Next Public Meeting: Monday 10 June 2013 at 8pm

Location: Central Hotel (Exchequer St / George's St corner). Go up the stairs & then turn right!

Mon 10 June

Heather Boyle and Rachel Ormrod from Cycling Ireland will talk about various programmes that Cycling Ireland have to get people of all ages cycling.

Mon 8 July

AGM of the Dublin Cycling Campaign. A review of the past year and look to the future. And an opportunity new people to volunteer for roles within the campaign.

Mon 12 August

Paddy Cahill, Producer of the Cycling with... film series will speak about his team's new bicycle films.  The films are described by the Cycling with... team as follows: 
"Today’s cities face big problems, like polluted air, obese citizens and social exclusion.  Luckily, there's a simple solution: the bicycle.  We believe that if we share stories of inspiring people on bikes, we can encourage cities to take pro-cycling action.  So we have embarked on a mission to film 100 Cycling with... documentaries'.  

Paddy will talk about the project and show some of the short documentaries, including some previously unseen.
 

More at www.cyclingwith.com

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National Bike Week 2013 will run from Sat 15th June until Sun 23rd June. Watch this space for details + http://www.bikeweek.ie/ 

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We are currently compiling a list of presenters and topics for the remainder of our monthly meetings in 2013.  Please email us on info@dublincycling.ie (or make a posting on https://www.facebook.com/dublincycling) if you have ideas for hot topics for discussion!  Or, if you are a (student) researcher on a cycling topic and would like to present, we'd love to hear from you!  Our list of speakers has been far too male-dominated so do please have a think about exciting, influential women from the bicycle world who might like to speak.

New members are always very welcome.  Coming to a meeting is a great way to find out what is happening in the city, to share your experiences of bicycling in Dublin and to join forces with us to help advance our aims.  Do arrive early to be guaranteed a seat - numbers are ballooning month on month as the Campaign grows.

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Recent Talks

Mon 13 May

Iain Boal, the oral historian and cycling campaigner in the UK and US - on his Green Machine Tour of Dublin - treated Dublin Cycling Campaign to a really fascinating account of the history of the bicycle at our May monthly meeting.  Iain was in Dublin for a week-long residency as part of The Prosperity Project with artist Jesse Jones.  Thanks a million to Iain!  We look forward to reading his book soon.  We'll put a link to where the book is available soon too.  Here is a photo of Iain with Dr. Mike McKillen (Chairperson of Cyclist.ie) after the talk. 

Mon 08/April
Richie Byrne, the Godfather of Irish Mountainbiking (pic below!), on "The History, Current State & Future of Irish Mountain-biking"

        

Mon 11/March
Séamus Mac Gearailt, Director in Roughan O Donovan (ROD) Engineering, presented on "Planning Dublin's Cycle Network". Séamus is a Fellow of Engineers Ireland, an avid cyclist and team leader of the joint ROD / Aecom study on a future cycle network for the Greater Dublin Area (GDA). His presentation delved into the research and thinking underpinning the development of the proposed network spanning seven Local Authority areas. According to Séamus, the proposed network has the potential to revolutionise the development of cycling in the GDA and his talk considered the potential improvement of commuter routes, inter-urban connections and ‘green’ corridors. A sincere thanks to Séamus for giving over his time to speak. We hope to upload a copy of his presentation here soon.

Mon 11/Feb 2013
Dave Fadden and Ciaran Fallon addressed the topic: "On Our Bikes!? Ireland's National Cycle Policy Framework (NCPF)". Ireland has a National Cycle Policy since 2009 - but how did it come about and how is it working in practice?  Is it time to take stock? 
sites/dublincycling.ie/files/users/9/national_cycle_policy_framework_2009-2020.pdf

Dave Fadden (in white above, looking across at the NCPF) was a senior Civil Servant in the Department of Transport and was one of the architects behind the policy. He outlined how the national policy came to be and gave some more general insights into how strategy and policy is formulated within the Civil Service.  Presentation: /sites/dublincycling.ie/files/users/9/dave_fadden_-_2013_02_11.pdf

Ciaran Fallon (above right) was Ireland's first (and only) Cycling Officer and worked with Dublin City Council from 2009-2012.  Ciarán outlined some of the challenges encountered in putting the new policy into practice at a Local Authority level. 
Presentation: /sites/dublincycling.ie/files/users/9/ciaran_fallon_-_2013_02_11.pdf
 

Mon 14/Jan 2013
Michael Aherne of the National Transport Authority (NTA) delivered a talk entitled "Vision 2020 - The Good News for Cycling in Ireland" PDF 3MB.  Michael (pictured below) described the vision of the NTA in relation to growing cycling in Ireland over the coming years and provided an update on progress with the Cycle Network Study in the Greater Dublin Area (GDA), with specific flagship cycling projects and with wider developments in cycling transport.  Sincere thanks to Michael for accepting our invitation to speak. 

Mon 10/Dec 2012
At our December meeting we had presentations and discussions on the topic of carrying children on bikes in Dublin, based on the real life experiences of Dublin Cycling Campaign members with children - given by Dr. Ciaran Simms, Rob Carr and Derek Peppard. Below is a photo that one of our Facebook supporters, Mary Gleeson, posted on the DCC FB page a little while back showing her own vehicle for moving her family about.

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2012 Public Meeting Presenters

Dr. Ciaran Simms (TCD), Rob Carr, Derek Peppard on Carrying Children on Bikes [December]
Dr. Bidisha Ghosh (TCD) on Perceptions of Cycling Safety in Dublin [November]
Eugene Doran + Ciaran O’Byrne (Campaign members) on VOCA** Moribor, Slovenia [November]
David O’Connor (DIT) on Park(ing) Day 2012 [October]
Muireann O’Dea (Chair of Campaign) on Cycling in Munich [October]
Georgia Scott + Ally Menary + Ciaran O’Byrne (Campaign reps) on VOCA** Copenhagen [September]
James Leahy (Campaign rep) on the Velo-city conference in Vancouver [August]
Dara McHugh + Declan Brennan on the Accident Project [August]
Cycling and Gender conference - http://www.dublincycling.ie/conference2012 [June]
Frank Allen (RPA) on ‘Trams and Bicycles – Friends or Foes’ [June]
Damien + Conor + Sara + Colm (Campaign reps) on VOCA** and ECF* meetings, Vienna [May]
Eoghan Madden (Senior Engineer, Dublin City Council) on Cycling in Dublin [April]
Thorsten Peters (architect & Campaign member) on College Green / Shared Space [April]
Cian Ginty (journalist) on his Cycling newspaper [March]
Kieran Rush (architect & Campaign member) on his multi-storey bicycle park proposal [March]
Andrew McMurray (Belfast Cycle City Group) on Cycling in Belfast [February]
Sgt Fergus Mulhern (Donnybrook Garda Station) on Bike (Theft) Registers [February]
Will Andrews + Colm Ryder (Campaign Reps) on VOCA** Cyprus Meeting’ [February]

**VOCA = Volunteers of Cycling Academy European Project  http://www.dublincycling.ie/voca
ECF = European Cyclists' Federation  http://www.ecf.com/