Pedal power highlights accident threat

PEDAL power and people power combined yesterday to highlight a serious traffic accident threat to residents of a Dublin inner city street.

Residents yesterday claimed 15 children had been knocked down by traffic in Dominick Street over the last 18 months. The 200-metre long street, with wide high-speed lanes and car parking on both sides has been described by locals as "a classic rat-run" which is unsuited to a residential area.

At teatime yesterday, more than 100 cyclists demonstrated their support for Dominick Street residents, who have maintained a traffic protest for the past three weeks. The cyclists are Irish-based members of global organisation Critical Mass, which holds monthly bicycle rides to assert cyclists' right to the road.