Galway Commuters
@galwaycommuters.bsky.social
Community advocacy for sustainable mobility in Galway
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We're back! After some time away we are relaunching our organisation to help bring about a Galway that is safer, healthier and easier to get around.
If you'd like to be involved please send us an email or drop us a DM!
If you'd like to be involved please send us an email or drop us a DM!
Delighted to have got a chance to meet the West on Track and GLUAS campaigns this evening.
We're all working to transform how we get around Galway, Connacht and the whole island.
Some nice light reading for us on the bus home! 😄
We're all working to transform how we get around Galway, Connacht and the whole island.
Some nice light reading for us on the bus home! 😄
November 13, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Delighted to have got a chance to meet the West on Track and GLUAS campaigns this evening.
We're all working to transform how we get around Galway, Connacht and the whole island.
Some nice light reading for us on the bus home! 😄
We're all working to transform how we get around Galway, Connacht and the whole island.
Some nice light reading for us on the bus home! 😄
GALWAY TO MAYO RAIL LINK FUNDED
Some good news for Galway's railway. The Minister of State for Transport Seán Canney announced that funding for the reopenning of the Athenry <-> Claremorris railway will be included in the National Development Plan.
www.independent.ie/regionals/ma...
Some good news for Galway's railway. The Minister of State for Transport Seán Canney announced that funding for the reopenning of the Athenry <-> Claremorris railway will be included in the National Development Plan.
www.independent.ie/regionals/ma...
November 6, 2025 at 9:38 PM
GALWAY TO MAYO RAIL LINK FUNDED
Some good news for Galway's railway. The Minister of State for Transport Seán Canney announced that funding for the reopenning of the Athenry <-> Claremorris railway will be included in the National Development Plan.
www.independent.ie/regionals/ma...
Some good news for Galway's railway. The Minister of State for Transport Seán Canney announced that funding for the reopenning of the Athenry <-> Claremorris railway will be included in the National Development Plan.
www.independent.ie/regionals/ma...
Good news out of the pre-budget discussions. Fares will not be rising this year.
The Government must continue to invest in capital and current expenditure for Public Transport particularly in Galway to make up for the historical lack of ambition which has left our city totally choked with traffic.
The Government must continue to invest in capital and current expenditure for Public Transport particularly in Galway to make up for the historical lack of ambition which has left our city totally choked with traffic.
October 3, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Good news out of the pre-budget discussions. Fares will not be rising this year.
The Government must continue to invest in capital and current expenditure for Public Transport particularly in Galway to make up for the historical lack of ambition which has left our city totally choked with traffic.
The Government must continue to invest in capital and current expenditure for Public Transport particularly in Galway to make up for the historical lack of ambition which has left our city totally choked with traffic.
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A reminder that this rally is happening this coming Thursday 2nd Oct.
Please support it if you can by joining us on the day or contact your local TDs & ask them to attend the Love 30 presentation in the AV room.
This effects rural Ireland as much as it does our larger towns and cities.
Bígí linn!
Please support it if you can by joining us on the day or contact your local TDs & ask them to attend the Love 30 presentation in the AV room.
This effects rural Ireland as much as it does our larger towns and cities.
Bígí linn!
Join us with Love 30 at the Dáil to defend 30km/h speed limits!
⭕️ Stop the U-turn on safer speeds
📍 Outside Dáil, Kildare Street D2
📆 2 October
⏰ 10.30am - 11.30am
30km/h limits SAVE LIVES. We need to stop this U-turn and YOU can help on Oct 2.
www.love30.ie/saving-lives...
⭕️ Stop the U-turn on safer speeds
📍 Outside Dáil, Kildare Street D2
📆 2 October
⏰ 10.30am - 11.30am
30km/h limits SAVE LIVES. We need to stop this U-turn and YOU can help on Oct 2.
www.love30.ie/saving-lives...
September 28, 2025 at 5:36 PM
A reminder that this rally is happening this coming Thursday 2nd Oct.
Please support it if you can by joining us on the day or contact your local TDs & ask them to attend the Love 30 presentation in the AV room.
This effects rural Ireland as much as it does our larger towns and cities.
Bígí linn!
Please support it if you can by joining us on the day or contact your local TDs & ask them to attend the Love 30 presentation in the AV room.
This effects rural Ireland as much as it does our larger towns and cities.
Bígí linn!
We're back! After some time away we are relaunching our organisation to help bring about a Galway that is safer, healthier and easier to get around.
If you'd like to be involved please send us an email or drop us a DM!
If you'd like to be involved please send us an email or drop us a DM!
September 26, 2025 at 7:09 PM
We're back! After some time away we are relaunching our organisation to help bring about a Galway that is safer, healthier and easier to get around.
If you'd like to be involved please send us an email or drop us a DM!
If you'd like to be involved please send us an email or drop us a DM!
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Another fine example of how a small group of well-funded residents can completely hold up Essential Infrastructure through the Judicial Review system to get their way
Very convenient how it also means their illegal car parking spots remain available
irishcycle.com/2025/09/23/d...
Very convenient how it also means their illegal car parking spots remain available
irishcycle.com/2025/09/23/d...
Dismissing privacy concerns of bus stop outside a house as an “annoyance” means planning decision is “legally defective” — High Court
A High Court Judge ruled today (Tuesday) that An Bord Pleanála “significantly mischaracterised” serious concerns of privacy and security relating to a bus stop being placed outside a ho…
irishcycle.com
September 24, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Another fine example of how a small group of well-funded residents can completely hold up Essential Infrastructure through the Judicial Review system to get their way
Very convenient how it also means their illegal car parking spots remain available
irishcycle.com/2025/09/23/d...
Very convenient how it also means their illegal car parking spots remain available
irishcycle.com/2025/09/23/d...
Yet another report describing the obvious.
Galway needs proactive and urgent investment in public transport and active travel. It is the only reliable way to tackle congestion and its massive associated costs.
#speirgorm
Galway needs proactive and urgent investment in public transport and active travel. It is the only reliable way to tackle congestion and its massive associated costs.
#speirgorm
May 24, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Yet another report describing the obvious.
Galway needs proactive and urgent investment in public transport and active travel. It is the only reliable way to tackle congestion and its massive associated costs.
#speirgorm
Galway needs proactive and urgent investment in public transport and active travel. It is the only reliable way to tackle congestion and its massive associated costs.
#speirgorm
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On the subject of 🚲 permeability, is anyone on friendly terms with a journalist who might be interested in participating in an active travel experiment?
The experiment being to compare the utility of walking versus cycling on a number of carefully selected routes through the centre of Galway City?
The experiment being to compare the utility of walking versus cycling on a number of carefully selected routes through the centre of Galway City?
May 16, 2025 at 8:23 PM
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A healthy society does not just happen; it requires us to rethink how we use our public space. In Galway, we have so much public space which is theoretically shared but which in reality is given over to motor vehicles.
mens sana in corpore sano
sanus hominibus sano societas (Google grazias)
mens sana in corpore sano
sanus hominibus sano societas (Google grazias)
Trial a Strand Road cycle path for 12 months
Dublin City Council won its legal case after years of Court battles. We cannot listen to those who are trying to block quick action on climate change, road safety, and increasing mobility options.
Please sign and share!
Dublin City Council won its legal case after years of Court battles. We cannot listen to those who are trying to block quick action on climate change, road safety, and increasing mobility options.
Please sign and share!
Trial a Strand Road cycle path for 12 months
I've just signed this petition calling on the council to trial a Strand Road cycle path for 12 months. Will you sign too?
my.uplift.ie
May 7, 2025 at 6:25 PM
A healthy society does not just happen; it requires us to rethink how we use our public space. In Galway, we have so much public space which is theoretically shared but which in reality is given over to motor vehicles.
mens sana in corpore sano
sanus hominibus sano societas (Google grazias)
mens sana in corpore sano
sanus hominibus sano societas (Google grazias)
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Pity WestOnTrack and other rail advocacy groups have not yet made the journey away from X to Bluesky.
A much-needed comprehensive train and light rail system for Galway needs to have bicycle access baked in, along #UniversalDesign principles.
@galwaycommuters.bsky.social
A much-needed comprehensive train and light rail system for Galway needs to have bicycle access baked in, along #UniversalDesign principles.
@galwaycommuters.bsky.social
This urban greenway in Galway, Millers Lane, is part of a well-planned train network 🚂🧵
April 29, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Pity WestOnTrack and other rail advocacy groups have not yet made the journey away from X to Bluesky.
A much-needed comprehensive train and light rail system for Galway needs to have bicycle access baked in, along #UniversalDesign principles.
@galwaycommuters.bsky.social
A much-needed comprehensive train and light rail system for Galway needs to have bicycle access baked in, along #UniversalDesign principles.
@galwaycommuters.bsky.social
Councils don't need planning permission for trial cycle routes? Looks like Galway should get moving on Salthill
Green light for Strand Road cycle path as High Court rulling overturned by the Court of Appeal
A High Court judgment which blocked a proposed 6-month trial of a cycle route on Strand Road in Sandymount in Dublin has today been overturned by the Court of Appeal. The project included making the road…
A High Court judgment which blocked a proposed 6-month trial of a cycle route on Strand Road in Sandymount in Dublin has today been overturned by the Court of Appeal. The project included making the road…
Green light for Strand Road cycle path as High Court rulling overturned by the Court of Appeal
A High Court judgment which blocked a proposed 6-month trial of a cycle route on Strand Road in Sandymount in Dublin has today been overturned by the Court of Appeal. The project included making the road one-way for cars. The judgment was delivered today after a long wait when the Court of Appeal reserved judgment in February 2023. The High Court ruling, which was appealed by Dublin City Council, had been in favour of Peter Carvill, of the Serpentine Avenue, Tritonville and Claremont Roads (STC) group, and Cllr Mannix Flynn (independent).
irishcycle.com
April 11, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Councils don't need planning permission for trial cycle routes? Looks like Galway should get moving on Salthill
The children in this city deserve to be able to make it home safe. The city council must do better, this should never happen again.
The Irish Cycling Campaign is deeply saddened by the heartbreaking news from Galway, where a 6 year old girl lost her life following a road traffic incident while cycling.
www.irishcyclingcampaign.ie/2025/04/trag...
www.irishcyclingcampaign.ie/2025/04/trag...
Tragedy in Galway: A Call for Safer Streets for Everyone
The Irish Cycling Campaign is deeply saddened by the heartbreaking news from Galway, where a 6 year old girl lost her life following a road traffic incident while cycling. Our thoughts and heartfelt s...
www.irishcyclingcampaign.ie
April 7, 2025 at 8:28 AM
The children in this city deserve to be able to make it home safe. The city council must do better, this should never happen again.