fantasy cycling infrastructure upgrades

Tenzor07 · 25-06-2014 10:49pm

Donie75 wrote: »

Would love to see an extensive bike trail network developed in coillte forests and other public lands. Grants for landowners to develop trails and new regulations to deal with the planning, etc. it could be the driver for great bike tourism. Take the Slieve Bloom or Wicklow area. Great for road cycling and if MTB trails were developed it could lead to a joined up tourism plan.

There's fantasy and pure outright dreaming!

Iwannahurl · 26-06-2014 12:44am

desertcircus · 26-06-2014 9:02am

Deedsie wrote: »

Speeding in a car and cycling in a pedestrian zone are not really comparable? What does it matter if it's more? Don't do it and it will be nothing to worry about. A 90kg man cycling towards an elderly person on a pedestrian street is comparably dangerous to a car driving at excessive speed on a public road.

The fail is strong in this one.

Jabel · 26-06-2014 10:36am

If we're talking fantasy here...
I'd like a succession of flag waving, ridiculous costume wearing,
people running alongside me shouting encouragement on the hills and then when I reach my destination I'd like to be kissed by two beautiful girls while I stand atop the winners podium with a nice bunch of flowers...:D

magicbastarder · 26-06-2014 11:08am

that reminded me of this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6ep_d_LrMY#t=13m12s

tomasrojo · 29-01-2015 10:30pm

This is a relatively recent thread about infrastructure, so I'll put this article about infrastructure in Seville here:
http://www.theguardian.com/cities/2015/jan/28/seville-cycling-capital-southern-europe-bike-lanes

tomasrojo · 05-05-2015 11:22am

Not exclusively an article about infrastructure, but, as with my last post, not sure where else it could go:

http://www.theguardian.com/cities/2015/may/05/amsterdam-bicycle-capital-world-transport-cycling-kindermoord

(The graph in that article seems to confirm what I've seen before, possibly the same data source: even greatly diminished over time until its nadir in the 70s, cycling never went as low in the Netherlands as it did elsewhere, presumably because of all the interventions in the 70s, and because it started from such a high level.)

omri · 05-05-2015 2:46pm

Not sure how many of you got a chance to cycle through Blackrock, the new wide cycle paths are brilliant, would love to see that across the entire Dublin. So thumbs up for DLRD CoCo.

diomed · 05-05-2015 3:26pm

Deedsie wrote: »

A 900kg man cycling towards an elderly person on a pedestrian street is comparably dangerous to a car driving at excessive speed on a public road.

Fixed

RainyDay · 05-05-2015 11:23pm

Deedsie wrote: »

Speeding in a car and cycling in a pedestrian zone are not really comparable? What does it matter if it's more? Don't do it and it will be nothing to worry about. A 90kg man cycling towards an elderly person on a pedestrian street is comparably dangerous to a car driving at excessive speed on a public road.

It's 'comparably dangerous'? Really? Take a quick look at the road safety stats. Motor vehicles kill 200+ people each year and maim thousands of others. Cyclists don't.

bambergbike wrote: »

I had a long discussion with a tractor driver (long high-sided trailer behind the tractor) last Friday afternoon.

The oul helmetcam can be effective in showing the incident from your point of view.

tomasrojo · 05-05-2015 11:47pm

This is my fault for posting to an old thread (we don't have an infrastructure mega-thread, do we?), but Deedsie's comment dates from about a year ago.

eeeee · 06-05-2015 1:35am

omri wrote: »

Not sure how many of you got a chance to cycle through Blackrock, the new wide cycle paths are brilliant, would love to see that across the entire Dublin. So thumbs up for DLRD CoCo.

It is indeed lovely, until you try and turn left up merrion avenue, then there's a pointless concrete divide between cars and bikes that spits you out right in front of the cars you have disappeared from their vision from.( ugh grammar you know what I mean!) Otherwise it is excellent.

Fantasy infrastructure wise, I would like a monorail network through Dublin, raised up above eberything except instead of trains on it It's all for bikes. With giant fans giving a permanent tailwind. And curly sliplanes on and off for entertainment/climbyness/skill maintenance and development!

RainyDay · 19-05-2015 5:37pm

How about a few of these around Dublin, maybe one in city centre, one in East Point, one in Sandyford, one in City West etc?

Secure bike locking, lockers, shower...

http://home.bikestation.com/bikestation-santa-barbara

And a bit of the sun to go with it would be nice too.

tomasrojo · 19-05-2015 11:20pm

Just noticed that a potential "fantasy" route to join the Churchtown cycle facilities to Rathmines is a non-starter because Orwell Park has a "Cycling Strictly Prohibited" sign, even though it runs almost seamlessly into Dartry Park, which merely has a "Cycle Responsibly" sign. This is a real pity. I'm sure people cycle through Orwell Park anyway, but there's potential there to provide a quiet, alternative route into town.

mjsc1970 · 20-05-2015 12:44am

I'd love it if they could just widen the Hearse Road out to Donabate a bit so it would be safer for cars to pass you.
If that was so I'd consider a commute to the city centre more often ( I'd even tackle it in winter ) without the fear of possibly getting cleaned out on that road.

tomasrojo · 05-06-2015 9:57am

Saw this on Twitter:

(Top three are kilometres of carriagewaydedicated to tram, rail and bikes, the fourth is mixed-use carriageway, and the last is carriageway exclusive to motorised traffic.)

Interesting to see how much mixed-use there is, but I assume it's on lower-capacity/lower-velocity roads. Those who know more can correct me.

outfox · 05-06-2015 3:33pm

Seeing as this a fantasy infrastructure thread, I thought I'd post this. It's an intersection for bikes on the Danube cycling path about 100 km from Vienna. The spiral brings cyclists from an elevated road bridge which crosses the river, down to a cycle path along the river bank. I'd never seen the like of it before. Nearly got dizzy going down it.

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tampopo · 05-06-2015 9:42pm

^^^^ Stunning, outfox, simply stunning!!!

tampopo · 05-06-2015 9:51pm

For me, a wheel channel up the steps at the Islandbridge pedestrian gate. Surely the OPW could put something down there? Surely?

Also, no parking in cycle tracks, Advisory or not. Park on the fcuking road instead. The mayor of Vilnius got it right with his publicity stunt. It works a treat!

tomasrojo · 05-06-2015 11:29pm

tampopo wrote: »

For me, a wheel channel up the steps at the Islandbridge pedestrian gate. Surely the OPW could put something down there? Surely?

I often did wonder about that when I lived in Kilmainham. Is there a preservation order on the steps there maybe?

tampopo · 05-06-2015 11:40pm

I'll call them next week and ask.

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