But at least the routes would be segregated, with a continuous concrete kerb to safeguard against encroachment by traffic. Other cities have invested heavily in cycling infrastructure, and it is long past time for Dublin to fall into line. Seville, for example, managed to create a 160km cycleway network in just a few years, vastly increasing the number of cyclists. Under the Government’s Project Ireland 2040 strategy, billions of euro would be spent on roads and rail-based public transport schemes such as Metrolink, while a miserable amount has been allocated for cycling infrastructure. These skewed priorities urgently need to change to meet the not unreasonable demand from cycling campaigners that at least 10 per cent of the national transport budget should go towards catering for this environmentally sustainable mode.

Source: The Irish Times April 05, 2019 23:03 UTC