"Cycling in Dublin is many different things at once. A climate-conscious commute, a precarious job, a stolen asset, a community repair project, a damp daily grind. Class threads through all of these. Those with stable incomes can live closer to work, buy better locks, store bikes indoors, or choose when not to ride. Others travel longer, riskier routes at awkward hours because they have fewer options."

Alina Shafique on the reality of #CyclingInDublin - great read!

https://www.totallydublin.ie/more/helmet-on-filter-off-what-dublins-cycling-campaigns-wont-show-you/

Remarkably low volumes of traffic in Dublin this morning (#coybig related, no doubt) but I still witnessed:

2 yellow box blockers
1 red light jumper
1 bus lane parker
and at least one speeder

#CyclingInDublin

There isn't a day goes by when I don't see multiple examples of illegal driving behaviour on my short commute into work. Today's count:

3 illegal right turns
1 driving the wrong way down a one way street (on the approach to a primary school)
2 stopping in a yellow box and snarling up traffic
1 driving in a bus lane while not being a bus
2 red light breakers

All of these things make the roads more dangerous for everyone and many contribute to congestion. None are enforced.

#CyclingInDublin

A little known part of the history of cycling on a side street in Dublin City centre

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Spotted on my commute this morning:

Two gardaí on patrol patiently waiting for a driver to break the red light in front of them so they could cross the road.

They don't even see it, much less enforce it.

#CyclingInDublin

Almost got creamed on my cycle to work this morning by a white van driver who turned left across me without signalling.

It was only that I sensed something unusual about his road positioning that caused me to hold back just before he turned, otherwise I would have been under his wheel.

#CyclingInDublin

I was close-passed by the same driver three times in five minutes today - is this a record?

When will people learn that racing past people cycling to get to the next red light isn't going to get you where you're going any quicker.

#CyclingInDublin

My commute is less than 3km. This morning's driver behaviour count:

1 speeding in a 30kph zone
3 parked on double yellow lines
2 parked on bus lanes
2 driving in bus lanes
2 parked on cycling lanes
2 breaking red lights (and several accelerating through amber lights)
2 making an illegal turn

#BloodyCyclists #CyclingInDublin