Millions of euro has been allocated to improved cycling infrastructure, but councils in Limerick & Galway are voting against more cycle lanes, reporter Sharon Lynch has a special report Galway School Cycle Bus Limerick School Cycle Bus

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Thanks to Sharon Lynch for coming down to chat to us and some of the children about their experiences on the cycle to school. Recently, we've had good engagement with engineers from Galway City Council so fingers crossed we might see some positive interventions soon 🤞

Breis agus daichead ar an Salthill Cyclebus ar maidin. Jab iontach déanta ag na páistí agus na marshallí comh maith. It was great to see more than forty partake in the Salthill Cycle Bus this morning.Galway Cycling Campaign (Feachtas Rothaíochta na G Galway Sports Partnership Irish Cycling Campaign #bikeweek #kidsonbikes #galway

Great end to #BikeWeek on the cycle bus! There was on average over 120 children cycling into Gaelscoil Mhic Amhlaigh nearly every day. The daily congestion was at the bike racks rather than vehicular traffic on the roads! #CycleBus 🚲🌞☺️

We just counted 168 bikes Gaelscoil Mhic Amhlaigh today. This must be some sort of world record. Well, Irish record anyway if we exclude our Dutch and European cousins! What do you reckon Green-Schools?? Anyone beating us?? Connacht/CityTribune Galway Bay fm News #SafeRoutesToSchool

Galway School Cycle Bus Gaelscoil Mhic Amhlaigh Green-Schools Connacht/CityTribune Galway Bay fm News Limerick School Cycle Bus Grace Park Cyclebus East of the Corrib Cycle Bus Sandymount Cycle Bus D12 Bike Bus Network Galway Advertiser Galway Cycling Campaign (Feachtas Rothaíochta na G 35 scooters at the racks too and probably another 15-20 smaller children dropped off by parents by cargo bike/bike seat/trailer. Hundreds more walking. There was a totally different atmosphere around the school gates.👏

Trialling Carlow Educate Together National School's first Bike Bus on Monday morning. Hopefully, it'll be the first of many. Thanks for the inspiration Limerick School Cycle Bus Galway School Cycle Bus D12 Bike Bus Network Sam Balto #bikeweek23 CountyCarlowEnvironmentalNetwork

We're certainly getting there! And with the huge numbers of children cycling independently, in groups or with ourselves, what's really noticeable is how patient car drivers have become in the past few weeks. The warm weather has put everyone in a good mood!😊🌞🚲🌞

So ends year 5 of the Galway CycleBus! Galway City Council have delivered & progressed some good active travel schemes recently & we have🤞 for rumoured but really ambitious plans on our route. Thanks to all the students,parents,schools, & marshals for their continued support #CycleBus

This is awful but not surprising. The Galway Cycling Campaign (Feachtas Rothaíochta na G Galway School Cycle Bus and Irish Cycling Campaign have requested traffic calming measures be put on Ballymoneen Rd because of aggressive driver behaviour & habitual speeding. Ballymoneen Rd is the worst part of our journey to school every morning.

Quote is from an open letter to Galway City Councillors by Galway School Cycle Bus . I think about it every time this happens. advertiser.ie/galway/article…

We sometimes describe the #BikeBus as a mobile cycle lane, and this neighbour’s perspective of us shows that when we don’t have a cycle lane, we make one. With our bodies. “Parents as infrastructure” as James Bonner coined. #bicibus #SafeRoutesToSchool

Ding ding🛎🛎! Back for year 6 of the cyclebus in the morning!Same departure time at Cappagh Stores at 8.05 (Park and Cycle available🚗➕🚲),arriving Knocknacarra NS at 8.24, & Gaelscoil Mhic Amhlaigh at 8.27. Join us for a spin anywhere along the route! #CycleBus #SafeRoutesToSchool

#Ecolution is live on RTÉjr Podcasts now! And catch it on RTÉjr Radio at 7pm. This week we are chatting about Cycle Buses. RTÉ Green-Schools GS na Fuinseoige Knocknacarra NS Galway School Cycle Bus Safe Routes to School Cllr. Alan Curran HealthyIreland rte.ie/radio/podcasts…

RTÉ Green-Schools GS na Fuinseoige Knocknacarra NS Galway School Cycle Bus Safe Routes to School Cllr. Alan Curran HealthyIreland Ecolution: Hop on the Cycle Bus to school! rte.ie/kids/2023/0927… via RTÉ

Could this be the beginning of the end for the Knocknacarra cyclebus? We hoped to retire after a couple of years, but we'll happily bow out after 6 😊. Lots of positive things happening in Galway at the moment. Who would have thought!? Looking forward to seeing further details!

#BetterGalway The rolling cycle lane has changed hearts and minds in Galway. For the better.

And there we have it, in black and white! After 6 years of campaigning for safer routes to school, €650,000 allocated this year for segregated cycle lanes on the wdr. Thanks to the NTA, Galway City Council, Galway Cycling Campaign (Feachtas Rothaíochta na G & all our supporters throughout the years 🥳🥳🚲🚴‍♀️ #CycleBus

Ding ding🛎🛎! Join us this week during BikeWeek for a cycle to school. Departure time at Cappagh Stores at 8.05 (Park and Cycle available🚗➕🚲), arriving Knocknacarra NS at 8.24, & Gaelscoil Mhic Amhlaigh at 8.27. Join us for a spin anywhere along the route! #BikeWeek2024 #CycleBus