Dublin Frequent Transport Map complete and up for sale!
Just a quick post for this glorious Saturday on which Leinster are going to kick arse! My Frequent Transport Map is now up for sale over on my portfolio website – cbroderick.me/dublin_transport_map The idea is you pay 5 euro and you get a digital copy of the map which you can print and do what...
Links I liked 13/02/2012
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...
Leapcard has still got some living up to do!
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...
What’s the story like? 1/2012
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...
Dublin Rapid Transit Map – Feedback please!
Ok anyone who has met me or listened to me talk about transport will know I’m a bit of nut for mass public transport and how its portrayed to the public. Not sure if you remember but last year a Aris Venetikidis completed a future fantasy (with a lot of fact) complete transport map for Dublin as...
Guest Posts – I need you!
Well folks, its been a while since my last post and it may well be another while until the next one. So i’m calling out to any readers who might have something they would like to write about? If you do just email it along to me or throw me a DM on Twitter and...
Ever wondered what the view from the top is like?
A few weeks into my internship at the planning appeals board, Bord Pleanala, there’s no better time to throw up a quick post about life in the board. It’s an interesting place to work with such mad amounts of expertise flowing about the place but very quiet as most of the inspectors are mobile and working on site. But...
Metro North – What’s the story like?
Having finally got off my ass to resume blogging the Metro North project is cropping up more and more in the news! I see that a lobby group has be officially launched (I reckon relaunched but anyway!) the ‘Yes to Metro North‘ Facebook community. It is being described by the North Dublin TD, Clare Daly as: ‘This...
Google does wind farms, why not here?
A recent post on mashable.com prompted me to write this post. The post Google’s Next Wind Farm Spend Will Power Its Oklahoma Data Center details how Google has paid for 20 years electricity from the wind farm in order to power a datacenter and help the company be carbon neutrel when it comes to powering its...
The cities waste goes to Dundalk, Offaly, Kildare and not Cavan
An article in the Irish Times today (truncated article below) detailed the troubles faced by Oxigen and the intended refusal of the waste license for it’s Corranure site by the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA). One would wonder when is the Minister going to make a decision and grant the foreshore license for the incinerator in Dublin and...
I’m baaahck – New Government, 2030 vision and more…
Well I’m back! It has been way too long since I wrote on this here blog, mainly down to my downright laziness and well hey sometimes you have to do some work in college! As Enda Kenny said: It’s a new dawn for Irish Politics Well so far that has meant we have a Minister...
Spatial Planning, Transport Planning, the Rational Planning Model. What are they….?
I came across this website today Qwiki on the visit Stockholm Facebook page and decided to give it a whirl with some terms from the planning world. I was really impressed by it! It managed to pick up many of the keywords that form many definitions and strands of thought in planning such as rational...
