Author: Bikefast
Belfast taxi postcard campaign in tatters
Postcard campaign by taxi firm bosses wanting into bus lanes backfires as charm offensive flounders through ineptitude and patronising claims
Belfast Bicycle Network Plan verdict
“The city of Copenhagen has been restructuring its street network for several decades, removing driving lanes and parking places in a deliberate process to create better …
Exclusive: Revolution on the High Street
The Department for Infrastructure has moved its Cycling Revolution up a gear by proposing to radically alter Belfast’s High Street to attract more people to cycle in the city.
Daft signs bring cyclists and TransportNI into disrepute
CYCLISTS PLEASE DISMOUNT signs causing confusion for no obvious reason in the centre of Belfast
Bicycle obliterates car in Ormeau Road commuting challenge
Bicycle quicker over 2.5 mile morning journey than a car by a whopping TWENTY SIX minutes – Belfast’s congested Ormeau Road is no place to take your car..
Bus lane taxis “impede other road users, increase journey times” says.. Infrastructure Department
Internal DfI research from 2016 seen by Bikefast says taxis in bus lanes could “impede other road users and could increase bus journey times”
Loosening the belt for expanding Belfast traffic
If you were wondering why road works have closed off the pedestrian crossing on Donegall Quay / Queen Elizabeth Bridgem we have the answers..
Zero per cent – our shameful cycling to school level
Northern Ireland has officially failed to meet its 2011-15 target for active travel to schools – and cycling interventions aren’t necessarily on the horizon.
Dipping our toes in the Belfast Bicycle Network Plan
The first taster of Bikefast’s thoughts on the Draft Belfast Bicycle Network Plan consultation
DfI: Taxis in bus lanes trial will not default into a permanent arrangement
No permanent ‘taxis in bus lanes’ by default, confirms the Department for Infrastructure