Sir, – To mark National Bike Week, could Dublin City Council please inspect and repair the cycling infrastructure that it has installed throughout the city? Every time that the council opens a new stretch of segregated bike lane, it does so to great fanfare but within weeks, the bollards are broken or crushed by road traffic colliding with them.
Throughout Dublin 2 and 6 for example, I witness every day delivery trucks driving with impunity over the bollards to park in the 24-hour cycle lanes. The damaged bollards then create an obstacle course for beleaguered cyclists forced back into the car traffic lanes.
We congratulate ourselves when infrastructure is completed in this country but more often than not, we fail to maintain it. – Yours, etc,
DAVID LOUGHLIN,
RM Block
Rathmines,
Dublin 6.
Sir, – It’s great to see so many events across the country to celebrate National Bike Week. It would also be great to see more robust commitments from the Government on better provision for cyclists, for pedestrians and for road safety.
Among other things, there is one small way in which car drivers could help too; please use indicators to signal an intention to turn. Those of us on two wheels are not mind readers. – Yours, etc,
IVANA BACIK TD,
Dáil Éireann,
Leinster House,
Dublin 2.
Sir, – As an older cyclist I agree with both letter writers regarding the benefits of cycling (Letters, May 12th).
However, I fear that the great David Attenborough might not agree with an age cap of 100 as suggested by Hugh McDonnell. – Yours etc,
SONIA GIBBONS,
Athy Road,
Carlow.
