Ruthe Burke

Belieber, Artist, Yoga-Somatics-Pilates Teacher, Infant Massage Instructor.

[Ciaran Cannon @ciarancannon]

People often suggest that it’s unrealistic to strive for a goal of zero deaths on our roads, but it’s already happening in places like Helsinki.

How?

By simply reducing the speed of cars.

Speed kills people, speed maims people for life.

[Ciaran Cannon @ciarancannon]

Thanks to @GalwayCoCo for carrying out a speed survey of 45,000 vehicles at Craughwell village in the 60kmh zone. 84% of traffic exceeded the speed limit. Average speed was 88km/h, with a max speed of 159Km/h. This is indicative of what’s happening across Ireland. @GardaTraffic @RSAIreland @Dept_Transport need to act urgently.

[Ciaran Cannon @ciarancannon]

The number of pedestrians dying on Irish roads doubled in 2022. In all we lost 155 people on Irish roads last year. So far this year 92 people have been killed on our roads, including 22 pedestrians and cyclists. That's a terrible indictment of us as a country, yet these tragic losses are dismissed as collateral damage, something we should deem acceptable so that we can facilitate people driving at speed.

[Eoin Ryan @edanto]

@ciarancannon @kleyden7 I wish we could be like Helsinki. https://t.co/zfLQzEInag

[j tierney @jarlathtierney]

Parents from Abbeyknockmoy say 26 students attending school in Mountbellew may not get a bus seat in September. They pay for concessionary tickets but say it’s a “lottery” as to who gets selected #Schoolbus @HRCMountbellew @LoughnaneEimear #schoolbusmountbellew

[Mariah Carey @MariahCarey]

IT’S TIME!!! 🎄☃️ #MariahSZN

[RTÉ News @rtenews]

The wreckage of Sir Ernest Shackleton’s ship, Endurance, has been found in the Weddell Sea off the coast of Antarctica | Read more: https://t.co/ufDH3pyJR8

[Dutch Cycling Embassy @Cycling_Embassy]

"A road is designed so most people will naturally drive the speed limit, slow down at crossings, and be aware of other road users, without being explicitly told to do so."

From large city to small village, traffic calming is everywhere in the Netherlands: https://t.co/Jwyvdt8C4f

[𝚃𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚜 𝙶𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚌𝚘𝚎 🚇 @grescoe]

Great ideas of 20th Century:
"Play Streets" closed to traffic‚ but open to kids.
(UK once had 700 of them)

[Ruthe Burke @ruthebebe]

@SarahJ_Berry 😢 so well articulated, thank you for highlighting the issue, it's so true

[Dublin City Council @DubCityCouncil]

Our Gardeners have BEEn busy planting wildflower meadows in different locations in Bushy Park. We ask people not to walk in the areas that are marked with these signs. #pollinators #bees #biodiversity #Dublin

[DCCParksBiodiversity @DCCParksBiodiv]

The new book box constructed and installed by the residents of Priory Road, Kimmage. A welcome addition to our green space there. Take some books or leave!! Its all free!! 👏😎📙

[Emma McArdle | Ireland 🇮🇪 @McArdlePhoto]

Another shot of the beautiful Spring Blossoms in Herbert Park 🌸 #Dublin #ThePhotoHour

@the_full_irish_ @PhotosOfDublin @OldDublinTown @OldeEire @GoToIreland @TourismIreland @barrabest @bbcniweather @thetimes

[Ruthe Burke @ruthebebe]

@claire_prouvost @APlayfulCity @stmcnews Stunning, well done!

[Ruthe Burke @ruthebebe]

@robertburns73 @APlayfulCity Love it, could totally see something similar in DLR, ye do great work there as it is 👍

[Ruthe Burke @ruthebebe]

@robertburns73 AMAZING!!!!! Love it @MUFarchitecture

[Robert Burns @robertburns73]

Go. Play.

Play street in Hackney Crescent, London.