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Dublin Beta Projects

A Dublin City Council live mechanism for imagining, testing and implementing ways to improve the experience of life in the Capital.

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What is a Beta Project?
Beta Projects act as cost-effective trials that serve to address key issues that Dublin City Council is seeking to understand before implementing.

Can I suggest a project?
Anyone can suggest a Beta Project - just use the suggest link.

What suggestions have been made?
You can see all suggestions received in the Beta Project Pipeline.

What projects are being explored?
Just check out the Beta Project Pipeline to see.

What's happening with live projects?
All projects follow a set series of steps. You can follow it here. Beta Project Pipeline.

LIVE (concept stage) Link to City Challenge - Dumping & Waste

#DumpingWasteBETA

City Challenge - Dumping & Waste

There is a problem with onstreet dumping of household waste in Dublin. We'd like to explore solving this issue with your help.

LIVE (concept stage) Link to NeighbourhoodBETA

#NeighbourhoodBETA

NeighbourhoodBETA

Can we develop a way for neighbourhoods to more easily imagine, test and implement their way towards an agreed vision?

LIVE (concept stage) Link to BagBin

#BagBinBETA

BagBin

Are 'BagBins' a useful solution to the problem of presentation of waste in bags on the street?

EXPLORING Link to Hangars for large cycles

#BikeHangarBETA

Hangars for large cycles

We would like to explore the idea of providing parking hangars for the many types of non-standard cycles.

EXPLORING Link to Kissing Gates

#KissingGatesBETA

Kissing Gates

Kissing gates often cause unintended problems, whilst not always addressing their aim. Is there a better solution?

EXPLORING Link to Shared Bins

#SharedBinsBETA

Shared Bins

Would shared, onstreet, residential waste bins be a useful solution to improve our waste services and also reduce dumping?

EXPLORING Link to School Streets

#SchoolStreetsBETA

School Streets

We'd like to explore the idea of School Streets - streets which are pedestrianised during certain school periods.

EXPLORING Link to Play Streets

#PlayStreetsBETA

Play Streets

How can we open up streets to enable local children to easily and safely play, ideally a short distance from their home?

EXPLORING Link to Open Streets

#OpenStreetsBETA

Open Streets

There are many times when it's useful to open up streets to people on a part-time basis. Can we find better ways to do that?

EXPLORING Link to Waste Search Tool

#WasteSearchBETA

Waste Search Tool

How could we make the existing waste services much easier to understand, find, and use?

EXPLORING Link to Motorbike Parking

#MotorbikeParkingBeta

Motorbike Parking

We don't tend to provide specific motorbike parking and they are not supposed to park on pavements. Is there a better solution?

EXPLORING Link to Disabled Parking

#DisabledParkingBeta

Disabled Parking

Should we revise the disabled parking signage? If so, what should it reflect and why?