The Galway City Ring Road will see a massive reduction in traffic congestion in the city centre, and travel times cut by more than 40 per cent; or it will see even greater levels of traffic clog our roads and drastically increase Galway’s carbon emissions.
The long running, highly controversial, and often bizarre saga of the Galway City Ring Road is finally set to both come to an end, and begin to become a reality, following An Bord Pleanála’s decision, on Tuesday, to grant planning permission.
The long running, highly controversial, and often bizarre saga of the Galway City Ring Road is finally set to both come to an end, and begin to become a reality, following An Bord Pleanála’s decision, on Tuesday, to grant planning permission.
errands on it. it it also means you re not sweating the same way. and it also means it replaces a lot of car trips. that s a key thing to think about i know a bunch of people who have gotten them for things like dropping off kids and stuff like that. and you read in the piece that city government should purchase an electronic bicycle for every resident of 15 who wants one. they should also, this is key, shut down a significant number of streets. shutting down streets for some bikes s is key not only for safety, but also because of more inconvenient driving becomes, the more people start to consider other options. available to them as a free of charge mode of transportation that will often be faster than sitting in traffic and having to find parking spot. do you think this would work? oh, yes. we have to get cars off the street somehow. we have to get cars off the road somehow for every reason. pedestrian safety, bike safety, but mostly because of climate change carbon that they admit
i don t know. like it it feels like the city is open in a way that it wasn t before. and i don t know, i feel like everyone should feel that type of liberation and ability to sort of converse and meet with people and, you know, talk to people without having to sit inside their car. yeah. it s first of all, it s a very cool feeling because you feel like a super hero. it s the vision that i had as a kid of having like a cyber suit, where you are like ironman, where it s like you but you re stronger. so when you re pushing the pedals, there s extra umph, but you can put kids on it, runner rands on it. and it replaces a lot of car trips. i know a bunch of people who have gotten them for things like dropping off kids and stuff like that. you write in the piec