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Locals furious after car-shaped bike rack replaces disabled parking bay, demanding “give us back our parking spaces”

Council cools backlash with promise of another vehicle space "in due course", explaining that the cycle parking was installed "as part of efforts to promote environmental sustainability by encouraging cycling"

Tue, Feb 18, 2025 14:49

Queen’s University Belfast cycle parking facilities

Students claim lack of car parking is harming their studies – but university tells them to try cycling to class

Last month, Queen’s University Belfast opened three new on-campus cycle parking facilities as part of ongoing active travel efforts – but students say they’ve walked into lectures an hour late because “there’s no place to park”

Fri, Nov 08, 2024 17:00

Cycling group calls for stronger enforcement against illegal parking to ensure no “knock-on impact” on cyclists’ safety from council’s proposal of parking charges

Amidst the backlash against the council for the proposal, the cycling group has put forward another radical idea: stop “facilitating car-based shopping with free parking and drive-in catering”

Fri, May 03, 2024 16:31

Residents’ anger at plans to scrap car parking for cycle lane, but council transport director says walking and cycling should be “prioritised” as “there’s just not room for everything”

Despite the council announcing mitigation for blue badge holders, tradespeople and emergency service workers, the news that parking spaces will be removed to make way for the cycling infrastructure has not gone down well

Mon, Oct 23, 2023 11:03

“A valuable part of the city will be lost” if cycle lane plans remove car parking spaces, artists claim

Proposals to replace 33 parking spaces with a protected bike lane have been criticised by artists who display and sell their work in the area on Sundays – though the council has noted that there are 650 spaces located within 500 metres of the exhibit

Wed, Sep 20, 2023 14:49

Café owners oppose car parking ban on riverside path – because of “dangerous” cyclists

The owners say the introduction of double yellow lines on York’s West Esplanade would “increase the danger to pedestrians, rowers, and café customers”

Wed, Feb 15, 2023 16:00