Active Travel team engages University of Limerick on cycling

LIMERICK City and County Council’s (LCCC) Active Travel team has engaged researchers from the University of Limerick to conduct a detailed analysis into the potential of cycling across the city.

The project, entitled the Drive for More Cycling in Limerick, will involve the completion of a number of projects aimed at understanding perceptions of cycling infrastructure within Limerick specifically.

Bike parking innovations and the feasibility of sustainable logistics facilities in the city will also be explored throughout the duration of the research.

LCCC is one of two local authorities to receive approval from the National Transport Authority (NTA) to fund research specific to the local area.

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The findings from the research will be shared and discussed with the Active Travel team on a regular basis, which will help to form the basis of proposals to continue to enhance and upgrade Limerick’s cycling infrastructure.

Senior engineer with the Active Travel team at LCCC, Sean McGlynn, commented: “We’re very excited about the beginning of this new partnership with our colleagues in UL. As we continue to expand the rollout of high-quality Active Travel schemes across Limerick, we want to ensure we have the most up-to-date data and information to do it as well as we can.”

The collaboration with UL follows the beginning of air quality monitoring and the installation of radar traffic counters from the Active Travel team in 2023.

The research will take place for a duration of 24 months, with findings to be collated thereafter.