My name is Thomas Bibby, I live in Killaloe, Ireland. Read more about me»
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- Untitled August 16, 2022Interesting new research from Trinity: over half of Irish office workers feel they are more productive working from home. Lots of fascinating insights in this open access paper.
- Untitled August 1, 2022The Minister for Transport signed a Statutory Instrument last month bringing the rest of the country into the laws governing public transport fares in Dublin, which includes the potential to bring non-PSO routes under the NTA’s fare scheme.
- Untitled July 30, 2022A bit of a nerdy post this, but I attempted to piece together what Ireland’s 2025 sectoral emissions targets will be and what the total sectoral emissions ceilings for the first and second carbon budget periods will be. Link.
- Untitled July 15, 2022The amount Irish households owe on their car finance increased significantly in the 2010s. By Feb 2020 households owed €3.98 billion, a 156% increase in 5 years. Data from the Central bank, excludes credit unions.
- Untitled July 12, 2022Circulation plan for Leuven, Belgium (pop. ~100k). Cars can’t drive directly between the coloured zones. Purple zones are car free, with some exceptions for deliveries, residents and people with disabilities. One year after introduction, cycling was up 32%.
- Untitled June 25, 2022Soffritto
- Untitled June 23, 2022There is an electoral division in the centre of Limerick City with the fifth highest percentage population decline in the country 2016-2022 at just under 20%.
- Untitled June 19, 2022These new buses are fabulous. Good wheelchair accessibility too.
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- Untitled June 17, 2022This would have been unthinkable five years ago: a major employer in Limerick has put in a submission to an active travel scheme asking for better cycling infrastructure.
- Untitled June 16, 2022A DIY vehicle speed detector would be really useful for communities looking to get their streets calmed but good Doppler sensors seem really expensive. This seems like the best bet but it’s over €200. There’s also the OpenCV route but that looks like a lot of faff.
- Untitled June 16, 2022New blog post: Submission on Fr Russell Road Cycle Scheme Phase 1
- Untitled June 16, 2022In places where not many people cycle, those who cycle tend to be overwhelmingly male (and trips are mostly for work). Where lots of people cycle, it’s often more females than males cycling (and an equal split between work and non-work trips). Interesting paper in the journal Transport Reviews.
- Untitled June 10, 2022Today’s the last day for submissions on the revised draft of the Limerick Shannon Metropolitan Area Transport Strategy. Here’s mine.
- Untitled June 7, 2022This is a lovely workbook (PDF) with creative ideas to help people walk better, and overcome some of the barriers to walking: I also think that it is a useful resource for those tasked with designing walkable environments.
- Untitled June 4, 2022Very interesting paper from researchers from UCC about “retail sprawl” in Irish cities and the effect of out of town shopping centres on greenhouse gas emissions. Notable that Dublin/Cork/Limerick have far bigger problems than Galway/Waterford.
- Untitled May 30, 2022These Waterford rural bus posters (from a set of 11) are beautiful. Well done Local Link Waterford for making me want to hop on a bus and visit!
- Untitled May 29, 2022“hunger crisis in the central Sahel due to climate change, drought and insecurity. About four million children under the age of five – about one third of those in Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso – are at risk of acute malnutrition in the coming weeks”
- Untitled May 29, 2022“Somalia has had three consecutive failed rainy seasons, in a worsening of an already extreme climate that experts say is directly related to climate change. Six million people are in need of food”
- Untitled May 21, 2022Cycled to the 5pm bus to Nenagh to go and see An Cailín Ciúin in the cinema, and enough time for a wander before the 9pm bus home.