“Bikes-for-Billboards” scheme exposes major planning flaws
It sounded like a fairytale, yet what was initially hailed as “free bikes”
Advertising space for rental bikes ‘a dodgy deal’
The agreement between Dublin City Council and international advertising company JC Decaux to provide rental bicycles in exchange for advertising space estimated to be worth €1 million annually is a “dodgy deal”,
Bicycle rental scheme to go ahead
The French scheme was introduced 18 months ago with 20,000 bicycles,
Billboards that caused traffic chaos
Fresh controversy erupted over Dublin’s “billboards for bikes” scheme after one of the new advert panels became an instant traffic hazard.
Council street ads branded a total ‘disaster’
A popular architectural website has branded Dublin City Council’s new on-street advertising panels “an unmitigated disaster”.
Does €100m worth of business in return for 450 bikes AD up?
Dublin City Council should make public a contract in which advertising space is being exchanged for bicycles,
Dublin bike scheme billboards threat to drivers
Dublin’s “free bike scheme” for its citizens has encountered an unexpected obstacle.
Opposition grows against advertising panel plan in return for bike rental
Archiseek, Ireland’s architectural discussion website, has added its voice to calls on Dublin City Council to halt the erection of free-standing advertising panels on footpaths in the city pending a review and investigation.
Planning permission for 18 Dublin billboards rejected
An Bord Pleanála has refused permission for 18 advertising panels, which were to be erected as part of the Dublin city bike rental scheme,
