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Our annual Light Up Your Bike promotion takes place every October. Partners of the Smarter Travel Programme are invited to register for bike lights and an allocation is delivered prior to the October Bank Holiday when the clocks go back. Social media posts on Instagram and X take place in the week up to the clocks going back. Posters and social media graphics were issued to partners who registered for use in their own in-house promotions. Overall 68 partners registered and a total of 25,000 lights were issued in our 2024 campaign. Please note: Bike lights are suitable for use as back up and should not be a cyclist’s primary bike light. The programme has been featured in the articles by Dublin City Council . Lucy Hayes, Dublin City Council Walking & Cycling Officer said, ‘’Dublin City Council is keen to support cycling as a year round fun and safe active travel option. It’s essential that along with the improved infrastructure and greenways for safer and more accessible cycling, cyclists must make sure they light up their bikes, both for each other and for other road users, as the darker evenings and mornings close in’’. More information can be found on our webpage here: www.nationaltransport.ie/tfi-smarter-travel/light-up-your-life-cycling-campaign/
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Interreg North West Europe Call 5 is now open, with deadline 16 th January 2025. It is likely to be the last call until approximately 2027 . You can learn about the requirements by watching back the info session held for Irish applicants. - EU funding Interreg NWE Call 5 info session for Irish partners Meeting Recording - YouTube Key details for Call 5: Projects require minimum of 3 partners from 3 different countries in the North West European Area. Projects receive 60% EU funding; partners must bring 40% co-financing. Choose an objective area that best matches your project idea. The objective areas include - SO 1.1 addresses the need to tackle innovation capacities imbalances in an integrated way by implementing strategies and using innovation capacities including the uptake of digital and (advanced) technologies, tools and solutions. Find the right partners for your idea and check out other projects looking for Irish partners at the Online Community Platfor m Further details available here: Call 5 | Interreg NWE (nweurope.eu) The key contact for Ireland is - Sarah Davoren ; email: sdavoren@southernassembly.ie
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The CycleConnects consultation is now open, and the NTA want to hear from you. Check out the details and share your thoughts on the environmental assessment and updated network plans. Learn more and participate The consultation will remain open until the 2 5 th October 2024 . Your input can help shape a greener, more connected future. #CycleConnects #SustainableTransport
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The Department of Transport has published its Strategic Approach to Public Engagement on Climate Action and Sustainable Mobility 2024-25. Its aim is to strengthen the social contract between the public and the State for climate action and sustainable mobility – through an inclusive programme of engagement at national, regional and community levels – and to empower the people of Ireland to take climate action. The guiding principle is that engagement is a two-way process, in which the State not only leads, but also listens and learns, working with communities and stakeholders across Ireland in a collaborative partnership, which is aimed at bringing about positive changes that will deliver a better, cleaner and fairer transport system for all of our people, both now and into the future. The objectives outlined in the Strategy are an integral part of the Whole-of-Government approach to climate engagement and communications, as outlined in Climate Action Plan 2024, and are aligned with Ireland’s commitment to the achievement of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals, notably SDG 13, ‘Climate Action’, and 11, ‘Sustainable Cities and Communities’. The Strategy can be viewed in both English and Gaeilge at www.gov.ie/en/publication/e3134-public-engagement-strategy/
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The overwhelming majority of people who decide to make greater use of use public transport and cycle more often are happy with their choices, a survey for the Department of Transport has revealed. Many would like to go further in changing how they travel. The second survey of public attitudes towards sustainable mobility, carried out by Red C Research, reveals that 87pc of respondents who stepped up their use of public transport in the six months to February of this year were satisfied with their decision. An even more positive picture emerges in relation to cycling, with no less than 89pc of those who used bikes more often saying they were pleased with the outcome. More than a third of those either cycling or using public transport more often said they would like to make further changes to their travel. Meanwhile, 93pc of respondents were aware of Government initiatives to facilitate and encourage cycling, walking and public transport. However, the survey also reveals that while two-thirds of the Irish public recognise the importance of Ireland reducing its greenhouse gas emissions, there persists an ‘awareness-intention gap’ in terms of the public’s willingness to make personal lifestyle changes, notably in relation to reducing car use. First survey In 2023, the Department of Transport engaged Red C to carry out a series of surveys of public opinion towards sustainable mobility over the course of two years, using a representative sample of 2,000 adults from across the country. The results have fed into the Department’s communications in support of sustainable mobility, including the Your Journey Counts advertising campaign. Some key findings from the first survey are summarised in the graphic below. The Department of Transport will share the results of the second survey with key stakeholders in the coming weeks. Meanwhile, a summary of the findings of the first survey is available from climateengagement@transport.gov.ie; the data can also be broken down by local authority area. The third survey of public attitudes towards sustainable mobility will be carried out by Red C in the second half of the year, with more to follow in 2025.
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Eamon Ryan TD, Minister for Transport, has published for public consultation a draft Strategy ' Moving Together: A Strategic Approach to the Improved Efficiency of the Transport System in Ireland’ along with a draft Implementation Plan. Moving Together has been developed to make our transport system more efficient and to alleviate the impacts of car-dependency and congestion on the economy, the environment and the health of our society. In line with binding sectoral targets under the Climate Action and Low-Carbon Development (Amendment) Act 2021, the transport sector must cut its emissions by 50% (relative to 2018 levels) by 2030. To achieve this target, Government is supporting a large-scale transition to Electric Vehicles (EVs), higher penetration levels of biofuels in the fuel mix and unprecedented investment in public and active travel infrastructure. However, these measures alone will not deliver the emissions reduction required for the transport sector, nor do they address issues relating to congestion and the associated costs of inefficient journeys to our society and the economy. Accordingly, this Strategy is the final key policy component in the decarbonisation pathway for the Transport Sector as outlined in the Climate Action Plan (23/24). The Department of Transport convened a cross departmental/multi-agency steering group to oversee the development of the draft Strategy. Six sub-groups were also established comprising a diverse range of national and international experts from government, industry, representative bodies, and academia, among others to consider areas of particular focus and to prepare related reports, which helped to inform the development of the Strategy. These reports have been published for information alongside the draft Strategy and Implementation Plan.