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Bike Week 2024 Family-friendly activities The National Transport Authority (NTA) is excited to announce Bike Week 2024 , taking place from Saturday May 11th to Sunday May 19th. This annual event celebrates the many benefits of cycling with over 900 events scheduled nationwide. From family-friendly activities to heritage cycles, maintenance workshops, and learn-to-cycle events, there is something for everyone to enjoy. 31 Local Authorities – with diverse events happening across the country All 31 local authority areas are participating in Bike Week, with events organised in collaboration with local sports partnerships. CEO of the National Transport Authority, Anne Graham , emphasises the importance of the week saying: “Bike Week 2024 is a fantastic opportunity people of all ages and abilities to come together and promote cycling as a sustainable and healthy form of transportation. The diverse events happening across the country, organised by our colleagues in the Local Authorities and Local Sports Partnerships ensure there is something suitable for everyone to enjoy. Whether it’s a bike festival, a community cycle or an information session, I encourage everyone to take part and help build a bike friendly society for all. ” A fun opportunity for Irish communities to embrace sustainable and healthy modes of travel Minister for Transport, Eamon Ryan , said ‘ Bike Week 2024 presents a fun opportunity for Irish communities to embrace sustainable and healthy modes of travel. With a wide range of events catering to individuals of all ages and abilities, I am delighted to see the event’s growing success year-on-year. “Encouraging cycling as a sustainable form of transport is not only important in helping to combat climate change, but also helps to free up our roads and reduce traffic congestion, making our cities and towns quieter, safer, and less polluted for everyone.”
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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.