Ecargobikes are a great way to move around the city 4 shopping, leisure, work or schooldrops. Our campaign has 2 types of ecargo bikes available for families/individuals to trial out. Contact Limerickecargobike@gmail.com for queries #limerick #ecargobike
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One of the hardest parts of buying a cargo bike is visualizing the actual footprint. This site lets you compare the exact dimensions of 232 different models down to the cm or inch. I highly recommend bookmarking this if you're trying to figure out what fits your life.
🔗 bikes.louiseveillard.com
🧵 If you are not familiar with the City of Limerick you don’t understand culture, life or art. It’s one of those world cities that beats with the zeitgeist. It was seat of the only Irish Soviet & left wing when the Irish theocracy was far right socially. Its authors & poets were alternative … [1]
'Working with their various councils’ traffic management and active travel departments, residents’ associations can bring about meaningful changes.'
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Excellent academic comparison of cycling in London, NY, Paris and Berlin. Progress across the aboard but transformations incomplete and cutbacks can threaten growth. www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10....
Fuel prices are climbing and family budgets are under pressure. Could an electric cargo bike be the answer?
We've put together a full guide on how much a family cargo bike actually costs:
cyclesprog.co.uk/cargo-bikes/how-much-does-an-electric-family-cargo-bike-cost
To withstand this crisis we must invest in public transport, green energy and infrastructure of low-carbon initiatives like cycling and infrastructure for active travel.
Great thread here on ecargo bikes for people to read: ecargo bike are a game changer for families or small businesses. @limerickecargobike.bsky.social offers free trails of Ecargobikes to families in #limerick city area. Contact Limerickecargobike@gmail.com for queries
Cork new's e-bike library to offer a chance to try before you buy
The scheme, which has already been successfully piloted in Dublin, will give households the opportunity to test out what type of e-bike might best suit their needs.
www.echolive.ie/corknews/ari...
"Cars are the most absurd means of transport in a city. They are parked 95 per cent of the time. It takes two tonnes to move someone who weighs 70 kilogrammes. And the denser the city, the more absurd it is."
It’s not wrong. #UrbanTruth
🆕 Report shows that cities can achieve what was once thought impossible: "cutting toxic air pollution by 20-45% in a little over a decade,” said Cecilia Vaca Jones, executive director of Breathe Cities www.theguardian.com/environment/...
E-bike curious? Mark your calendars 📅 An E-Bike Library is coming to Cork this April, a chance to try electric bikes and see how they can change the way we get around Cork.
@irishcyclingcmpn.bsky.social
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Great thread on using ecargo bike from @skehillr.bsky.social , Ronan trial led one of our cargobikes to get a feel for what works for hi I'm... Result, 100km done on his own bike since October, and family having a blast on school runs... Happy cycling Ronan...
"The vast majority of residents across the State’s five main cities want increased investment in cycling infrastructure, even when that results in less road space for cars, the NTA’s 2025 Walking and Cycling Index has found." @darraghobrientd.bsky.social
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“Children are not killed because they're not wearing high-vis vests. Children are killed because people are speeding, they are inattentive, they are drink driving, they're on their mobile phones, or the design of our roads is not appropriate.” Cllr Alan Curran
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Huge gratitude to our sisters + brothers in @irishcyclingcmpn.bsky.social, @ibike.ie, @dublincommuters.bsky.social, @cyclingireland.bsky.social + others for fronting to giving real evidence to Oireachtas Committee this morning!
⭕ 30km/h limits DEFAULT
🦺 RSA not fit fur purpose
🚨 Enforcement FAILING
Why Mandatory Helmet and Hi-Vis Laws are not the Answer to Road Danger Issues
www.irishcyclingcampaign.ie/why-mandator...
Sadhbh O’ Neill says that the reduction of road deaths in Ireland is being strangled by a lack of political courage.
@sadhbhoneill.bsky.social
@thejournal.ie
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#ecargobikes #betterbyecargobike #limerick @pedestrianlk.bsky.social
Anna, Kieran and family recently trialed both our Dolly & Longtail ecargo bikes. They found them so beneficial for school runs that they are going getting there own one. Trialing ecargo bike allows families to see if/which type suits. Limerickecargobike@gmail.com for queries.
What a day meeting @irishcyclingcmpn.bsky.social advocates from all round the country AND @cyclinguk NI colleagues.
They’re working together on a Shared Island Civic Society project. Yay for north-south cooperation 💚🤍🧡❤️🤍💙
All ably hosted by @droghedacycling including a fun bike tour round town ☺️
How tandem bikes are transforming life for people with visual impairments
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Fancy some free Christmas cards?
We're offering our clean air themed Christmas cards again this year - please join us in sending season's greetings while sharing facts and tips on how to reduce #AirPollution. You can order yours at the link.
"We’ve designed cities where kids can’t safely walk or bike anywhere because everything is engineered around keeping cars moving quickly." @codysd.bsky.social 's post dives into some of the reasons that I push so hard for #bikebus, #kidicalmass, & safe and active routes to school.
Ronan recently trailed the use of one of our ecargo bikes and then went on to get his own one the result, magical memories like below on the school run. #ecargobikes #betterbyecargobike trial queries at Limerickecargobike@gmail.com
When asked how people like to travel, workshop participants cut car use by half: from 37% to 19% while bus use tripled. A great insight from the recent co-creation workshop on how conversations can shape smarter, greener mobility 🇮🇪 @cyclingincork.bsky.social @irishcyclingcmpn.bsky.social
“If you want to get more people to make the move to active travel, you have to build safe, modern, connected networks."
Navan Cycling Initiative - spot on.
Thus is such a brilliant opportunity for Meath CoCo to avail of much sought after funding.
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