Author: Bikefast
Object now to kill off DfI’s outdated cycling design culture
Two Department for Infrastructure (DfI) consultations on cycle route Orders closing this December need to be objected out of existence if the Department are ever going …
Dublin Road cycleway tales – the Translink twist
Government-owned public transport company, which is “fully committed to active and sustainable travel”, and reported it held no information on the Dublin Road cycleway, has been lobbying for months for the “immediate removal of pop-up cycle lanes”
Dublin Road cycleway tales – Translink
What position does Translink hold on the Dublin Road cycleway? Our information request reveals..
The Devil’s in the detail
A reluctance to capture and share fine-grained active travel data suits the culture of inertia at the Department for Infrastructure
#ChallengeMyDepartment
On 5 May 2020 Infrastructure Minister Nichola Mallon made a statement in the Northern Ireland Assembly on reimagining the places we live and work in light …
Shared past, shared present.. shared future?
How the Department for Infrastructure has prioritised substandard shared walking / cycling schemes since 2016, against policy and design guidance
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 …
Fight for a cycleway to Belfast City Hall
Department for Communities’ Five Cs project ignores cycling and may place another decades-long barrier in the way of city cycling network development, unless we act Yet …
Queen’s Quarter superblock
Freeing a city quarter from vehicle traffic and pedestrianising Botanic Avenue in the wake of coronavirus
How to deliver the Belfast Bicycle Network
It’s more than three years since the Department for Infrastructure (DfI) published its draft Belfast Bicycle Network Plan (BBNP). The imperative to decarbonise our society is …