Limerick’s multidisciplinary Active Travel team combines engineering, planning and technical expertise, as well as behavioural and communication specialists, to deliver infrastructure that supports safe, sustainable travel for people of all ages and abilities.
Active Travel teams were established across local authorities following the national expansion of active travel investment in 2020. Supported by Department of Transport funding through the National Transport Authority, the team the team works to provide safer, more accessible travel infrastructure, reduce congestion and support healthier, low-carbon lifestyles for the people of Limerick.
Vision Statement
| Who: | Active Travel Limerick |
| What: | Improving sustainable travel options; walking, wheeling, cycling & public transport. |
| Why: | To provide safer transport infrastructure for all, reduce congestion and offer choice in how people travel. To reduce carbon emissions. To enable happier and healthier lifestyles. |
| How: | Deliver the infrastructure and incentives that make it easier, safer, quicker and cheaper for people to choose sustainable travel options. |
| By: | Consulting with the people of Limerick and Stakeholders we draw on the skillsets of our diverse multidisciplinary team. |
| Pledge: | By utilising an early engagement approach, we proactively involve the public and stakeholders to capture ideas and concerns, enabling well-considered, fit-for-purpose proposals to emerge. |
Active Travel Limerick focuses on delivering projects and initiatives that make it easier, safer, quicker and more attractive for people to choose sustainable travel. Through early engagement and ongoing consultation with communities and stakeholders, the team ensures that proposals are well-considered, fit-for-purpose and reflective of local needs.
