Presentation by Brendan Smith Galway City Community Forum

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PresentationbyBrendan SmithGalway City
Community Forum
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A Sustainable Integrated Transport Policy for
Galway City
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GalwayCityCommunityForumStrategic Plan
forGalway City2002 -
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Key Aims

• Gaelic Soul Multi-Ethnic Heart
• (preserving medieval city, Gaeltacht,
  multi-cultural festivals)
• A Celtic Venice (Network of Water Arteries)
• A City of Green Landscapes (Green Network)
• Ample Living Space for Wildlife
• Accessible to All Transport Infrastructure
• (a city-wide pro-Pedestrian, pro-Cycling
• Public Transport network)
• Reduction, Re-Use,Recycling Waste Management
• A City of Urban Villages

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The Community Forumplayed a full role in
creating theStrategy for Economic, Social
Cultural Development ofGalway City 2002-2012 as
published in February 2002
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Galway CityDevelopment Board (CDB) 2002-2012-
Vision (5 values) -

• An Historic, Progressive, Creative City
• An Inclusive People-centred City
• A City with a Sustainable Economy, Community
  Environment
• An Accessible, Equitable City

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CDBs first Transport Policy Objective is

• To Develop a Safe City-wide
• Pedestrian-friendly Cyclist-friendly
• Disability-friendly
• Child-friendly
• infrastructure

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• CDBs- To Develop an
• Integrated Sustainable Transport Policy
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• Consideration of Pedestrians at top of transport
  hierarchy
• A Public Transport infrastructure
• Availability of bus services every 10 minutes
• Study of a city-wide Light Rail System
• Support the Western Rail Corridor

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• Plus
• Inter-agency annual Car-free Day
• Promotion of alternative transport modes
•  Possible reduction of of speed limit to 20mph
• Annual Monitoring Regime

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• Progress on
• Ensuring
• a
• Sustainable Integrated Transport Policy
• is moving too slowly

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Traffic Congestion worse than ever
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Most Roundabouts still anti-pedestrian
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All Roundabouts are anti-cyclist( anti-children)
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No city-wide Bus Corridor network
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Transport Network Killing off Wildlife
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• City Council Transport Policy still too
  pro-private car based, as evidenced by proposal
  for new Terryland Forest road proposal

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Such transport policy is against CDB Strategy
will also impact negatively on important
sensitive natural heritage areas
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• Unsustainable
• Urban
• Sprawl
• continues as
• key CDB
• policies not
• being
• implemented in
• their totality

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People are demanding implementation of CDB
Strategy
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Alternative Transport trends being
implemented elsewhere