Cycling and safe roads
The Chair briefly interjected that roads must be made safe first, prompting a light exchange about cycling and the need for safer places to ride. Senators agreed more cycling was desirable, and the Chair ended by endorsing that view.
Unfortunately, we are in more of a motopia at present. It is the car that is given priority in far too many instances in the cities and towns around Ireland. Let us lead the way in creating a velotopia. I, again, wish everyone a happy national bike week. I look forward to a stronger and more positive endorsement of cycling within Leinster House as well as elsewhere.
Comment on this
I echo the sentiment of the previous speaker on cycling which clearly has tremendous benefits, both environmentally and to the individual in terms of exercise. There is a dearth of safe places to cycle.
