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Pushing & pedalling events/projects/products to promote cycle culture. #SocEnt est: 2010. www.cycul.cc Tyrone/Armagh

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Cycul @cycul.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
1 year ago the @NIAuditOffice recommened @infrastructure-ni.gov.uk establish a co-designed stakeholder forum. DfI told Peter Martin (DUP) – chair of Infra Committee – in Jan ‘26 that a forum would meet in May ‘26. Still no forum. ✅ Still no oversight. ✅ Still no engagement.✅ Still no delivery.✅
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Cycul @cycul.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
In response to Chair at Infra Committee in January ‘26 – the first @infrastructure-ni.gov.uk Active Travel Stakeholder Forum is due to meet this May. Has Belfast Council had an invitation? @briansmyth99.bsky.social @sdlp.bsky.social @allianceparty.bsky.social youtu.be/urG2xIXvSn0?...
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Committee for Infrastructure - Wednesday 14 January 2026
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Omg. WTF is Happening? @lalahaenzy.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again. #Pinks #ProudBlue
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Cycul @cycul.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
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a close up of a person 's face with the words " the horror , the horror " written below it
ALT: a close up of a person 's face with the words " the horror , the horror " written below it
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Cycul @cycul.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
“@niauditoffice.bsky.social did in 40 pages what MLAs failed to for 20 years – check whether @infrastructure-ni.gov.uk plans were anything other than wood pulp” sluggerotoole.com/2026/01/31/d... @otoolematthew.bsky.social @seamasbelfast.bsky.social @briansmyth99.bsky.social @erichanvey.bsky.social
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DFI punched in the face over its active travel strategy…
For two decades, the Department for Infrastructure (DfI) published unchallenged plans regarding its Active Travel strategies. Like Tyrell Biggs’ pre-fight plan to defeat Mike Tyson, their plans eventu...
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Cycul @cycul.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Here's a summary… bsky.app/profile/cycu...
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Cycul @cycul.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
A member of the public gallery speaks for all NI’s active travel stakeholders during @infrastructure-ni.gov.uk’s evidence session yesterday, on the damning Active Travel report by @niauditoffice.bsky.social It was one #FacePalm after another for over an hour.
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Cycul @cycul.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
The @infrastructure-ni.gov.uk were at the @NIAInfra committee today answering questions on the @niauditoffice.bsky.social recent report on Active Travel. #ActiveTravelAuditNI You can watch here: t.co/gPasFnfvEQ
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https://youtu.be/urG2xIXvSn0?list=PL5lnNfzfEzh6VY3KKhXlzQKDeaPybakQI&t=6253
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Cycul @cycul.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Great line on #InducedDemand from @trafficintowns.bsky.social “…any new road cut through a densely developed area will, as a drain cut across a sodden field fills with water, attract enough vehicles to justify its existence in terms of flow.” #TrafficInTowns trafficintowns.uk/index.php/bo...
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Cycul @cycul.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Pantin in Paris already looks like this. www.google.com/local/place/...
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Canal de l'Ourcq
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Emma @belfastbikemum.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Pavement parking is ubiquitous in #Belfast (👏 city planners) but the utter selfishness of some drivers still manages to shock me. My 6 year old just about managed to squeeze past this one but if I had a pram? Or a wheelchair? I’d be on the road at rush hour, put in danger so someone can park 😒
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Cycul @cycul.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
By 2030 Paris will have removed 70,000 parking spaces and replaced them with this…
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Cycul @cycul.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
The car centric nature really hobbled what could have been a transport hub – connected to Glider, cycle lanes etc. Anyhow – DFI seem to be banking everything on a poster about yellow boxes and a podcast with 161 downloads. If we get another year like last year, it's going to be a rougher ride.
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Cycul @cycul.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Without a footbridge/underpass to carry pedestrians and cyclists over/under Durham St. to the entrance/exit – how will the pedestrian crossing affect the traffic flow? It could possibly be the busiest crossing in Belfast.
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Cycul @cycul.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
“…a drain cut across a sodden field…” bsky.app/profile/traf...
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Cycul @cycul.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
“Google is a highly promising newcomer, with a large database, an intelligent system of ranking hits by relevancy (popularity), and local cache access to pages that have disappeared since it's crawl or are otherwise unavailable. Check it out, as it looks set to become a future champ.”
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Cycul @cycul.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
@droghedacycling.bsky.social
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Cycul @cycul.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
@droghedacycling.bsky.social
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Cycul @cycul.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
Good to meet up with other cycle campaigners from across Ireland at the @irishcyclingcmpn.bsky.social “Crossing Borders Conference”in Drogheda - and thanks to Quay Cycles in Drogheda for the bike hire.
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Cycul @cycul.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
Great spin along the Boyne river in Drogheda with @irishcyclingcmpn.bsky.social at the Cycling Across Borders: All Ireland Cycle Campaigners Conference.
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Cycul @cycul.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
Down at the “Cycling Across Borders: All Ireland Cycle Campaigners Conference” in Drogheda, organised by @IrishCycle Hearing about all the new infrastructure projects underway in ROI is going to be a tough listen!
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Cycul @cycul.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
Great news - looks like something has shifted.
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Shane McKee @shaneir.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
#ShareTheShore just got real! @meabc.bsky.social Mid&East Antrim Council have launched a consultation on opening up long-denied pedestrian access to our beautiful forbidden beach. www.midandeastantrim.gov.uk/things-to-do... - please give your views (i.e. YES!!!). Thanks, and please REPOST!
A beagle on a beach. The tide is out, the sun is shining, and the sky is a beautiful blue. Where would you rather be? #ShareTheShore is a hashtag adopted by local residents of Greenisland near Carrickfergus to campaign for access to our (i.e. owned by the Council) beach, that is currently closed off and inaccessible to residents who live a matter of metres away. We have to trespass or climb high forbidding fences just to access what is on our doorstep. We want residents and visitors to be able to experience the beauty of our shoreline, to be able to enjoy and care for our environment and neighbourhood. The benefits to physical and mental health, as well as a sense of community, are self-evident. Please visit the consultation, fill out the form, and say YES! Thank you! Oh, and share the heck out of this - we want as many people as possible to see this and #ShareTheShore https://www.midandeastantrim.gov.uk/things-to-do/parks/countryside-access/public-right-of-way
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The Underground Map @theundergroundmap.com · 28/10/2025
The Shipping Forecast 📷 Sally Castle (linocut) #ott #offtopictuesday
The Shipping Forecast
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Laine Johnson @lainejohnson.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
I've been up to something. For many, it's not worth making a big deal of it. But for me, it's been a goal for a long time. I started commuter cycling from #collegeward. I think it makes sense to share this as my entry into the #weekwithoutdriving challenge.
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Cycul @cycul.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
cont… “could not be reasonably expected to deliver improved outcomes and may further damage stakeholder confidence in the Department’s ability to deliver modal shift.”
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Cycul @cycul.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
cont… “but not truly delivering increases in expenditure on the scale intended by the Act and expected by stakeholders. In our view, such an approach would be self-defeating in that simply reclassifying existing and ongoing expenditure lines…
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Cycul @cycul.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
cont… “There is a key risk that these revisions could create an impression of the Department’s actions not being within the spirit of the Act, and instead applying a window-dressing approach to comply with the Act…
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Cycul @cycul.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
cont… “These revised estimates have been developed internally by the Department, and were not subject to consultation or formal engagement with external stakeholders…
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Cycul @cycul.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
3.34 “The impact of including these new costs within the estimates of baseline active travel expenditure significantly decreases the additional investment needed to meet the Climate Change Act target compared to 2024 baseline estimates…
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Cycul @cycul.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
3.31 “Recent Departmental analysis indicates baseline annual annual expenditure on active travel has been £50 million.”
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Cycul @cycul.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
While not at the level originally intended, the
projects which have been delivered to date have still required substantial investment... The evidence available does not demonstrate that the investment made has materially improved cycling rates.”
Northern Ireland Audit Office
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Cycul @cycul.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
“On the basis of the above, we do not consider that the Department is able to demonstrate that historically it has achieved value for money in respect of its active travel spend.”
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Cycul @cycul.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
2.17 “lack of objectives & measurable targets – the active travel benefits of schemes were not always clear… Where targets were identified these were framed in terms of infrastructure rather than increased usage/active travel… in some cases, there were no targets set at all”
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Cycul @cycul.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
2.14 “we attempted to analyse the proportion of new cycling infrastructure that was segregated. However, the Department was unable to provide this information as it has not been methodically gathering and collating such data.”
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Cycul @cycul.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
“The significant increase in journeys undertaken by bicycle has bicycle has not been achieved”
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Cycul @cycul.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
2.12 “The investment that has been made has had little discernible impact upon behaviours The evidence available does not demonstrate that the investment made has materially improved cycling rates in line with the Department’s intentions.”
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Cycul @cycul.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
The report correctly highlights that: The Department gave evidence to Stormont that it's annual spend in 2022-23 was £13.3 million. Since then it has “reconsidered how it had been interpreting what expenditure” and now claims to spend ~£50M per year.
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Cycul @cycul.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
The @niauditoffice.bsky.social has published it's report on @infrastructure-ni.gov.uk progress on Active Travel in Northern Ireland. “There is also no evidence that delivery to date has significantly increased active travel rates.” t.co/sWNbZn3DXm
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https://www.niauditoffice.gov.uk/publications/active-travel-northern-ireland
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Cycul @cycul.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
BOUNCED CHEQUES People want their investment back —— New article up on @SluggerOToole Have a read, leave a comment. sluggerotoole.com/2025/06/20/b...
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Bounced cheques. People want their investment back…
The Department for Infrastructure produced their Bicycle Strategy 10 years ago. It promised a revolution in transport. It’s delivered nothing. It now feels like a rather large bounced cheque – some pe...
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Cycul @cycul.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
I'm afraid I have no answer.
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Cycul @cycul.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
BOUNCED CHEQUES People want their investment back —— New article up on @SluggerOToole Have a read, leave a comment. sluggerotoole.com/2025/06/20/b...
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Bounced cheques. People want their investment back…
The Department for Infrastructure produced their Bicycle Strategy 10 years ago. It promised a revolution in transport. It’s delivered nothing. It now feels like a rather large bounced cheque – some pe...
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Cycul @cycul.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
“Between 1969 and 2001 3,532 people died during the troubles. During the same period 7291 died on the roads.” sluggerotoole.com/2025/02/04/r...
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Road deaths – An acceptable level of violence?
Between 1969 and 2001 3,532 people died during the troubles. During the same period 7291 died on the roads. The Troubles are a constant reminder of the suffering caused by violence and a context for u...
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Cycul @cycul.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
Worth mentioning - you can’t own a car in Japan unless you have a certificate (Shako Shomeisho) proving you have a designated parking space. You can’t store your car on a public street/street.
Tokyo rail map.
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Cycul @cycul.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
We meet at last…
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Lemmy Caution @mysterioso.eurosky.social · 13/06/2025
I quite enjoyed this fella's style.
A man on a very tall bike, balancing himself against a traffic light.
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Cycul @cycul.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
Thanks for coming along this morning for a simple, safe and stress free cycle down to city hall for breakfast. Thanks to Dep. Lord Mayor @PaulDoherty___ for the warm welcome and @belfastcc for the continued support.
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IdeaspaceNI @ideaspaceni.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
Ive given up. Just been down Corporation st. and even though there is a belfast bikes stand outside City Quays park, the cycle lane is a road to nowhere onto the footpath. No cycling sign onto it aswell.
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Cycul @cycul.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
WALKING & CYCLING CHAMPION DAY. #WACCday –– It’s 5 years since DFI created the Walking & Cycling Champion. It’s a day to celebrate the achievements & transformations delivered by DFI over that time. Has your life changed forever… for the better? Share your stories…
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Department for Infrastructure @infrastructure-ni.gov.uk · 28/04/2025
Speaking in the Northern Ireland Assembly today, Infrastructure Minister Liz Kimmins gave an update on the pedestrianisation of Hill Street in Belfast.
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