Irish Cycle Campaign Groups

The Cork Cycling Campaign
The Dublin Cycling Campaign.

Cycle Advocacy and Safety

John Franklins Homepage , John is an expert witness on cycle safety and the author of "Cyclecraft; Skilled Cycling Techniques for Adults" of particular interest to Galway cyclists is his summary of research on cycle path safety.

The Cycle Campaign Network their newsletters and position papers are a "must read" for any cycle advocate

The Bicycle Research Reports of the European Cyclist's Federation, only available in German at the moment.

John Forester is one of the fathers of cycle advocacy and has written many papers on the the issues of cycling and cycle safety.

The Milton Keynes Cycle User Group is one of the most important and is a role model for the GCC

CHAINGUARD An important site for any cycle advocate

Cycle Tracks and Paths

Dublin's Cycle Paths: Documents what has been inflicted on Dublin's bicycle users in the name of the DTO's "strategic cycle network".

German site on similar bike path issues

Ghettoes in the Gutter from Croydon in London

Some examples of what Glaswegians have to put up with crappylanes

National / International Organisations

The Cyclists Touring Club

Broken ADFC Allgemeiner Deutscher Fahrrad-Club Germany's national cyclists' representative body.

Dansk Cyklist Forbund - Danish Cyclists' Federation

The European Cyclists Federation

The International Bicycle Fund

The Lothian Cycle Campaign interesting site from Scotland.

 London Cycling Campaign

Ontario Coalition for Better Cycling

Citizens for Safe Cycling

MassBike: The Massachusetts Bicycle Coalition

Bicycle Planning

The Cambridge Cycling Campaign has very comprehensive web site with links to many useful documents, of note are their own position papers on such things as "Left turn lanes", "One way Streets" and "Advanced Stop Lines" these are available in pdf format. (Irish legislation does not currently permit the construction or use of advanced stop lines.)

Daniel Convissor: Bicycles An interesting web site on all aspects of cycle planning

Cycling reference material . Courtesy of the Birmingham University Bicycle Users Group

Bike Plan Source American site with some interesting info.

Road "safety" in general

Is it Safe Part 1 This is an interesting paper from UK activists on the issue of "Road Danger" and road danger reduction.

Broken A Highway Code for Young Road Users Cycling from the UK Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

BUBUG - DRIVE SAFE CYCLE SAFE a guide on sharing the road from the Birmingham University Bicycle Users Group.

Newsgroups

These are good places to lurk and find out what the current thinking is on a range of issues ie_cycling is new all Ireland list for irish cycling activists. Elsewhere urbancyclist-uk is highly recomended, while the Chainguard  list is the daddy of them all!  You never know, you might subscribe yourself! (The Dublin-cycling is now defunct but the archives still contain interesting debates) 

Other sources

Irish National "Safety" Council Home Page

Government of Ireland, Access Page

uk.transport FAQ focussed on the UK but a useful list of questions and answers on transport

The UK Policies Study Institute is an independent "think tank" and a source of all kinds of interesting research.Policy Studies Institute Research Index

EUROSTAT (European Statistics Office) HOME PAGE

Priority Management for Vehicle Efficiency Environment and Road Safety on Arterials (PRIMAVERA)from Leeds University. Their Review of Traffic Calming Techniques is also worth checking out.

There are many useful sources of information available through the UK stationary Office The Stationery Office Books and the British Official Publications Current Awareness Service - Main Index

UNC Highway Safety Research Center University of North Carolina Highway Safety Site.

Institute of Transportation Engineers

The Facts About Cycle Helmets

Cyclehelmets.org The website of an international coalition of people with a special interest in cycling and cycle helmets. The coalition includes doctors, cycling safety experts, statisticians and people with professional involvement in helmet design and performance.

Cyclists Rights Action Group (CRAG) set up by Australian bicycle users in response to the disaster caused by that country's cycle helmet law.

Cycle-helmets.com This site documents the effects of the cycle helmet law on the bicycle users of Western Australia, it also contains useful international links and reviews.

Position paper of Canadian Physicians concerning a bicycle helmet law.

Ontario Coalition for Better Cycling (Canada) This site includes a range of position papers on cycle helmets (start with the FAQ page).

The Bicycle Helmet Safety Institute a pro helmet body.

NBSN Bikepage-A US site that actually promotes the responsible use of cycle helmets

For any NUI, Galway bicycle users here are links to selected summaries of other research papers available via the PUBMED system, of the National Institutes for Health in the U.S. (These links may not be available outside the university.)

Here is the abstract from a UK study on the effects of cycle helmets: the main finding: if pedestrians and motorists wore helmets it would save 12 times more lives than if cyclists wore them.

Here is the abstract . from another paper on the issue, the finding: the evidence on cycle helmets is limited and safety efforts should focus on accident reduction rather than on injury reduction.

A study on the effects of the Australian Cycling Helmet legislation, the main result: A massive fall in cycle use leading to a net reduction in health for the nation, helmets for motorists have the potential to save 17 times as many lives as helmets for cyclists

Interesting paper discussing the case of helmets for children