Chapter 4 I Transport and Mobility
4.28 Much of the focus areas for improvement identified in the Walking Strategy remain relevant but have been adapted in CMATS and will further applied in this plan. These include: • Network Development of the primary pedestrian network throughout the city; • Neighbourhood infrastructure to enhance the attractiveness, safety, and accessibility for all pedestrians; • Behavioural Change initiatives that promote walking; • Collaboration between stakeholders; • Upgrade walking provision in tandem with BusConnects corridor improvements, light rail stations development and Cycle Network Implementation; and • Upgrade pedestrian network in tandem with those proposed for the cycle network to minimise conflicts in shared spaces such as greenways and quietways. 4.29 The Walking Strategy identified several Strategic Routes that overlap with the City’s employment and education areas. These routes were linked with public transport services to identify areas where investment in pedestrian infrastructure would deliver most benefits to aid modal shift. The Strategic Routes remain relevant over the lifetime of this Plan and CMATS, particularly in the context of planned population growth and residential development in the City in the short to medium term. 4.30 The Strategy detailed above was adopted prior to the Boundary extension in 2019 and as such covers the former administrative area. During the lifetime of this plan Cork City Council will continue to provide new and upgraded footpaths and pedestrian facilities across the whole City including recent and future growth areas.
This growth rate may be higher than anticipated as there has been an increase in cycling across the City and in response the number of cycle paths has increased. Significant investment in cycling infrastructure has and will continue to further build on the transition to a cycling culture that has arisen during the pandemic. 4.32 The National Development Plan (NDP) commits to the delivery of walking and cycling networks for all of Ireland’s cities. Key priorities for developing a cycling network for Cork are: • Designating a coherent network of east-west and north-south cycle routes to provide access to all major trip generators; • Improve access to key employment areas and third level education as a priority, followed by schools; • Provide the highest possible level of service on the identified high demand corridors; • Identify and maximise opportunities for high quality greenways; and • Work with key stakeholders and the public in identifying and developing the priority routes.
Cycling
4.31 Cycling is a low cost sustainable and fast-growing mode of transport in Cork. CMATS modelled the potential for an additional 56,000 daily car trips transferring to cycling in the Cork Metropolitan Area by 2040, with mode share increasing from 1% in 2011 to 4% by 2040.
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