibraltar, Finisklin , Ballast Quay & Custom House Quay. But Ballast Quay is busy on weekdays with cars & hgvs. Later this year SH Road should become 30kph

@bob_coggins @risteardc1 @sligococo @Marie_Casserly @SligoCycling From second sea road to town is uncycleable. If that’s a word.

Would it be possible to get the cycle lanes out and back to Strandhill and Rosses Point cleaned/swept? @sligococo A lot of debris/loose stones in parts. @Marie_Casserly @SligoCycling

@risteardc1 @sligococo @Marie_Casserly Yes we noticed yesterday its particularly bad inbound either side of Scarden Cemetery, lots of gravel. And a member from Strandhill who cycled to town on Friday made the same remark.

@bob_coggins @risteardc1 @sligococo @Marie_Casserly Yes we do need a Sligo #CoastallMobilityRoute but you're distracting ftom the issue at hand! Pending that we do need the existing painted lanes swept!

@risteardc1 @sligococo @Marie_Casserly @SligoCycling Would it be possible to get Cycle Lanes out and back to Strandhill?!?! What we have at the moment is not fit for the purpose of safe cycling for road users of all ages. It's simply spots of paint on the broken edges of a road of varying widths.

The video asks for infrastructure so people have a choice how to make short trips. We hope @sligococo members support that. In Mullingar a councillor said "This notion that we'll all be on bikes is a load of bloody nonsense". That is not the purpose of active travel networks

@bulfincycle Hold on a minute you cosseted midlanders! Atlantic you say? We here in the North West associate Atlantic weather with rain as well as wind, so we might pass on the 'ideal weather for cycling' Better than storms, granted!

Alan brings great news! Excellent weather ahead for cycling

@GerHerbert1 @HouseHoxton @IrelandAMVMTV Correct! And even with the later changes unless your former primary road has been redesignated as an L (Local) road which is unusual (though I am aware of one stretch of the former N4 where this has been done) it wont change to 60.

@HouseHoxton @IrelandAMVMTV Because it's rural local roads that are being reduced

Back again—talking speed limits (what else?) on @IrelandAMVMTV tomorrow at 7:45. Tune in for the latest installment of Endless Limits at this stage 😜🚗#SpeedLimits #Roadsafety

Important information for all drivers who use roads where these signs are in use. Well done @wexfordcoco ! Are we going to see similar posts from other Local Authorities? @sligococo @OceanFmIreland

👏 @wexfordcoco on informing residents. The @Dept_Transport PR tells people to contact their Local Authority but there is nothing on @sligococo website under "News" or the weekly Traffic Report. Neither have we seen any SM posts, @GmDara gave a good interview @OceanFmIreland

@Independent_ie @GerHerbert1 Exactly! Well said @GerHerbert1 !

Geraldine Herbert: Cutting speed limits and changing our car-centric culture isn’t about restricting freedom – it’s about creating it buff.ly/3E4vYb5

@DerekSynnott @SophieMcDLaw But you can't have a world class public transport system unless you make space for it. Nobody is cutting off the ability to use cars but if we dont restrict cars where will the bus lanes & tram tracks go?

@SophieMcDLaw Sadly our public transport system is appalling. We need to improve it. But we shouldn’t cut off the ability to use cars etc u til such time that a world class public transport system is in place and ready for use

@davidtobin100 @cyclistie Yes, unfortunately there is often a disconnect between a party's national policy & local actions on the ground. It's great to have manifestos analysis though as a reference point. Next step to see the positive policies in a PfG

I know politicians in the better scoring parties who have railed against active travel infrastructure and I know ones in the lower cohort who completely get the health, climate and liveability benefits cycling brings. Use this week to talk to your candidates.

🧵 Really interesting analysis on cycling commitments from all the parties in #GE24 from the Irish Cycling Campaign. We’re at the end of a govt term that has been transformational in many ways for active and public transport. What’s next?

@OceanFmIreland Do the candidates support a Sligo Coastal Mobility/Sligo Seaway safe segregated from other traffic cycle route between Strandhill and Rosses Point & if elected will they lobby for funding ?

Want to put your questions to the candidates in the Sligo-Leitrim Constituency ahead of tomorrow mornings live debate? The comments are now open ⬇️

@AislingOConne11 @meanderingtripe @LimerickCycling @LmkUrbanCycling Which way do you suggest they go around? Around into the oncoming traffic or around into the pedestrian pavement space?

@meanderingtripe @LimerickCycling @LmkUrbanCycling Mother of God! Cycle around it, it will take you five seconds!

Last year, some people were - rightly - annoyed that the fencing for a Limerick city Christmas tree had clipped a foot or two from the O’Connell St bike lane at Thomas St. Well, here’s the bike lane at Penneys where this year’s tree is going. They’ve blocked off ALL of it.

@lehsacmurd @GavinGray @Marie_Casserly @LocalLinkDSL Yes we think they were by Sligo Walks as well, great idea!

@SligoCycling @GavinGray @Marie_Casserly @LocalLinkDSL Article in Champion in last number of weeks ré doing same.

Is there anything to be said for a "tourist bus route" during the summer months talking in #Sligo most scenic spots/walks-Dooney Rock, Hazelwood, Lisadell, Union Wood, Glencar wf,Devils Chimney, Etc? ATM tourists have no option other than car to visit these areas. @Marie_Casserly

@GavinGray @Marie_Casserly @FreelanceWebDev @bob_coggins Wow! that was an epic trip! the confidence of teens!

@Marie_Casserly @SligoCycling @FreelanceWebDev @bob_coggins When I was a teenager me & a mate cycled from Cartron to Bundoran.We underestimated the time it would take & we only had about 30mins there to play the slots.We got back b4 dark & our legs were burning for days afterwards :-) Told my mum after & she just called me an eejit. 😁

@lehsacmurd @GavinGray @Marie_Casserly @LocalLinkDSL That's great if so. We know re Lissadell but not about a bus on the Dromahair to Sligo Road. Sligo Walks FB account is doing a good job of promoting walks that can be accessed by Public Transport . All visitor attractions should do it, eg LL passes the door of Grange Sheepdogs

@GavinGray @Marie_Casserly Think Dooney Rock, Slish Wood and Lissadell can be accessed by regular @LocalLinkDSL routes

@Marie_Casserly @FreelanceWebDev @bob_coggins @GavinGray Oops! Rathcormac Grange, Cliffoney, Carns and ?

@SligoCycling @FreelanceWebDev @bob_coggins @GavinGray 5 primary schools!

@FreelanceWebDev @bob_coggins @GavinGray @Marie_Casserly That's not on! Will check out and report! @sligococo the #SheffieldStand is your only man for ease of use & to minimise risk of both theft & bike damage.