Brendan Alan the IPI President in on the News at One show on RTE RAdio 1 - http://www.rte.ie/news/news1pm/ In case you missed Brendan Today the sound byte is available here – Irish Planning Institute on RADIO 1
Well its that time of the week again and we have two special films for you today, the first is an epic discussion by erricosson on networked society and their contributions to the Smarter Cities initiative. So sit back and enjoy some inspiration! Networked Society - Ericsson The documentary ‘Thinking Cities’ deals with one of the most...
We’re fast approaching the last week of February, and man it has flown by! It was an interesting week, with plenty of controversy including shock decision by Bord Pleanala to refuse permission for the Children’s Hospital on the Mater site. The real cost of rural living compared to urban living Frank McDonald penned an interesting article...
This is a must watch for any spatial planner out there. We certainly really do need to take a long hard look at out urban environment and decide what are our priorities. So please take the few minutes to listen to what Chuck Marohn has to say, it’s well worth your time! This tweet below...
I’ve been a bit quiet on the blog over the last week, totally skimping on the resolution to write two posts a week minimum! However I have been a wee bit busy, compiling my complete Dublin Transport Map the work in progress shots can be seen over on the tumblrverse City Parks Following on from...
Well it’s a new week so why don’t we kick it off with a few of the links I liked in the last week. 1. The Green Party released a video and the document they submitted as part of the public consultation on the new Dublin City Council’s – Public Realm Strategy [PDF]. The green’s I...
Ok this post is all about blowing off some steam about some of the flaws in the current implementation of the leap card system. Let’s put this way, i’m not entirely sure what’s the point in it being “live” when these issues are present, as I consider them pretty much fundamental to the the usability...
I was reading a presentation today by Robert Coco, Chair of Spatial Planning and Strategy at TU Delft, on presentation tools for research in which he linked to a great video prepared by students as part of an urban mobility module within the school. The group took a very visual approach by producing a video instead of...
It’s a new year, its a new dawn and all that stuff and i need a job! Hello 2012, may you be a good one! Well kicked off the year with my first ever web application competition entry for the #Apps4Fingal competition. You may have see my entry, it’s UrbanRural and i’m going to give...
As 2011 draws to a close I thought we would look back on this bumper year for the blog and pick out the top 10 most viewed posts of 2011 as per the analytics. But first I would like to thank everyone who has commented or helped me out during the year, it is much...
Spare a thought, we can get the bus to the shop . Take it easy and C’mon Leinster!
![[OPEN DATA] NTA NaPTAN Mapped](http://dt106ers.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Screen-shot-2011-12-14-at-16.54.07-290x290.png "[OPEN DATA] NTA NaPTAN Mapped")
A quick post today showing just the sort of data that has been made available through the DubLinked project. I attended the recent DubLinked workshop in IBM themed around planning data. It was great fun had some serious chats with @josephcorr and @Fingal_Data_Hub on the upcoming #Apps4Fingal competition, and no I have not come up with a proper...
![[Movie Thursday] Brendan Finn on BRT](http://dt106ers.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Screen-shot-2012-04-02-at-20.13.27-640x290.png "[Movie Thursday] Brendan Finn on BRT")
