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Wednesday September 27, 2006 14:14 by Starstruck - Grassroots Dissent
A round-up of what went down last Friday the 22nd You may not have noticed but last Friday the 22nd of September was international CarFree day. The ride set off from the Garden of Rememberance at 7 or so with about 35-40 riders and 5 or 6 pedestrians. |
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Seomra Spraoi get-together afterwards-great utility!
Heres two short and shaky vids of the action.
One at the start of the mass and one from Dame Street.
On Yer Bike!
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=critical+ma...ublin
just saw on rte today...
"Plan to make Dublin city centre car-free"
http://www.rte.ie/news/2008/0505/dublin.html
"A plan that would close off large sections of Dublin city centre to all private traffic is being considered.
The plan envisages 350 extra buses, with services running at 10 minute intervals off-peak and three minute intervals at peak times. The closure could be implemented in April 2009. "
video:
Ray Colgan reports that there are plans to ban private cars from parts of Dublin city centre
http://www.rte.ie/news/2008/0505/dublin_av.html?2370169...l,230
audio:
Frank Fahey, Chairman of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Transport, says large sections of Dublin city centre could be closed to all private cars
http://www.rte.ie/news/2008/0505/dublin_av.html?2370034...l,209
and in the times:
Plans to make Dublin city centre car-free
http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/breaking/2008/0505/bre...9.htm
coincidentally enough, today at work we were discussing the same issue for Barcelona and the hows and where it has been successfull elsewhere
Related to further CAR-FREE thinking for Dublin is an architectural proposal for greenway / ecological corridor for Dublin city, Botanic Spine:
view on youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/user/fuspey
and PDF:
http://www.indymedia.ie/attachments/feb2007/botanic_spi...e.pdf
CAR-FREE cities
related:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carfree_Cities
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Car-free_zone
global carfree movement: http://www.worldcarfree.net/
EIG: eco intelligent growth
http://www.ecointelligentgrowth.net/eng/index.html
what are greenways: Heritage council ireland
http://heritagecouncil.ie/walkways/project7.html
CAR FREE DUBLIN