Tag: Department for Infrastructure
NI budgetary outlook for cycling is bleak
The Department of Finance is consulting on Budgetary Outlook scenarios for the period 2018-20, in lieu of a functioning government. You have until 5pm tomorrow to …
Comber Greenway widening project begins
A £350,000 scheme to widen a three mile urban stretch of the Comber Greenway has begun in East Belfast. The Comber Greenway is a traffic-free link …
When all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail
Many thanks for your email of 5 July 2017. I’ve included the relevant pieces of our correspondence at the bottom of the article. To summarise, as …
Belfast bus lane taxi trial ends (but attack on sustainable transport limps on)
The strange saga of the push to get thousands of private hire taxis into Belfast bus lanes continues as the Department for Infrastructure announces the end …
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.
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”
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
Department declines to answer questions ahead of taxis in bus lanes “trial”
Transport Department declines to respond to a series of questions about the shock announcement of a trial of taxis in Belfast bus lanes