Brian Caulfield

Situating the E-Cargo Bike in an Emerging Cycling Network: A Qualitative Study In many low-cycling contexts, cycling is routinely marginalised in transport planning practice while, in everyday traffic interactions, cyclists are frequently disregarded as legitimate road users. E-...

📣 New research just published. Thank you @seai-ie.bsky.social for supporting the work

To increase e-cargo bike uptake, we must focus on:

1. Network Planning & Safety
2. Maintenance & Surface Quality
3. Design & Exclusion

activetravelstudies.org/article/id/1...

I spoke joined Colm McCarthy and Will O'Callaghan to discuss Metrolink on the Last Word earlier

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Metrolink given green light by An Coimisiún Pleanala Permission has been granted for Dublin's long-awaited Metrolink project link Dublin city to airport.

After 3 years and 2 days

Metrolink given green light by An Coimisiún Pleanala www.rte.ie/news/2025/10...

The NTA Household travel survey results for 2024 are out...

Mode share for driving is up and now higher than it was in 2012.

Cycling mode share has increased slightly on 2023

% of our trips to work are down 7% on 2017, the impacts of WFH & COVID

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Planned Dublin Metro linking city centre with airport and Swords could open in stages Testing and starting services on railway in phases could cut multi-billion euro project’s costs

A very sensible idea, one that is done in many other cities...

FYI the Metrolink railway order will be with An Coimisiún Pleanála 3 years tomorrow....

www.irishtimes.com/transport/20...

Paul Farrell: It’s delusional to think universities will thrive without extra funding “The value of an idea lies in the using of it,” said Thomas Edison, whose many credited inventions include the commercially viable light bulb. It remains as true today as it did a century ago.

Fantastic op ed by Paul Farrell in the Sunday Independent today. Hammering home the point of the importance of investing in our universities

@tcddublin.bsky.social

m.independent.ie/opinion/paul...

On World Car Free day I published an article in @daily27.bsky.social on some of the impacts cars have on our society.

daily27.info/2025/09/22/u...

@niamhmcherry.bsky.social @deanphelan.bsky.social @tcddublin.bsky.social @tcdengineering.bsky.social

Residents in Enniscorthy, Youghal, and Tramore are all asked to interact with the platform, tell us what the challenges and opportunities in their towns are, up-vote comments, upload photos, and help us co-create sustainable mobility solutions in each town. Here's the link: www.townsmatter.ie

EUROPEAN MOBILITY WEEK starts today! The CONUNDRUM Research Project team is delighted to launch our TownsMatter platform as part of our @researchireland.ie National Challenge Fund project.

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Fantastic new tool launched by Transport Infrastructure Ireland, developed by AECOM to measure the impacts 5 greenways across Ireland.

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Measuring the success of the Great Western Greenway in Ireland This paper analyses the usage of a pilot Greenway (cycle way) in a rural environment in Ireland. The path is 42km long and has several settlements alo…

12 years ago we did an appraisal of the Greenway in Mayo and with tourism benefits alone they pay for themselves

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Why Ireland’s mild temperatures won’t protect it from the climate crisis Its position on the edge of the Atlantic makes it vulnerable, and the storms are getting stronger.

Ireland’s mild weather isn’t a shield - @tcddublin.bsky.social Professor Karen Wiltshire and Associate Professor Graham J. Dwyer explain in @theconversation.com why climate risk is real and growing. Insightful and urgent reading.
Read the article: bit.ly/4oTefpV

Billy Hann: Why Michael O’Leary and Dermot Desmond are so wrong on axing MetroLink

Fantastic article by Billy Hann @dublinbusnews.bsky.social

"The choice is ours. Retreat or progress. Dubliners deserves progress."

Billy Hann: Why Michael O’Leary and Dermot Desmond are so wrong on axing MetroLink www.businesspost.ie/analysis-opi...

Dart expansion to Drogheda approved in move to supercharge commuter capacity Northern line improvements may lead to controversial shuttle replacement for Howth suburb

Fantastic news..... now to deliver it

Dart expansion to Drogheda approved in move to supercharge commuter capacity www.irishtimes.com/transport/20...

CONUNDRUM: Co-creating sustainable community mobility - Cities, Governance & Sustainability

All the details of our project can be found here: citiesgovernancesustainability.eu/conundrum/

Great to chat on Ireland AM this morning on issues around poor rural public transport. I got to discuss our @researchireland.ie funded @conundrumsfi.bsky.social project and how our research is looking into new ways of solving these issues

@deanphelan.bsky.social @niamhmcherry.bsky.social

MetroLink delivery should be prioritised, US multinationals tell Government Nine in 10 US corporations happy with Irish operations, AmCham members say, with 68% planning further investment over next five years

www.irishtimes.com/business/eco...

Why Metrolink is a much needed connection for North County Dublin Never has a transport project in Ireland been as analysed, appraised, criticised and debated as much as this

Never has a transport project in Ireland been as analysed, appraised, criticised and debated as much as this... my contribution to @rtebrainstorm.bsky.social this morning

www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...

Why Metrolink is a much needed connection for North County Dublin Never has a transport project in Ireland been as analysed, appraised, criticised and debated as much as this

Why Metrolink is a much needed connection for North County Dublin. 'Never has a transport project in Ireland been as analysed, appraised and debated as much as this'. By @briancaulfield.bsky.social @tcddublin.bsky.social www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...

Michael O’Leary and Dermot Desmond’s MetroLink comments show you can be rich and wrong Rich men are not always right. Let’s listen to the experts

Excellent article by Justine McCarthy.

www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...

AI will make Dublin’s MetroLink obsolete, says Dermot Desmond Businessman says Government should abandon project as AI will lead to rise in self-driving cars

We better tell all the cities globally like Paris, Melbourne, Auckland etc they should down tools now.

AI will make Dublin’s MetroLink obsolete, says Dermot Desmond www.irishtimes.com/ireland/dubl...

Journey times up, deaths down: Welsh 20mph speed limit still divisive two years on Protests continue against default lower limit in urban areas that supporters say is working ‘exactly as intended’

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Our colleagues contributed to running workshops in Youghal and Tramore this week. Utilising the local knowledge of community members, we will undertake analysis to identify solutions to enhance mobility and community well-being.
Funded by @researchireland.ie #NationalChallengeFund #NextGenerationEU

Beautiful Wexford Sunsets

Once more for those in the back - Metrolink is not only an airport line

It serves 15 other stations, connecting 127 schools, 3 universities, 5 hospitals, and making over 175k people and 250k jobs accessible by foot to a stop. An estimated 18% of passengers will use airport stop

Will the Government’s big projects survive the next downturn? Inside Politics podcast with Hugh Linehan

I joined @hlinehan.bsky.social and Pat Leahy this morning on the @irishtimes.com Inside Politics podcast to discuss yesterdays National Development Plan review launch.

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Sustainability in Engineering: Part 2 - Engineering Urban Mobility In this episode of Amplified, host Dusty Rhodes dives deep into the future of sustainable transport in Ireland. With the 2030 emissions deadline fast approaching, the focus turns to engineering, polit...

How do we move Ireland’s transport system toward net zero? @tcddublin.bsky.social Prof @briancaulfield.bsky.social joins Amplified to talk metros, planning delays, and why decarbonisation needs political action as much as engineering solutions.
🎧 Full episode: bit.ly/4kWCdO7
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