Elevation!!

El Stuntman

Not a U2 tour abut a transport solution thought....

anyway here been to Bangkok?

they have roads on top of roads and railways on top of roads, consequently you can drive through the city centre at 200kph (and they do!)

don't all shout at me at once...just a thought, could it work for Dublin?

Chris_533976

Nah everyone would complain. The goverment would say its too expensive, the residents would moan.

Plus they'd do something retarded like finish it in traffic lights or put the LUAS across it

dmeehan

reminds me of an april fool's front page of the herald a few years back. it showed a motorway built on "stilts" running down the length of the liffey from hueston to oconnel bridge :-)

Slice

Wouldn't that make the city a whole lot uglier than it already is?

netman

Slice wrote:

Wouldn't that make the city a whole lot uglier than it already is?

I doubt that even the Israelis could do that

nordydan

netman wrote:

I doubt that even the Israelis could do that

Er, don't say that too loud or they will....

Flukey

Dublin is not really designed or suitable for such things to work efficiently. April Fool or not, a Liffey transport system is probably the best idea and most practical. While infrastructure projects have been quicker in recent years, some are still taking far too long. Even simple road works seem to take a long time. I've seen local roads that look ready to open and don't seem to be having much work done on them, taking a long time to open. A few years ago one such road looked about ready to open. While walking past I asked when it would open. A worker told me it would be about 8 months. That was October. Not much seemed to change in that time. However it did open 8 months later, in June. By pure coincidence, exactly one week later, there was a local election.

El Stuntman

Flukey wrote:

Dublin is not really designed or suitable for such things to work efficiently. April Fool or not, a Liffey transport system is probably the best idea and most practical. While infrastructure projects have been quicker in recent years, some are still taking far too long. Even simple road works seem to take a long time. I've seen local roads that look ready to open and don't seem to be having much work done on them, taking a long time to open. A few years ago one such road looked about ready to open. While walking past I asked when it would open. A worker told me it would be about 8 months. That was October. Not much seemed to change in that time. However it did open 8 months later, in June. By pure coincidence, exactly one week later, there was a local election.

LOL

I thought of that last night while catching an episode of 'Reeling back the Years' (RTE filler garbage)

The year was 1995 and some proud politicos were announcing the solution to all of Dublin's transport woes....the LUAS!! That one only took 9 years to get a (half-arsed) solution up and running.

why the hell does it take so long to get things moving in this country?

Ste.phen

Public Sector Unions?

(though that's another debate entirely, I happen to believe that the slow pace of most govt projects is mostly down to civil service innefficiency)

Chris_533976

Hehe Ive been saying for years to fill the Lee in Cork with concrete and make it into a road

I doubt anyone would take the idea seriously tho, not even me

jlang

Not the river, but a friend of mine's been saying for years that they should fill in the canals in Dublin and use them as highways.

Chris_533976

I think the best idea is to get a fleet of bulldozers, all in a line, with another fleet of cement trucks behind them and in one night, demolish the entire of Dublin and cover it in concete

nordydan

Chris_533976 wrote:

I think the best idea is to get a fleet of bulldozers, all in a line, with another fleet of cement trucks behind them and in one night, demolish the entire of Dublin and cover it in concete

About as useful as your partitionist all ireland ring road. Hang your head in shame young man. Hang your head in shame.

mysterious

Chris_533976 wrote:

I think the best idea is to get a fleet of bulldozers, all in a line, with another fleet of cement trucks behind them and in one night, demolish the entire of Dublin and cover it in concete

You'll need good engineers as Dublin is on sandy soil.

One thing that will always stay the same:rolleyes: the Northside and southside divide. So it will look like a blob of concrete cut in half on google earth.:)

lostinsuperfunk

reminds me of an april fool's front page of the herald a few years back. it showed a motorway built on "stilts" running down the length of the liffey from hueston to oconnel bridge :-)

Hehe Ive been saying for years to fill the Lee in Cork with concrete and make it into a road
I doubt anyone would take the idea seriously tho, not even me

Incredibly, something not too far removed from that was seriously considered in Cork in the 70s.
Not an April Fool either (unless the consultants were only codding, like).

PhilipFromBosco

lostinsuperfunk wrote:

Incredibly, something not too far removed from that was seriously considered in Cork in the 70s.
Not an April Fool either (unless the consultants were only codding, like).

If Cork had highways like Los Angeles (like the article says) it would solve a lot of problems. BTW I adore modern highways. In fact I flew to Los Angeles once just so I could drive their wonderful freeways... I was like a child in a candy store.

Happy Bertie

netman wrote:

I doubt that even the Israelis could do that

More sympathy for the Hezbollah, I see too much of that in Ireland today. Is it becoming fashionalbe to be anti-semitic??
Knock it off. This forum is not the place for taking pot shots at countries and groups of individuals and this includes Americans.

Chris_533976

lostinsuperfunk wrote:

Incredibly, something not too far removed from that was seriously considered in Cork in the 70s.
Not an April Fool either (unless the consultants were only codding, like).

lol

Knowing them though theyd cover it in roundabouts, as if they build 10 roundabouts or something they get free travel vouchers.

secret_squirrel

Happy Bertie wrote:

More sympathy for the Hezbollah, I see too much of that in Ireland today. Is it becoming fashionalbe to be anti-semitic??
Knock it off. This forum is not the place for taking pot shots at countries and groups of individuals and this includes Americans.

Come back and dictate when your a mod.

Try developing a sense of humour whilst you're at it.

Personally I think you should be proud of the Israeli Armies demolition skills. The precision it takes to miss Hezbollah vehicles and hit civilian houses is to be commended.

Isnt ironic that Lebanon has probably still got better transport infrastructure than Dublin.

sorry Victor I couldnt resist. I'll be off to the bold corner now