Cycul
@cycul.bsky.social
Pushing & pedalling events/projects/products to promote cycle culture. #SocEnt est: 2010.
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Tyrone/Armagh
www.cycul.cc
Tyrone/Armagh
The car centric nature really hobbled what could have been a transport hub – connected to Glider, cycle lanes etc.
Anyhow – DFI seem to be banking everything on a poster about yellow boxes and a podcast with 161 downloads. If we get another year like last year, it's going to be a rougher ride.
Anyhow – DFI seem to be banking everything on a poster about yellow boxes and a podcast with 161 downloads. If we get another year like last year, it's going to be a rougher ride.
November 24, 2025 at 1:52 PM
The car centric nature really hobbled what could have been a transport hub – connected to Glider, cycle lanes etc.
Anyhow – DFI seem to be banking everything on a poster about yellow boxes and a podcast with 161 downloads. If we get another year like last year, it's going to be a rougher ride.
Anyhow – DFI seem to be banking everything on a poster about yellow boxes and a podcast with 161 downloads. If we get another year like last year, it's going to be a rougher ride.
Without a footbridge/underpass to carry pedestrians and cyclists over/under Durham St. to the entrance/exit – how will the pedestrian crossing affect the traffic flow? It could possibly be the busiest crossing in Belfast.
November 24, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Without a footbridge/underpass to carry pedestrians and cyclists over/under Durham St. to the entrance/exit – how will the pedestrian crossing affect the traffic flow? It could possibly be the busiest crossing in Belfast.
“…any new road cut through a densely developed area will, as a drain cut across a sodden field fills with water, attract enough vehicles to justify its existence in terms of flow.”
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November 24, 2025 at 1:19 PM
November 23, 2025 at 4:03 PM
November 23, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Great news - looks like something has shifted.
November 18, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Great news - looks like something has shifted.
cont… “could not be reasonably expected to deliver improved outcomes and may further damage stakeholder confidence in the Department’s ability to deliver modal shift.”
September 30, 2025 at 11:31 AM
cont… “could not be reasonably expected to deliver improved outcomes and may further damage stakeholder confidence in the Department’s ability to deliver modal shift.”
cont… “but not truly delivering increases in expenditure on the scale intended by the Act and expected by stakeholders. In our view, such an approach would be self-defeating in that simply reclassifying existing and ongoing expenditure lines…
September 30, 2025 at 11:31 AM
cont… “but not truly delivering increases in expenditure on the scale intended by the Act and expected by stakeholders. In our view, such an approach would be self-defeating in that simply reclassifying existing and ongoing expenditure lines…
cont… “There is a key risk that these revisions could create an impression of the Department’s actions not being within the spirit of the Act, and instead applying a window-dressing approach to comply with the Act…
September 30, 2025 at 11:31 AM
cont… “There is a key risk that these revisions could create an impression of the Department’s actions not being within the spirit of the Act, and instead applying a window-dressing approach to comply with the Act…
cont… “These revised estimates have been developed internally by the Department, and were not subject to consultation or formal engagement with external stakeholders…
September 30, 2025 at 11:31 AM
cont… “These revised estimates have been developed internally by the Department, and were not subject to consultation or formal engagement with external stakeholders…
3.34 “The impact of including these new costs within the estimates of baseline active travel expenditure significantly decreases the additional investment needed to meet the Climate Change Act target compared to 2024 baseline estimates…
September 30, 2025 at 11:31 AM
3.34 “The impact of including these new costs within the estimates of baseline active travel expenditure significantly decreases the additional investment needed to meet the Climate Change Act target compared to 2024 baseline estimates…
3.31 “Recent Departmental analysis indicates baseline annual annual expenditure on active travel has been £50 million.”
September 30, 2025 at 11:31 AM
3.31 “Recent Departmental analysis indicates baseline annual annual expenditure on active travel has been £50 million.”
“On the basis of the above, we do not consider that the Department is able to demonstrate that historically it
has achieved value for money in respect of its active travel spend.”
has achieved value for money in respect of its active travel spend.”
September 30, 2025 at 11:31 AM
“On the basis of the above, we do not consider that the Department is able to demonstrate that historically it
has achieved value for money in respect of its active travel spend.”
has achieved value for money in respect of its active travel spend.”
2.17 “lack of objectives & measurable targets – the active travel benefits of schemes were not always clear… Where targets were identified these were framed in terms of infrastructure rather than increased usage/active travel… in some cases, there were no targets set at all”
September 30, 2025 at 11:31 AM
2.17 “lack of objectives & measurable targets – the active travel benefits of schemes were not always clear… Where targets were identified these were framed in terms of infrastructure rather than increased usage/active travel… in some cases, there were no targets set at all”
2.14 “we attempted to analyse the proportion of new cycling infrastructure that was segregated. However, the Department was unable to provide this information as it has not been methodically gathering and collating such data.”
September 30, 2025 at 11:31 AM
2.14 “we attempted to analyse the proportion of new cycling infrastructure that was segregated. However, the Department was unable to provide this information as it has not been methodically gathering and collating such data.”