My name is Thomas Bibby, I am an iOS Developer based in Limerick, Ireland. Read more about me»
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- Untitled October 14, 2019Excellent trolling by Limerick Council in their draft corporate plan
- Untitled October 7, 2019Three SUVs parked in a cycle lane.
- Untitled October 4, 2019It hasn’t been publicised much but there’s a new bus service from Limerick and UL to Newport, Rear Cross, and Thurles. 3 services a day, 7 days a week. Good to see new services for people commuting from rural areas.
- Untitled October 3, 2019Some people were asking me how I did my graph with commute times – I used the Apple Numbers app on my iPhone (free download). Here’s a video showing how I did it. I tapped the + button to add a graph, and the paintbrush button to edit the x axis.
- Untitled October 2, 2019My commuting options, city centre to university, to start work at 9. Would love to hear what other people’s choices are.
- Untitled September 24, 2019For people interested in the plans for O’Connell St in Limerick, the planners report with responses to the 60+ submissions is now online (PDF)
- Untitled September 23, 2019I (respectfully) disagree with my friends in Sinn Féin and Social Democrats who wanted to reduce local property tax in Limerick. 80% of wealth in Ireland is property. It’s right that we have a small increase in tax to pay for better local services.
- Untitled September 17, 2019Decision on O’Connell St upgrade was deferred yesterday for two weeks. A few of us are meeting tonight to discuss possible co-operation and next steps. Drop me a line if you’d like to come along!
- Untitled September 13, 2019Happy 80th birthday Dr. Walsh, but your vision of urban sprawl for Limerick is a vision for last century, not this one. The whole concept of a new university town in Clare is performative nonsense and should be stopped.
- Untitled September 11, 2019From 1982: RTÉ archive footage showing the “experimental” closing of Grafton St. to traffic. Dubliners at the time were reassured that if it didn’t work, it’d be reversed after a year. Nearly 40 years later, could we follow suit in Limerick? https://www.rte.ie/archives/2017/1123/922278-grafton-street-traffic-free/
- Untitled September 7, 2019The saddest thing about Limerick city centre is that it has no proper toy shop.
- Untitled September 4, 2019What happens when you concentrate development on the outskirts of a city and treat your city centre as a thoroughfare for private cars? Bad planning doesn’t just harm social inclusion, it harms economic activity too. https://www.irishtimes.com/business/commercial-property/limerick-has-3-5-times-more-vacant-office-space-than-galway-1.4007594?mode=amp
- Untitled August 31, 2019Sextons on Henry St has Cards Against Humanity and Franciscan Well beers on tap. Pizza’s pretty good too.
- Untitled August 30, 2019Enough. Too many pedestrians and cyclists are getting injured and killed in Limerick. Let’s say no to the roads engineers who want ring roads and car throughput: the more we build, the more (and the faster) the cars will come. Prioritise people over cars.
- Untitled August 28, 2019“The popularity of React is fueled by corporate-sponsorship, a tech industry seeking validation by becoming Hard and Masculine, and aggressive Capitalist principles…that result in Things being placed before People”
- Untitled August 28, 2019Workers from Limerick Civic Trust maintain the canal path I use to get to work. They do a fantastic job and it makes my commute safer and more enjoyable.
- Untitled August 22, 2019Had a close encounter tonight in the car park beside my flat.
- Untitled August 6, 2019Good news for those of us crying out for better public transport and cycling facilities in Limerick. And some bad news.
- Untitled August 4, 2019And Eoin in Limerick has been writing some brilliant articles about cycling, urbanism, and how to design people-centred cities and neighbourhoods. I’m always grateful when there’s another post of his to read.
- Untitled August 4, 2019Reading long-form articles that people have posted on their own websites makes me so happy. Paul from Kerry has been posting some fantastic and thought provoking pieces about masculinity recently – they’re worth a read.