{"id":30,"date":"2012-07-20T16:06:53","date_gmt":"2012-07-20T04:06:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/willandrewsdesign.com\/wordpress\/?page_id=30"},"modified":"2026-10-13T11:11:55","modified_gmt":"2026-10-13T10:11:55","slug":"urbanism-cycling","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.willandrewsdesign.com\/","title":{"rendered":"Hello"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/willandrewsdesign.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/08Sep22-2Lo-960x720.jpg\" alt=\"'Space' media stunt, 2008\" class=\"wp-image-1659\" srcset=\"http:\/\/willandrewsdesign.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/08Sep22-2Lo-960x720.jpg 960w, http:\/\/willandrewsdesign.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/08Sep22-2Lo-150x112.jpg 150w, http:\/\/willandrewsdesign.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/08Sep22-2Lo-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/willandrewsdesign.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/08Sep22-2Lo-720x540.jpg 720w, http:\/\/willandrewsdesign.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/08Sep22-2Lo-160x120.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">I&#8217;m an architect and sustainable transport advocate from Dublin who&#8217;s been involved in advocacy for better urban design and sustainable transport since the early 2000&#8217;s.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Motivated by the <a title=\"Transport+Urban Design- Issues\" href=\"https:\/\/willandrewsdesign.com\/?page_id=1367\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>immensely positive<\/strong><\/a> contribution that high levels of <strong>cycling for transport<\/strong> can make to city life, I&#8217;ve worked with <a title=\"Dublin Cycling Campaign\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dublincycling.ie\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dublin Cycling Campaign<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/irishcyclingcampaign.ie\">Irish Cycling Campaign<\/a> and <a title=\"CAN\" href=\"https:\/\/can.org.nz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cycling Action Network<\/a> in New Zealand to help advocate for better cycling provision among national bodies, local authorities and the public.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I ran a small architectural practice from 2000 until 2012 with a mix of commissions from small domestic work to office and retail parks and apartment schemes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From 2012 to 2018 I worked in New Zealand as a professional advocate for Cycling Action Network, trained adults and kids in cycle confidence and safety and helped run a state-funded empathy-building programme for bus and truck drivers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 2020 I took an M.Sc. in Urban Environment in the Geography Department at University College Dublin, and in 2025 obtained a certificate in planning and design for active travel from TU Dublin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I&#8217;m a member of the Royal Institute of Architects of Ireland and the Transport Planning Society.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m an architect and sustainable transport advocate from Dublin who&#8217;s been involved in advocacy for better urban design and sustainable transport since the early 2000&#8217;s. Motivated by the immensely positive contribution that high levels of cycling for transport can make to city life, I&#8217;ve worked with Dublin Cycling Campaign, the Irish Cycling Campaign and Cycling [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-30","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","author-willdesign"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.willandrewsdesign.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/30","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.willandrewsdesign.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.willandrewsdesign.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.willandrewsdesign.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.willandrewsdesign.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=30"}],"version-history":[{"count":117,"href":"https:\/\/www.willandrewsdesign.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/30\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7184,"href":"https:\/\/www.willandrewsdesign.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/30\/revisions\/7184"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.willandrewsdesign.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=30"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}