My name is Thomas Bibby, I live in Nenagh, Ireland. Read more about me» I am currently fooling about with Mastodon.
Recent Posts
- Submission on Birdhill Active Travel Scheme October 3, 2024
- Submission to An Bord Pleanála on A proposed Road Development comprising of the N2 Slane By-Pass and Public Realm Enhancement Scheme – case no. HA17.318573 February 16, 2024
- Submission on Section 38, Abbey Street Scheme, Nenagh January 31, 2024
- Submission on Part 8 Nenagh Historic and Cultural Quarter January 17, 2024
- Submission on Part 8 Former Rialto Cinema to Digital and Enterprise Hub Nenagh January 3, 2024
- Submission on the draft Tipperary County Council Climate Action Plan 2024-2029 November 5, 2023
- Nenagh Local Area Plan and Local Transport Plan submission September 10, 2023
- For sale: 2014 Nissan Leaf in Tipperary, 53k km, 24 kWh, 12/12 battery bars September 10, 2023
All content by category
Transport
- A rail fares calculator to examine the National Fares StrategyApril 29, 2023
- BusConnects Limerick: submission on proposed bus networkApril 6, 2023
- MSc in Sustainable Transport and MobilityDecember 1, 2022
- Timetable for bus services from Killaloe/Ballina to Limerick from 23 Oct 2022October 23, 2022
- Submission on Iarnród Éireann draft December 2022 timetableOctober 2, 2022
- Submission on Fr Russell Road Cycle Scheme Phase 1June 16, 2022
- Submission on the revised draft of the Limerick Shannon Metropolitan Area Transport StrategyJune 10, 2022
- Submission on Draft Killaloe-Ballina Town Enhancement PlanAugust 20, 2021
- Town is dirty, let’s do thirtyAugust 16, 2021
- Vehicle ownership and per capita kms driven by Irish countyMarch 27, 2021
- Transport and MobilityJanuary 2, 2020
- Limerick Pedestrian NetworkNovember 4, 2019
- Forty, Thirty, Twenty, Ten: make Limerick’s transport work againJuly 11, 2019
- Supercharging Public Transport around Limerick’s SuperblockMarch 4, 2018
- GetThere.ie – finally a good intermodal journey planner for IrelandMay 18, 2012
Data
- Now that we know Ireland’s 2030 emissions targets, what will our 2025 targets be?July 30, 2022
- A smart bird box to measure traffic and air qualityOctober 5, 2019
- Irish Population change 2006-2016 by areaJuly 14, 2016
- Where in Ireland has the most pubs per person?November 15, 2015
Introspection
- For sale: 2014 Nissan Leaf in Tipperary, 53k km, 24 kWh, 12/12 battery barsSeptember 10, 2023
- Parliamentary AssistantMarch 9, 2020
- I’m deleting my Facebook account tomorrowJanuary 8, 2018
- Starting to break out from the walled gardenSeptember 30, 2017
- Moving onJanuary 18, 2017
- Five reasons why you should buy my old post office vanApril 23, 2016
- It’s a new dawn, a new day…May 17, 2012
Politics
- Submission to draft Limerick City and County Council corporate plan 2019-2024October 17, 2019
- Time to start building Limerick’s cycle networkJune 10, 2019
- The young people of Limerick have spoken, it’s time to act on climate changeMarch 15, 2019
- Memories of the abortion referendum campaign in LimerickNovember 22, 2018
- What’s next after Repealing the 8th? I’d like to help get a woman elected to Limerick CouncilAugust 15, 2018
- Limerick (County) 8th Amendment Referendum Tally 2018May 26, 2018
- Men of Limerick, please help to repeal the 8thApril 8, 2018
- If you’re lucky, like me, then campaign for RepealMarch 8, 2018
- We need to stop this nonsense about teaching coding in primary schoolJuly 18, 2016
- Supercalifragilis-HibernoCaledoniaJune 30, 2016
- Limerick City candidates answer my questionsFebruary 25, 2016
- Email the General Election 2016 candidates in Limerick CityJanuary 31, 2016
- Why I’m GreenJanuary 24, 2016
- Paying for water is a good thingSeptember 6, 2015
- Limerick City constituency tally Marriage Equality Referendum 2015May 24, 2015
- Limerick (county) constituency tally Marriage Equality Referendum 2015May 24, 2015
- Marriage is about friendshipMay 16, 2015
- The right to marryApril 9, 2015
- Getting married?March 30, 2013
- Moyross, Education, and changing the debateFebruary 4, 2013
Society
- Some recent accounts of sexism and harassment in the tech industryAugust 7, 2018
- 12 better rules for menJuly 18, 2018
- Is Irish masculinity in crisis?July 15, 2018
- Make our street great againJune 29, 2017
- The Curious Tale of Limerick Marketing CompanyMay 17, 2016
- Reinventing Limerick, Part 1December 18, 2013
- On Foreigners and RubbishFebruary 25, 2013
Data
- Now that we know Ireland’s 2030 emissions targets, what will our 2025 targets be?July 30, 2022
- A smart bird box to measure traffic and air qualityOctober 5, 2019
- Irish Population change 2006-2016 by areaJuly 14, 2016
- Where in Ireland has the most pubs per person?November 15, 2015
Lab Notebook
- Get all cases of an enum in Swift 4.2 with CaseIterableMay 30, 2018
- Eight opinionated tips for people learning SwiftDecember 18, 2017
- Don’t use the Force, LukeMarch 19, 2017
- Hey Siri, turn the Christmas lights onDecember 28, 2016
- iOS – checking to see if a word with blank letters is valid using NSSet, NSArray, Core Data and SQLiteOctober 19, 2016
- How I edit podcastsOctober 1, 2016
- Announcing Direach, a new WordPress theme aimed at readersAugust 11, 2016
- Three podcasters fix a WordPress plugin bug (with chat logs)July 20, 2016
- Identifying Irish addresses by countyApril 14, 2016
- Escape to the pub with a Raspberry Pi, a pressure mat and push notificationsApril 12, 2016
- Getting generic Arduino boards with CH340G chips to work with OS X 10.11 El CapitanOctober 17, 2015
- Using the KYX-5461AS 4-digit 7-segment LED display with ArduinoOctober 17, 2015
Submissions
- Submission on Birdhill Active Travel SchemeOctober 3, 2024
- Submission to An Bord Pleanála on A proposed Road Development comprising of the N2 Slane By-Pass and Public Realm Enhancement Scheme – case no. HA17.318573February 16, 2024
- Submission on Section 38, Abbey Street Scheme, NenaghJanuary 31, 2024
- Submission on Part 8 Nenagh Historic and Cultural QuarterJanuary 17, 2024
- Submission on Part 8 Former Rialto Cinema to Digital and Enterprise Hub NenaghJanuary 3, 2024
- Submission on the draft Tipperary County Council Climate Action Plan 2024-2029November 5, 2023
- Nenagh Local Area Plan and Local Transport Plan submissionSeptember 10, 2023
- Submission on the Proposed Traffic Calming Measures on Pearse Street, Mitchel Street, Emmet Place, Kickham Street and Silver Street, NenaghApril 24, 2023
- Submission on Iarnród Éireann draft December 2022 timetableOctober 2, 2022
- Submission on Safe Routes to School Section 38 scheme in DooradoyleJuly 20, 2022
- Submission on Fr Russell Road Cycle Scheme Phase 1June 16, 2022
- Submission on the revised draft of the Limerick Shannon Metropolitan Area Transport StrategyJune 10, 2022
- Submission on Draft Killaloe-Ballina Town Enhancement PlanAugust 20, 2021
Microblog
- Untitled April 7, 2024The situation in Sudan and South Sudan is just heartbreaking. Powerful reporting by Sally Hayden in the Irish Times.
- Untitled April 2, 2024Know anyone living near Kells Co. Meath, or Virginia and Ballyjamesduff Co. Cavan? The National Transport Authority (NTA) has launched a public consultation on an enhancement to Route 187 between Kells and Virginia.
- Untitled March 9, 2024Proud to stand with over 50 people today in Roscrea at a vigil organised by the Tipperary Anti-Racism Network. Refugees welcome!
- Untitled February 17, 2024A rather rushed submission on the Slane bypass project, sent in before submissions closed yesterday
- Untitled December 30, 2023The first edition of this book by Jarrett Walker changed my life: it inspired me to quit my job as a software developer to go and work as a transport planner. I can’t wait to read the second edition, which you can preorder now.
- Untitled December 28, 2023I came across two fascinating articles today: one on how goitre was defeated in Switzerland and another on how the world forgot to prevent scurvy in the 1800s.
- Untitled December 21, 2023“Are you gonna open the door for me, hay?” Sponsored, but captures the experience of rural public transport in Ireland very well.
- Untitled December 16, 2023Happy Christmas to everyone except the people at Scott Tallon Walker architects, who think an 82cm wide (less than half the recommended absolute minimum) footpath is acceptable on a (one way) shopping street in the new Nenagh public realm plan.
- Untitled December 9, 2023This traffic warden in Nenagh is my hero.
- Untitled May 19, 2023We pay an enormous price for our automotive addiction—in congestion, time wasted, neighborhoods destroyed, emissions pumped out, pleasant streets subordinated to brutal expressways—but telling the addict that the drug isn’t actually pleasurable is a losing game. There is some slight hope in saying that it isn’t healthy, and that the replacement for the drug is […]
- Untitled May 19, 2023New all-electric Local Link route 438 starting Monday 22 May, connecting villages north of Galway City to Galway, Headford and Tuam with 3 buses/day, 7 days/week. This service will bring a number of Galway villages who were not previously served by timetabled public transport on to the national network.
- Untitled May 11, 2023Nice to see printed timetables in Limerick station for the expanded Scariff and Mitchelstown services introduced under the Connecting Ireland programme.
- Untitled April 30, 2023The National Fares Strategy summary was released last week: in the future rail and bus fares outside Dublin will be calculated from a boarding charge and a charge based on km as the crow flies. I built a calculator where you can vary both charges and see the impact on intercity rail fares.
- Untitled April 25, 2023A new one-way, two-lane traffic layout with no cycle facilities or wider footpaths is proposed for the centre of Nenagh which could increase traffic levels through the town. Deadline for submissions is Weds 4:30pm, here’s mine: https://thomas.bibby.ie/submission-on-the-proposed-traffic-calming-measures-on-pearse-street-mitchel-street-emmet-place-kickham-street-and-silver-street-nenagh/
- Untitled April 24, 2023A CYCLe Optimised Protected Signals (CYCLOPS) junction recently installed in Manchester, UK.
- Untitled April 23, 2023Three examples of “priority narrowing” or a “single lane working chicane” in a residential area in Hull, UK. The first two examples have associated uncontrolled pedestrian crossing points, the first in the middle (in front of a primary school) and the second in front of the chicane.
- Untitled April 12, 2023Good news for commuters on the east coast of Ireland: from early May the 133 Wicklow-Dublin bus will increase frequency from hourly to every 30 mins; and the 101 Drogheda-Balbriggan-Dublin bus will switch to a 24 hour service with buses every 20-30 mins during the day and hourly through the night.
- Untitled April 4, 2023Fascinating paper (PDF) by Shane Timmons and others at the ESRI looking at how active travel infrastructure changes behaviour, how to design infrastructure to encourage its use, and how to overcome local opposition to new infrastructure. It will be of interest to anyone planning, implementing or campaigning for better safer and healthier roads and streets.
- Untitled April 1, 2023Scrabble as Gaeilge, ar fáil ó Easons. Bhaineamar taitneamh as!
- Untitled March 27, 2023Maps showing (a) new/improved rural bus routes introduced in the last 12 months, and (b) planned new/improved routes planned for 2023. From a programme update by the National Transport Authority’s Connecting Ireland team which was released today.