#streetsareforpeople — Public Fediverse posts

RE: https://mastodon.social/@TheWarOnCars/117184853876872728

Hang this toot in the Louvre.

#RoadViolence #RoadSafety #StreetsAreForPeople #CarBrain #WarOnCars #BanCars

"I walked to school at seven in Norway. The Road Safety Authority (RSA) says that's impossible."

https://olanordrum.substack.com/p/i-walked-to-school-at-seven-in-norway?utm_source=mastodon

#mastodaoine #RoadViolence #roadsafety #walking #childrensrights #StreetsAreForPeople

@EUCommission *Fewer* cars mean safer roads.

✅ Reduce car use
✅ Invest in public transport
✅ Curb motor industry lobbying and influence
✅ Apply evidence-based approaches to road safety - including in road design
✅ Enforce road traffic laws
✅ Punish offenders

#RoadViolence #StreetsAreForPeople #roadsafety #eu

Changed up my Saturday routine by biking to the fledgling meetup of the Nashville Feminist Bird Club. Really fun time - I know nothing about birds, but people would jump in and point out a bird and help with identification. Good vibes. Afterwards we went to a block party in our neighborhood, with lots of live music as per usual here. #BikeTooter #StreetsAreForPeople

There's some ex-Garda on the national radio airwaves making every excuse, and entirely new ones, for dangerous driver behaviour, all completely unchallenged. Every road traffic collision caused by a driver is just "human error," apparently.

The item is about road safety around schools.

Fucking hell.

#MastoDaoine #RoadSafety #StreetsAreForPeople #Rothar #BikeTooter #ACAB

Just come across this campaign organisation for 20mph limits in urban areas.

#20sPlenty #StreetsAreForPeople

https://www.20splenty.org/

Question for #Rothar and #BikeTooter peeps: are there any examples from anywhere of cycling advocates successfully pushing back against/overturning policies to make helmets and high viz mandatory in law?

🚲

#Cycling #MastoDaoine #RoadSafety #RoadViolence #StreetsAreForPeople #BikeNite

@spillanemike the very same nonsense spouted by lobbyists and certain councillors in Dublin a few years back, too - in a city where rush-hour traffic is persistently sub-10km/h, twice a day, every day.

Absolute bollocks.

#RoadViolence #StreetsAreForPeople #BanCars #Love30 #MastoDaoine #Dublin #Rothar #BikeTooter

In #rothar news: fuck that judge.

https://archive.is/2026.01.13-195118/https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/01/13/judge-who-called-cyclists-a-nightmare-was-fined-for-failing-to-provide-breath-test-to-garda/

#MastoDaoine #RoadViolence #RoadSafety #StreetsAreForPeople #BikeTooter

⚠️ PSA for anyone walking or cycling near Doyle's Corner/Phibsboro Shopping Centre:

Serious incident involving a van vs. a man on a bike or motorbike.

Emergency responders on scene (DFB: two appliances and crew); all inbound traffic lanes closed, motor traffic attempting to manoeuvre around the scene via adjacent traffic and bus lane.

Take care in the area.

FYI @nearfm / @dublincityfm's #LiveDrive team.

#RoadViolence #StreetsAreForPeople #Dublin #Phibsboro #MastoDaoine

@spillanemike The Council removing signs in gardens/on property is trespass - hopefully those people will sue.

Otherwise, by its own logic, the Council can take it upon itself to enter homes and remove posters hanging inside windows.

#RoadViolence #StreetsAreForPeople #Cork #MastoDaoine

"People don't drive to work because they're lazy; they don't cycle to work because it's dangerous."

Francis Finucane, endocrinologist, speaking on RTÉ Radio 1 this morning.

#Rothar #BikeTooter #RoadViolence #StreetsAreForPeople

Neighborhood block party for Parking Day and opening of a new parklet by the cupcake shop. I managed to get zero photos of the official parklet, but got one of a student-designed and built temporary one. We really wanted to set up a mini parklet on our block but the approval process (described as “streamlined” by the city) involves a lengthy permitting process and something like $700 in fees. Anyway, it was a nice celebration! #TacticalUrbanism #StreetsAreForPeople

Road deaths in Ireland are decreasing - but more people are being killed while walking and cycling. Why?

https://www.thejournal.ie/four-pedestrians-and-cyclists-die-on-irish-roads-every-month-what-is-causing-this-years-surge-6818293-Sep2025/

via @TheJournal

#Rothar #MastoDaoine #BikeTooter #StreetsAreForPeople #RoadViolence

A great piece by Ella McSweeney on the campaign to make local rural roads into 'Rothar Roads,' accessible for all. ❤️

"These roads are essentially natural greenways with hedgerows overflowing with wildflowers which we can see and experience in a different way."

https://web.archive.org/web/20250903073253/https://www.irishtimes.com/environment/2025/08/30/roads-arent-just-for-cars-the-dairy-farmer-reclaiming-boreens-for-everyone/

(Archived link to maintain the boycott of The Irish Times)

h/t @spillanemike

#Rothar #TotharRoads #Greenways #MastoDaoine #BikeTooter #StreetsAreForPeople #RoadViolence

Spent the afternoon at Cambridge's first-ever Porchfest. Great to see people turn out for summer tunes in the streets, even if the weather was a tad toasty.

Hoping to see this expand to more parts of #CambMA in future iterations!

#LiveMusic #StreetsAreForPeople

⚡️ DUBLINERS ⚡️ Dublin City Council is progressing the College Green and Dame Street Public Realm Project. 🥳

Have you taken the survey? It takes just a few minutes. https://engage.dublincity.ie/projects/college-green-dame-street-public-realm-project

Let them know your thoughts! (Unless you disagree, then just say nothin'.)

#StreetsAreForPeople #Dublin #PublicRealm #BanCars #DCC #DublinCityCouncil #MastoDaoine

Ever-rising height of car bonnets a "clear threat" to children, report says

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/11/ever-rising-height-car-bonnets-suv-threat-to-children-report

#RoadViolence #RoadSafety #BikeTooter #StreetsAreForPeople #BanCars

⚡ DUBLINERS! There are just a few hours left to complete the short survey on making Parliament Street car-free.

It basically takes a few seconds to complete: https://engage.dublincity.ie/en-IE/projects/proposed-traffic-measures-for-parliament-street-dublin

📝

#Dublin #DublinCityCouncil #ParliamentStreet #StreetsAreForPeople #BanCars #MastoDaoine

“We need [road] design for our most vulnerable – children and older people – and then it will be safer for everyone.”

-Niamh O’Reilly, lecturer in geospatial surveying at TU Dublin, researching cycling safety in Dublin.

@TheJournal here, burying the lede..

https://www.thejournal.ie/truck-safety-vision-6677949-Apr2025/

#StreetsAreForPeople #RoadViolence #RoadSafety #BikeTooter #Cycling #Walking #MastoDaoine

#BanCars "The single biggest reason by far [for no-show buses], accounting for 89 percent of these non-deductible lost kilometres, was 'abnormal congestion.' Traffic.
"When a bus gets behind schedule and because of traffic congestion, one strategy the operators use is to skip some or all of the rest of the stops on the route to get back on time."
https://www.dublininquirer.com/dublin-buses-are-less-reliable-than-the-usual-official-figures-suggest/

by @samtranum via @dublininquirer

#StreetsAreForPeople #Buses #PublicTransport

Kelly Earley wrote recently about Drury Street:

https://kellysrubbish.substack.com/p/drury-street-pedestrianisation-small-business-owners-dublin-ireland

#MastoDaoine #Dublin #DruryStreet #StreetsAreForPeople

⚡️TODAY ⚡️ at 6pm - meet at Grand Canal Square

Slap on the sun cream and join @monthlycycles & @IBIKEDublin on a celebratory tour de Dublin's leafy suburbs - to mark today's Court of Appeal ruling, which allows Dublin City Council to proceed with a cycle way along a coastal route on the southside

The pace will be slow, for all ages, and loop from Grand Canal Square out via Strand Road before turning back to finish at Merrion Square

🚲🥳❤️

#MastoDaoine #BikeTooter #Dublin #StreetsAreForPeople

YES. Go to hell, Sandymount NIMBYs and that idiot first instance judge. Here's to safe roads for all! 🥳

https://www.rte.ie/news/dublin/2025/0411/1507121-sandymount-cycleway/

#StrandRoadCycleWay #SandyMountCycleWay #Sandymount #Dublin #DublinCityCouncil #StreetsAreForPeople #BikeTooter #MastoDaoine

Winter sunset shadows at intersection of Noel St and Poland St in Soho, London W1 🌇 #urbanista #activetravel #streetsareforpeople #photography 📸 🚲

Paging https://tyreextinguishers.com/

#BikeTooter #StreetsAreForPeople #BanCars

266 caught using phone while driving during 24-hour Garda operation

https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2025/0116/1491314-gardai-phone-drivers-penalties/

via @TheJournal

Meanwhile, using a phone-hands fee or hand-held are each as unsafe as drink driving:

https://www.brightmile.io/blog/both-hands-free-and-hand-held-calls-while-driving-are-as-unsafe-as-drink-driving?hs_amp=true

#RoadViolence #RoadSafety #StreetsAreForPeople #AnGardaSíochána #MastoDaoine

Hit-and-runs made up almost 10% of serious crashes on Irish roads in last two months

https://www.thejournal.ie/how-many-hit-and-runs-happen-in-ireland-6591049-Jan2025/

by Órla Ryan in @TheJournal

#RoadViolence #RoadSafety #StreetsAreForPeople #MastoDaoine

"Be safe, be seen," etc.

Motorist clocked at double the speed limit in Dublin as drivers urged to slow down in cold weather

https://www.thejournal.ie/garda-appeal-slow-down-cold-weather-speeding-6589762-Jan2025/

#RoadViolence #RoadSafety #MastoDaoine #StreetsAreForPeople

Cars are trash and so are their drivers:

https://www.thejournal.ie/hit-and-runs-in-ireland-6587034-Jan2025/

#MastoDaoine #RoadViolence #RoadSafety #StreetsAreForPeople