Fewer than 5% of Cork cyclists surveyed believe the City Council is doing a good job in ensuring existing cycle infrastructure is fit for purpose.

E-bike subsidies, ringfenced funding for cycling infrastructure, and the establishment of a National Cycling Office are some of the measures sought by cycling lobbyists in their pre-budget submission to Government this week.

Your editorial (Irish Examiner, 12/08/19) about cycling in the city quotes a Cork Cycling Campaign spokesman’s opinion that they were unhappy about how the Wilton Road corridor project was publicised and that “councillors may have been convinced by the sheer number of objectors.”

Cork cycling advocates say they are in a Catch-22 situation when it comes to campaigning for more infrastructure in the city because the lack of enforcement at existing cycle lanes leaves cyclists disillusioned.

Our great cultural miasma — an enthusiasm for making rules, but an absolute aversion to enforcing them — has surfaced in the debate around extending cycle lanes and facilities in Cork city.

Cyclists have criticised Cork’s transport chiefs for sanctioning a temporary bus-parking arrangement which has led to blockages of bike lanes linking the city to the train station.

Cyclists must have greater input into the design of cycling infrastructure, Cork's city councillors have said after getting first-hand experience of life in the bike lanes.

While a hopeful start has already been made in providing such lanes here, we still have a long way to go to catch up with the Scandinavians.

Cork's first cycling maps have been unveiled ahead of national bike week.

If there is a yes vote, legislation will be required before the first directly-elected mayoral elections in 2021.

An energy drink producer has conceded it “regrets” parking several branded cars along a Cork city centre cycle lane for a promotional photograph.

Traders in Cork City say they hope a supports package worth at least €300,000 will help deliver the vibrant city everyone wants as the St Patrick’s Street car ban looms again.

While there’s much to be done in making Cork a safer place for cyclists, Bike Week aims to show people of all ages the benefits of pedal-power, writes Caroline Delaney

Traders in Cork City have threatened to withhold their commercial rates unless city bosses scrap the St Patrick’s St car ban.

A proposal to develop one of the longest greenways in Ireland, along the River Lee to the Cork coast has received the backing of the Green Party.

Aspiring pole-dancers, poets, and photographers can take some free lessons during Cork’s Lifelong Learning Festival next week.

ADAM D’ARCY from the Cork Cycling Campaign (Letters, August 16) commendably calls for “safer interaction between cyclists and car drivers”.

Cyclists in Cork can swap second-hand bikes in a new initiative launched today by Cork City Council.