Busy times here in the Smarter Travel Office,
National Walk to School Week took place from May 16th to 20th , with School Car Free Day taking place on Wednesday the 18th. This was the second annual Car Free Day held in Limerick.
Well done to all staff,students and parents who took part in Limericks second annual School Car Free Day on May 18th.The event saw people ditch the car and use a more sustainable way of going about their daily journey. Park&Stride proved to be a very popular option this year. Park&Stride is a very suitable alternative for commuters who have too great a distance to walk/cycle, they would travel some of the journey by car, park in a safe location and walk the remainder of the way. All schools who send us their results for School Car Free Day will be entered into a draw for a €50 voucher.
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| Gaelscoil Chaladh an Treoigh |
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| Gaelscoil Chaladh an Treoigh |
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| Gaelscoil Chaladh an Treoigh |
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| Gaelscoil Chaladh an Treoigh |
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| Gaelscoil Chaladh an Treoigh |
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| Gaelscoil Chaladh an Treoigh |
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| Gaelscoil Chaladh an Treoigh |
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| Milford National School |
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| Milford National School |
For the Month of May the Limerick Metropolitan Area has been signed up to compete against over 50 other cities in the annual European Cycling Challenge. As this was an urban cyclists challenge we were looking for commuter cyclists to sign up and take part. The Challenge consisted of downloading the free app Cycling 365 to your phone and recording all cycle trips made during the month of May. The trips made by the urban cyclists are recorded and portrayed via heat-map. the heat-map will highlight areas most frequently used by cyclists, with the most utilized routes going red in colour. Weekly prizes were on offer throughout the challenge. We would like to thank everyone who took part and helped clock up the kms for Team Limerick.
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| Limerick Metropolitan Area Heat-map |
Preparations are currently being finalized for Bike Week 2016, further information to follow.
