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    Latest News: Thank you for your patience during our recent Server move

Latest: November 2004 Western Health Board confirms financial backing for signs project

Recent: 10/10/04 Galway Cyclists welcome amendments to city development plan 

Recent:October 2004 Western Health Board express interest in backing signs project 

5/10/04 Seminar on Safe Cycling Techiques at NUI, Galway 

October 2004 GCC redoubles lobbying effort over cyclist-hostile draft city plan
 

22/09/04 "Car Free Day" brings additional funds for signs project 

3/09/03 GCC members attend Obesity Task Force consultation event  

7/06/04 Cycling groups make last minute submissions submisson to National Obesity Task Force 

Galway Cycling Campaign Mirror Site

Who we are

The Galway Cycling Campaign is a group that exists to forward the interests of ordinary everyday adult bicycle users, we have the following core aims.

  • Safer conditions for cycling
  • Planning that gives equal priority to all road users
  • Improvement of existing facilities
  • Secure parking for bikes
  • Recognition of the rights and responsibilities of all road users by all road users

More About the GCC

Campaign Address

Galway Cycling Campaign

c/o Galway One World Centre, The Halls, Quay St. Galway, Co. Galway, Ireland.

e mail: Galwaycyclist@yahoo.co.uk

Contact us

New information sheets March 2004.

History of Cycle Tracks: How the National Socialist Regime of the 1930's/40's. and their post war successors, used cycle tracks for the explicit purpose of clearing cyclists out of the way and encouraging a switch to the mass use of private motor cars in German towns and cities.

Review of Irish Cycle Facilities Manual available in PDF format (1.37 MB includes cover sheet and corrections)     1.2 MB MS Word '97 Format still available here

Available Now!: Share the Road Information Pack is Free to Public

    Recent Achievement:  03/10/04 Galway City Community Forum rejects use of Roadside Cycle Tracks.

Some of our Information Sheets

NOTE:
These information sheets are intended as general guidance for adult road users who are fully aware of the rules of the road and who can exercise their own judgement based on their knowledge of both the local conditions and of their own abilities and limitations. They are not intended as guidance for children.

  View the full set of information sheets

Essential Reading

Galway's Roundabouts: Life outside a car in the "City of the Tribes"

Galway's Cycle Paths: What Galway Corporation calls "Cycle Lanes"

 

    

Previous News Stories

Recent: 13/5/04 National Safety Council spark fury with Helmet Law call

28/05/04 Cyclist Demo held in Dublin to demand dismissal of NSC staff

21/05/04 Bicycle Helmet Research Foundation issue detailed rebutals of National Safety Council claims

13/5/04 National Safety Council spark fury with Helmet Law call

06/05/04 Minister calls for increased speed limits

1/05/04 Cycle Campaign Network meet in Dublin

April GCC Delegation makes submission to City Council Transport Committee

21/04/04 GCC Holds AGM

01/03/04 Cyclists reject Department of Transport's claims

17/02/04 Cycle Campaigners renew call for "cycle track network" plans to be scrapped as Dublin figures show 16% drop in cyclists.

08/02/2004 GCC launches last minute lobbying effort over cyclist hostile draft city plan

03/10/2003 Galway City Community Forum rejects use of cycle tracks.

12/11/2003 Cyclists call for warning signs and speed ramps on University road as controversial pedestrian crossing goes in.

25/09/2003 Cyclists back privatisation of speed limit enforcement

August 2003 GCC makes submission on speed limit review process

July 2003: Dublin Cycling Campaign joins wider efforts to scrap National "Safety" Council

4/06/03 City Plan Submission focuses on Cycle Parking, Integrated Transport and Road Design

21/5/03 City Council Rejects Cyclist Safety Measures During Broadband Work

May 2003 Signs project gets further funding

15/05/03 Cycle Parking at Ceannt Station

9/05/03 7up Withdraw Poster after GCC Lodges Complaint.

02/04/03 Cycling Campaign Holds AGM

8/02/03 Irish Cycling Campaign meeting held in Portarlington

5/02/03 Cycle Campaign back Tuam councillors over one-way street controversy

9/5/02 Report reveals that DoELG and DTO distributed dangerous design guidance to Irish Local Authorities.

01/01/03 Cyclists describe Quirke road decision as "partial victory"

2/12/02 Cork, Galway Cycle Campaigns call for state embargo on cycle track funds.

4/11/02 GCC calls for adoption of standard European speed limits

22/9/02 Car Free Day marked with party in Galway.

16/9/02 Safety warning issued over "cycle lane" devices on Western Distributor Road

10/9/02 Oral hearing held into Eyre Square Scheme

July 2002 Cyclists told to get off and walk at oral hearing on Seamus Quirke Rd.

9/5/02 Report reveals that DoELG and DTO distributed dangerous design guidance to Irish Local Authorities.

27/4/02 Galway City Community Forum holds "Day of Action" on pedestrian/ cyclist/wheelchair access to city

22/4/02 Call for National Safety Council to scrapped in wake of motor insurance scandal

17/4/02 Cyclists snubbed in City roadworks programme

6/4/02 Objection lodged with An Bord Planeala over roundabouts and cycle paths threatened for Quirke Rd

January 2002: Two more roundabouts and cycle paths threatened for Quirke Rd.

November 2001: GCC contacts Garda Commissioner over red lane markings on Western Distributor Road

2nd October 2001: Ministers Contacted on Road Safety

September 2001: Car Free Day a "Damp Squib" in Galway

August 2001: Cyclist hostile steps installed at Dyke Road/Quincentennial Bridge.

July 2001: Submission to City manager on Bike Parking.

April 2001: Submission to Irish Medical Organisation on Compulsory Cycle Helmets.