Category: News
Launch of pop-up motorway angers greenway users
The Department for Infrastructure’s programme of pop-up motorways has been met with anger by users of the popular Comber Greenway. As part of COVID-19 lockdown measures …
Nightmare on East Bridge Street comes true
A realignment of traffic flow on a key route from East Belfast to the city centre has created significant additional risk and a barrier to people …
Local MLAs call for Gasworks Bridge progress
A cross-party group of Assembly Members in South Belfast have come together to call for work to begin on constructing a new foot and cycle bridge …
Department for Infrastructure commits £12.5 million on urban cycling networks and greenways for 2019-20
More fool you if believed the Department for Infrastructure was capable of simple, straightforward progress on cycling. Actually doing things they should be doing today. …
City centre cycleway wand issue – some tweets, images and videos
This is Alfred St right now. We're meeting @deptinfra this week about stopping this. @deptinfra has refused to acknowledge a problem exists or that a solution …
Thieves bored with Belfast Bikes now stealing three Gliders a week
The future of Belfast’s new rapid transit system is in doubt after eight Gliders were found in the Lagan last night. It’s understood that almost a …
Taxis in bus lanes plan scrapped
The Department for Infrastructure has scrapped the planned year long experiment to allow 4,500 private taxis into Belfast bus lanes. Hundreds of objections to the policy …
Hello relief road, goodbye active travel safety?
A knee jerk response to car driver anger looks set to put Belfast pedestrians and cyclists in direct danger this week. Belfast Harbour and the Department …
Transport Dept admits defeat in battle to solve Belfast congestion, turns to Mad Titan Thanos
Belfast’s chronic congestion intensified this week with the roll-out of 12 hour bus lanes to support the new Glider bus rapid transit system. Sources last night …
Taxis in bus lanes public consultation to be ignored?
Department declines to answer if stopping the ‘proposed experiment’ from going ahead is an option in current consultation In a worrying development for devolved government and …