Dublin’s BusConnects: Seven years on from launch, public is yet to reap full rewards of plan irishtimes.com/transport/2024…

Funding of third-level education: fundamental issue must be addressed - urgently. Patrick O'Donovan Simon Harris TD irishtimes.com/opinion/editor…

"Mayor of Wexford says he has been inundated with complaints. Despite having attended the official launch of the scheme, he says he’s not in favour of it." Frosty reception for Wexford e-scooter trial as appeal made to ‘give this a fair opportunity’ independent.ie/regionals/wexf…

Wow, massive bill for conversion of urban buses to zero emissions…or is it? Here’s the small print: “Significant portion of this expenditure would be necessary in any event to replace vehicles that came to end of their efficient service lives”. Ok then irishtimes.com/politics/2024/…

📢 New research just published on the dynamics of of bike-sharing demand in the context of a medium-sized car-oriented city. With Alexandros Nikitas and colleagues from ESN UAM Poznań Open access: sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Its not planning permission, but it is a positive step and should the project get planning permission they can hit the ground running..... 🤞🤞🤞 metrolink.ie/en/news/latest…

And it was all yellow! Wow Cold Play

Aslan in Croke Park well done ⁦Coldplay⁩

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A massive congratulations to our PI 🇺🇦 Niamh Moore Cherry for chairing a very successful @IGC2024Dub! It was a week full of inspiring exchanges that demonstrated the value of interdisciplinary & community led research.Well done Niamh! Science Foundation Ireland #NationalChallengeFund #NextGenerationEU

More evidence that secure bike parking is critical: New study of Melbourne finds that apartment residents are more than 2x as likely to own a bike if they have access to off-street bike parking (i.e., inside their building). doi.org/10.1016/j.tra.…

Liffey quays ‘flowing really well’: Bus users look to be biggest winners in Dublin traffic changes irishtimes.com/ireland/dublin…

Last week was busy for us at @IGC2024Dub: Keyvan Hosseini & Dean Phelan (Ó Faoláin) presented our co-creation method, while Rachel McArdle spoke about community mapping at a public engagement event at Royal Irish Academy sponsored by our project and Science Foundation Ireland #NationalChallengeFund #NextGenerationEU

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Fantastic to see this scale & ambition delivered for public transport in Belfast £350m Grand Central Station to open in Belfast rte.ie/news/2024/0906… via RTÉ