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Skibbereen Sustainable Travel
1.
To make car journey's more sustainable would you do any of the following? tick the boxes if you would. Add other ideas to make cars journeys more sustainable in the other box
Car pooling through a Skibbereen car pooling app
Car pool privately with friends and family
Become a member of a car share scheme providing access to a fleet of vehicles
Only use your car when there is no other option for the journey
Other (please specify)
2.
We are being encouraged to use Public Transport to make our journeys more sustainable. Here are some questions about public transport in Skibbereen. Please tick if your answer is yes.
Have you used public transport in the last 6 months?
Would you use public transport in the next 6 months?
Are you aware of the bus routes and times through Skibbereen?
Are you aware of the new planned routes through Skibbereen from Connecting Ireland - Rural mobility plan?
3.
Below are some suggestions from the public that would make Public Transport more usable and accessible for them. please tick the box if you agree. Add other ideas in the other box.
Bus Shelters
Shuttle bus between villages
A solution for the journey to and from the bus stop
A community member run Skibbereen Bus serving the beaches, Lough Hyne, local festivals, cinema etc
Skibbereen centralized app for local public transport route planner
Other (please specify)
4.
Active Travel is walking, cycling and rolling (scooters, wheel chairs, buggy's). If your answer is yes Check the box
do you use active travel for some of your journeys?
Would you use active travel if there was better provision for it, such as cycle lanes, reduced speed limits, wider footpaths
5.
Active Travel - Here are some of the suggestions from the public to make active travel more accessible so they would use it. Tick the box if you agree. Add other ideas in the other box.
Footpaths and cycle lanes linking directly residential areas to amenities such as schools and parks etc
more Bike parking
Electric bike charging stations
Photos / videos of the amount of cycling done in Skibbereen in 70s and 80s - We can achieve this again, re-visualize
Greenways
Slower speed limits on small roads
Cycle lanes instead of parking
More social events around cycling - to attract people out of their car and onto bikes. Fund people to organise cycles - great for mental health
Educate about preferable routes and how to avoid dangers enroute
School zones at school opening and closing times where there would be lower speed limits and traffic can't park
Other (please specify)
6.
Multi Modular - this is when we use different types of transport for a journey. This could be: cycle or walk to the bus stop, bus to town, catch a train in the city or maybe use a bike share or a car share for the next part of the journey. Below are some suggestions from the public, tick the boxes if you agree. Add any other ideas in the other box
That bikes can go free on all public transport.
bike parking at bus stops
route planner app
Other (please specify)
7.
Deliveries - deliveries include produce being brought to the shops and items delivered to homes. Lots (not all) deliveries could be done by cargo bike. A cargo bike is a bike that can carry large loads. Cargo bikes are used all over the world in towns and cities. Tick the box if you agree and add your ideas in the other box
Would you use a delivery service for home deliveries?
would you like to use active travel to the shops and then get your shopping delivered home?
Other (please specify)