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"We have a fix for Covid, there is no fix for climate change." Reimagining Ireland: Putting the bicycle first

Now it's time for "Reimagining Ireland", what would you like to see in a post pandemic Ireland? P...

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19.50 14 Apr 2021


"We have a fix for Covid, there is no fix for climate change." Reimagining Ireland: Putting the bicycle first


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19.50 14 Apr 2021


Now it's time for "Reimagining Ireland", what would you like to see in a post pandemic Ireland? Perhaps car free towns and cities and putting the push bike first?
Henry McKean jumped on his fold up bike and took a ride on the new Blackrock to Dun Laoghaire cycle path, meeting experts who have redesigned the town of Blackrock in Dublin, giving pedestrians and cyclists priority. Has it made a difference?

 

With contributions from Robert Burns Director, Infrastructure, Sustainable Mobility and Climate Change, Dun Laoghaire Rathdown. And Clara Clarke Irish Founder from Cycling Without Age.

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