Dubliners also supported a shift in investment from road-building schemes to fund, among other modes of transport, cycling and public transport. In Galway, that figure was 82 per cent, Cork 73 per cent, Dublin 71 per cent and Limerick 69 per cent. Dubliners made 92.2 million trips by bicycle in 2025 totalling 384.9 million km, the equivalent of cycling 26 times around the world every day the NTA said. Dublin schoolchildren took six million cycle trips in 2025, up from 3.3 million in 2023, an increase from 4 per cent of all trips to 7 per cent of all trips. In addition to segregated cycle lanes, residents also sought traffic-free paths through parks or greenways, and signed cycle routes along quieter streets.

Source: The Irish Times March 03, 2026 06:04 UTC