Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Independent) | Oireachtas source

All of those projects are very welcome. What impressed me about the Dutch cycle route model is the fact that it knits in with the train network. When one goes to a train station in Holland one sees that provision has been made for parking bicycles, getting them up and down ramps and so forth, which is also important in these projects. We need people to shift or mix their modes of transport. We need to take practical steps in the context of climate change and reducing our dependence on fossil fuels and pedal power is a great way of doing that.

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