Cork Chamber: Now is a good time to fast-track Cork's transport plan

Improving cycling and pedestrian facilities in Cork will increase numbers entering the city while avoiding congestion.

It might not be for everyone, but for those that had been toying with the idea of hopping on the bike for commuting to work or to hop to the shops, or to visit friends and family, increasing the capacity and cycle access could be a win-win-win situation in planning how to get people in and out of the city as safely as possible. A win for public health, communities, and businesses.

One of the big questions is how to get the volume of workers into the city and all urban centres safely, and how to do this in a way that avoids a rise in car traffic congestion, air pollution and any knock-on decline in overall user-friendliness of our urban spaces. Traffic congestion is bad news for everyone.