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Thanks to the Munster Express for printing my recent article about Solving Waterford's Traffic Problems!

#Waterford #WaterfordCity #Traffic #UrbanDesign #UrbanPlanning #PublicDesign #PublicPlanning #PublicTransport #Cycling #Bus #WaterfordLuas #CorkWaterfordTrain #Déise #Deise #BusConnects #Tramore #Ireland #IrishPolitics #IrishNews #LocalNews #LocalMedia

In recent days and weeks, many in local media and on social media have been highlighting the horrible traffic congestion faced by those living in and around our city. Alongside these many complaints, some have highlighted supposed ‘solutions’ to the gridlock - conservative suggestions, which ultimately include even more lanes for traffic and additional parking spaces.

There is a better alternative, which is actually based on best-practice in urban planning across Europe; reducing the number of cars on the road by providing additional transport options and by planning for medium-density, mixed-use buildings, which can build thriving, walkable communities.

The traffic congestion in a city like Waterford is not normal. Nor is it normal in Galway, nor in Dublin. This is caused, simply, by too many people driving. And that is due, in part, to a lack of freedom to choose how we want to travel safely and efficiently. I am one such example; despite never once driving anywhere else I've lived, preferring to cycle or use public transport, my life in Waterford is dominated by driving, due to a lack of safe and segregated bike paths, severe urban sprawl, and abysmal public transport for a city the size of Waterford.

Our lack of public transport infrastructure in our cities makes Ireland the clear outlier among European countries. Many similarly-populated cities across our continent have at least one tram line, and a large number of bus routes - with some providing 24-hour coverage.

A test run for #publicDesign jobs — Here’s an experimental RSS feed for the German #GovDesign roles I am posting here and on my little, manually maintained job board*: 🛜 fetchrss.com/feed/aSDtgrm... * currently listing positions at @digitalservice.bund.de@bsky.brid.gy, @sprind-de.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy and elsewhere

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“This is a clarification. It’s not new.”— Lucy Kimbell “ #PublicDesign is an iterative process of generating, legitimising, and achieving policy intent whilst de-risking operational delivery. ” #SDinGov

3 people on a conference stage sitting in front of an audience, 1 woman with grey hair standing at a lectern speaking, a projected slide on top of them says “defining public design — “Public design is an iterative process of generating, legitimising, and achieving policy intent whilst de-risking operational delivery.
It involves a range of practical, creative and collaborative approaches grounded in citizens' day-to-day experiences of - and relations to - people, objects, organisations, communities and places.”; next to it, a version of a policy cycle

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