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GARDAÍ HAVE CAUGHT 24 times more motorists than cyclists breaking red lights so far this year in Dublin.
The figures, released at a press conference in Dublin this morning, show that 1,296 cars in Dublin have been recorded breaking a red light so far in 2016 – 24 times the rate of cyclists caught breaking red lights (54) in the same period.
In response to a question from TheJournal.ie, Garda Superintendent Tom Murphy said zero pedestrians have died in collision with a cyclist, but he said one has been seriously injured.
Seven pedestrians have died in Dublin this year, gardaí added. They called on road users to respect red lights.
Pedestrians were involved in 42% of all fatal collisions in the Dublin metropolitan region between 2013 and 2016 to date. Some 11% of fatalities were cyclists.
Nine cyclists have died on Irish roads this year, including two in Dublin, plus several injuries, including a hit and run in Baldoyle, a collision with a taxi; a cyclist fatally knocked off his bike on a cycle lane; and the death of female commuter Donna Fox in the East Wall area of Dublin.
Rush-hour commute figures
While 24 times more motorists than cyclists were caught breaking red lights in the Dublin Metropolitan Region, there are five times more motorists (53,064) in Dublin city centre than cyclists (10,893) commuting into Dublin city centre every morning between 7am and 10am.
That’s according to the latest (2015) figures from the NTA and Dublin City Council. The cyclist figure rose 5% in 2015 from the year before.
CSO figures from 2014 say 3.3% of journeys in Dublin are by bike, while 18 times that amount (58.1%) are by car.
Motorcyclists are increasingly using the city’s bike lanes. Garda Superintendent Tom Murphy also said cycle lanes are solely for cyclists.
“Everybody has a responsibility to increase road safety,” he told a press conference in Dublin this morning.
That includes pedestrians, cyclists, motorcyclists or car or truck users.
Last month the National Transport Authority withdrew funding for cycling infrastructure across Dublin, due to the demands of the Luas cross-city project.
The Dublin Cycling Campaign, which drew up to 1,000 people to a protest against the low allocation (around 1%) of transport funding for cycling and walking this week, has said cyclists will continue to be killed as long as they share road space with buses, taxis and motorists.
The campaign wants 10% of transport funds to be dedicated for cycling and walking infrastructure, due to the high return on investment in terms of health and environmental benefits.
Squeeze on the quays
Dublin City Council has proposed a two-way cycle route along the north quays in Dublin city centre in a new report compiled by planners, although it may take years to come to fruition.
The road projects that have been stalled due to the lack of NTA funding include:
The segregated cycle paths would have cost between €5.7 million and €12.3 million, but staff and funding for the projects have been diverted to the €368 million Luas Cross-City project, and its attendant rerouting of city centre traffic plans.
At the time, Fianna Fáil’s Dublin spokesman John Lahart questioned whether the €1.5 million in EU funding allocated to South Dublin County Council for the Dodder Greenway was spent, and if so on what.
Labour Senator Kevin Humphreys said the decision shows a “total lack of interest” in cycling safety on the part of Shane Ross, the Minister for Transport.
Fine Gael councillor Paddy Smyth called the move to delay the bike schemes “bananas” and a “100% regressive step”.
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I’m a little confused as to how the jury bought a story of accidental killing – followed by dismemberment.. Accidents can and do happen, but surely cutting up the body would add a dimension to the situation that would veer a long way from “accidental”, I mean, dismemberment is pretty deliberate..
How on earth did he get away with that?
Yeah I don’t get that either , I wonder if he paid off the jury ? Or is that only in the movies !
He said he was trying to avoid any attention because of his previous case with his wife. Bottom line he’s a nut job.
He probably claimed that the killing was an accident and that he panicked and tried to hide the body in case he was later blamed for ‘murdering’ him. No previous, no known motive and probably claimed he was friends with the victim and that he was sooooo sorry!
Since when are RTE non entities given the titles of legends any wonder they go around with their heads in the clouds. Ive never even heard of this one.
Well she deserves credit for being the first female newsreader in rte. But a legend ? No .
Most women were able to read in the 1970′s! What had gender got to do with it?
Durst looks like a psycho
Well spotted.
He will get off again, if you have seen the doc you will see he wants to be caught, he seems to get a rush for getting away with it and has the money to do so.
Whatever happened to bibi baskin?
@Buckwheat
I think this article from December 2013 answers your question.
Apologies.
I forgot to paste the address.
http://www.businessandleadership.com/exporting/item/43849-bibi-baskin-to-talk-about-h
See talking to yourself… no good can come of it.
you can leave an Irish man all alone for 24 hours and what will you hear on a mic?
Sweet sweet silence
His defence team managed to convince the jury that the neighbor had let himself into Dursts apartment and had a gun,the neighbour, Black, was a well known aggressive troublesome person who no one liked, he convinced them the gun went off during a struggle but that he didn’t shoot him intentionally. Try watch the documentaries they explain it better. Why not show the lady now instead of her in 1975, or at least as well as…..?
Leg End or butt end or is there a happy end at all at all??
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