Traffic Today

Jugs82

Aybody got any idea as to wy traffic is so bad today? - my GF called a minute ago and said that its blocked everywhere and it was going all the way back past Dangan earlier down the Newcastle road....

mikom

Jugs82

mikom wrote: »

Fair enough but it's particularly bad today, worse than I have seen it for a good while

Mrs OBumble

And boards.ie is slow too.

I reckon it's all due to the Moneenigeshia changes ...

KevR

AA Roadwatch wrote:

*GALWAY CITY* Very heavy inbound on the N59/Moycullen Rd, with reports of a 2km tailback. Very slow outbound on the Headford Rd. It’s also heavy both ways on the Dublin, Monivea, Lough Atalia and College Rds. Delays too, inbound on Merchants Rd. Wet road conditions are slowing traffic and causing delays.

Sounds really bad and worse than usual. Wet conditions alone wouldn't normally slow traffic by that much..

Hopefully traffic will have eased a bit by the time I get back to Galway this evening (after 7:30pm).

Jugs82

Got this from AA Roadwatch:

Galway - Very heavy inbound on the N59/Moycullen Rd, with reports of a 3km tailback

Updated: 19/08/2009 15:18:18

Very slow outbound on the Headford Rd. It’s also heavy on the Dublin, Monivea, Lough Atalia and College Rds approaching the Moneenageisha jct. Delays too, inbound on Merchants Rd. Wet road conditions are slowing traffic and causing delays.

Must be Moneenageisha again - jez, they made a right balls of that!!

Jugs82

KevR wrote: »

Sounds really bad and worse than usual. Wet conditions alone wouldn't normally slow traffic by that much..

Hopefully traffic will have eased a bit by the time I get back to Galway this evening (after 7:30pm).

Just beat me to it

biko

There's only one lane coming from the magic roundabout towards Menlo roundabout (They're working on the left lane just at the Menlo RB).
Took ages to get from Argos to Menlo because of this at it's causing massive tailbacks.

Bosco boy

it will sort itself out in a few weeks time when the kids go back to school in the city and all the soccor moms drive them to the school door and double park outside while they exchange gossip with each other and the rest of us gring to a halt wondering whats going wrong - get the schools out of the city, can u imagine the choas at mooneen then :mad:

Zzippy

Magnus wrote: »

There's only one lane coming from the magic roundabout towards Menlo roundabout (They're working on the left lane just at the Menlo RB).
Took ages to get from Argos to Menlo because of this at it's causing massive tailbacks.

At almost any time of day you'd be quicker going the Dyke Road, even when there are 2 lanes open. But especially between 8am-8pm weekdays.

Colleague just took 2 hours to get from Oughterard to Galway, said its crazy out there...

Steyr

Whoever is in charge is obviously clueless, they never needed a new traffic system at Terryland or Monin the round-a-bouts were fine and i hear roadworks are underway around there too, why didnt they just do all roadworks at night instead of holding everybody up.

galah

now now, in fairness - before the changed the roundabout, everyone was bitching about the tailbacks as well. Now they changed it - people are still bitching.

Granted, it still needs improvements but what do you expect - that all the traffic magically disappears? Galway needs a proper traffic solution - including a bypass, park and ride, and proper public transport that actually runs on time and is not stuck in the same traffic...

snubbleste

It was manic at lunchtime today and is just as bad now.
Serious traffic jamming going on all over the place, surely moinin or the terryland roundabout cannot only be responsible?

One of those days when you feel great about having a bicycle and be able to whizz about in the drizzle

_ZeeK_

you'd be surprised how congestion at one junction can have a knock-on effect on all other roads, esp. in a small town like Galway.

those traffic lights @ the Eye have actually exacerbated traffic. trust city council to worsen delays and decrease the quality of our lives! incompetent pricks.

dr.bollocko

Just came from Clifden direction, Over the quincentennial to bodkin roundabout, Headford road onto Dublin road up to Brierhill in about half an hour so it's easing at least on those routes. Was thinking of heading into town soon. Anyone know if that'd be a foolish move?

skelliser

i think we could have reached saturation point today! it was and is absolutely crazy, its the worst iv ever seen it. the whole of town is blocked up.
It took 45 minutes to get from the roundabout at arch motors/seamus quirke road to eyre square! as we where crossing the salmon weir we could see the quinncentenial was all blocked aswell

Chris_533976

I went from UCHG to Knocknacarra at about 6. No problems my way, but as far as I see it was jammed solid from Terryland, across Quincentenial, down Seamus Quirke road and all the way to Dunnes at Knocknacarra.

Madame Razz

It took me 90 mins to get from UCHG to Oranmore at 3.30 this evening, and it took an hour for me to get back at 6pm.

I was not impressed:mad:

futura123

i have not seen traffic this bad in galway city, !!! it was like the whole road network had ground to a halt!!! the moycullen galway road was particularly brutal..... took an hour to get into town !!!!

Das Kitty

I came from Briarhill to Knocknacarra at 4, via Menlo park and the Quincentenary. Didn't notice a thing wrong. That was until I turned onto University road to pick up himself. Sat there for 5 cycles of the lights before the traffic moved at all. Took me 15 minutes to take the left turn onto distillary. Nothing going any other direction except towards the hospital. Another 15 minutes waiting to get out at Dangan to turn right. I was going against the traffic for most of it thankfully, traffic queued all the way to the circular road turn in. I've not seen it that bad ever, even in the mankiest of mank weather.

Fey!

Today was the worst I've seen in ages.

Not made any easier by idiots like the guy in the red polo at the fire station lights at around 5:40 who, heading from Salthill to town, ran the red light and blocked the junction for people coming from Dominic Street and people coming from Claddagh. I was coming from Claddagh, and when I blew the horn at him and passed him when he was too stupid to move, he sped up to my bumper and started giving me the fingers, just outside Harvest.

For the first time ever I actually got out of the car to have words with one of these plebs; you've never seen a guy lock his car and slink into his seat so fast, unless you count his moron girlfriend in the passenger seat. I ended up telling him through his rolled up window that if he wanted to give people the fingers, that he should be sure that he was in the right, and that he was an idiot.

Looking back, I reckon I should have shouted it at him!!!

I think that it's definitely time to get one of those rolling message things for the back window!

I ended up going home through the Crescent and Taylors Hill. Henry Street was blocked back to Dominic Street, both sides of the Old Crane were blocked, but the Sea Road/Crescent junction heading to Salthill was clear. At the Nile Lodge junction, another fool didn't have the patience to let the junction clear before he pulled forward, and blocked it for people coming from St Marys Road (another VW driver, funnily enough).

Sorry about the rant.

Carry on!!!

futura123

Fey! wrote: »

Today was the worst I've seen in ages.

Not made any easier by idiots like the guy in the red polo at the fire station lights at around 5:40 who, heading from Salthill to town, ran the red light and blocked the junction for people coming from Dominic Street and people coming from Claddagh. I was coming from Claddagh, and when I blew the horn at him and passed him when he was too stupid to move, he sped up to my bumper and started giving me the fingers, just outside Harvest.

For the first time ever I actually got out of the car to have words with one of these plebs; you've never seen a guy lock his car and slink into his seat so fast, unless you count his moron girlfriend in the passenger seat. I ended up telling him through his rolled up window that if he wanted to give people the fingers, that he should be sure that he was in the right, and that he was an idiot.

Looking back, I reckon I should have shouted it at him!!!

I think that it's definitely time to get one of those rolling message things for the back window!

Sorry about the rant.

Carry on!!!

that junction is notorious for idiots who block the box........ i hate the traffic system in this city... and the drivers dont help in alot of cases.

Madame Razz

Somebody needs to shoot the traffic manager:mad:

Tomebagel

Ever since Cameron and Geraghty insisted on the new layout of the newcastle road it has always had problems.

shoot them if anyone

Interceptor

I passed you all on my motorbike. Had to go from the Tuam Road to Moycullen and back at 5pm - took me 40 minutes to complete the journey and I must have passed eleventy million cars going nowhere.

I was soggy but well wrapped up and for the couple of you who moved in to let me pass - thanks.

Buy a motorbike - you know it makes sense....

'cptr

dr.bollocko

Interceptor wrote: »

I passed you all on my motorbike. Had to go from the Tuam Road to Moycullen and back at 5pm - took me 40 minutes to complete the journey and I must have passed eleventy million cars going nowhere.

I was soggy but well wrapped up and for the couple of you who moved in to let me pass - thanks.

Buy a motorbike - you know it makes sense....

'cptr

I like the 4 wheels, roof, radio and space for the girlfriend. And the room for shopping.
Actually I saw a fair shocker of a **** up from a driver of a merc on a roundabout on the way home today. Pulled out onto the roundabout in the outside lane right in front of a biker forcing the biker to skid to a juddery halt right on the roundabout in front of my car in the inside lane. Diabolical driving. Biker was right to stop or else he would have been mangled by a merc but he stopped right in front of me. I was watching him so was able to stop. You know yourself though, when you get the opportunity to go first gear gets revved so I just avoided the poor guy. I mean his life was endangered by this middle aged tossbag in a merc. It reminded me why I drive a car despite being incredibly jealous of ye bikers as ye roar past me in traffic.

Discodog

The Moneenigeshia lights are a disaster. On Sunday early evening there was a huge queue along Loch Atalia. As I got closer to the lights it was obvious that they are not synchronised to the Moneenigesha lights. So you get a green light but can't move because the roundabout lights are red.

The new lights are supposed to react to the level of traffic in each direction yet when I finally got there they were often red & the road with the green light had no traffic on it. So you sit at a red light for no reason.

skelliser

keith finnegan should be interesting tomorrow....

geeniebops

Water mains burst in Newcastle today that caused the Traffic delays.

ronnie3585

Discodog wrote: »

The Moneenigeshia lights are a disaster. On Sunday early evening there was a huge queue along Loch Atalia. As I got closer to the lights it was obvious that they are not synchronised to the Moneenigesha lights. So you get a green light but can't move because the roundabout lights are red.

The new lights are supposed to react to the level of traffic in each direction yet when I finally got there they were often red & the road with the green light had no traffic on it. So you sit at a red light for no reason.

I was one of those plebs stuck on Loch Atalia road on Sunday evening. Honestly, I could taste the rage looking at the lights on the roundabout going red just before the lights at our junction went green. It took about five cycles of the lights to move ten meters.

Then, to top that off when you got close to the roundabout you had to watch the pedestrian green come on every cycle of the lights. I've no problem with pedestrians being given priority at a busy roundabout, but for Christ's sake why should the pedestrian green light come on when there isn't a pedestrian for miles. Incomprehensible incompetence.

'Smart lights' - me hole.

Mrs OBumble

I came in to town on a bus from Parkmore about 6:15 tonight. Really light traffic all the way in, very fast trip, and it looked light in the other direction too. However the bus driver said that it had taken him an hour to make the trip out from town. And as I walked home down Merchants Rd, the whole road was packed with cars that appears to be going nowhere fast.

Go figure.

?Cee?view

This thread should be compulsory reading for the muppet councillors and former councillors who opposed the bypass.

Zzippy

Madame Razz wrote: »

Somebody needs to shoot the traffic manager:mad:

Traffic manager - that's an oxymoron, right? Or just a moron... :pac:

Madame Razz

Zzippy wrote: »

Traffic manager - that's an oxymoron, right? Or just a moron... :pac:

I can think of stronger names for said individual......:p:pac:

what_traffic

Interceptor wrote: »

Buy a motorbike - you know it makes sense....

Could add "buy a bicycle" to that shopping list

Acidflash

Took me about 40 mins to get from Rinville in Oranmore to Knocknacarra yesterday evening at 5:30. Traffic was fine going into town but at a standstill going out, tailbacks all the way to lower Salthill.

snubbleste wrote: »

surely moinin or the terryland roundabout cannot only be responsible?

It only takes a problem on one road/junction to bring Galway to a standstill. Galway City Outer Bypass now please.

Mahell

Went on a bit of an odyssey yesterday trying to get out to the Eye for 4.35. Left at 3.45 Just to be safe. HA!!!

(1) Got stuck on St. Mary's Road near the school. Stayed there for 3 or 4 light changes.
(2) About turned to go through Palmyra Park across to Henry Street which was also bunged up so crossed the canal onto Presentation Road and took 10 minutes getting into traffic in Newcastle.
(3) Trapped in said traffic for 20 minutes. The closest I got to the hospital traffic lights was Supermacs whereupon I met my friend and she told me that University Road was wedged with everyone in front of me trying to turn onto it, but that Newcastle Road beyond the lights was deserted.
(4) Turned around again to try getting to the Quincentennial through Shantalla and Westside.
(5) Both Shantalla and Westside insanely busy.
(6) Finally turned for Taylor's Hill to get back to Salthill. ALSO packed. Solely with SUVs for some reason.
(7) Got through that and decided to take one final stab at getting to the Eye through Lough Atalia Road which got me as far as Fr Griffin Road before I gave up in disgust and watched a DVD instead.

Maybe those charged with planning (pffff) traffic in Galway should spend some time actually sitting in it when they want / need to get through it rather than arbitrarily sticking pins in a map!

Interceptor

what_traffic wrote: »

Could add "buy a bicycle" to that shopping list

Yeah but cycling to Moycullen to collect something for work in the middle of the day is rarely an option...

'cptr

galah

Mahell wrote: »

Went on a bit of an odyssey yesterday trying to get out to the Eye for 4.35. Left at 3.45 Just to be safe. HA!!!

(1) Got stuck on St. Mary's Road near the school. Stayed there for 3 or 4 light changes.
(2) About turned to go through Palmyra Park across to Henry Street which was also bunged up so crossed the canal onto Presentation Road and took 10 minutes getting into traffic in Newcastle.
(3) Trapped in said traffic for 20 minutes. The closest I got to the hospital traffic lights was Supermacs whereupon I met my friend and she told me that University Road was wedged with everyone in front of me trying to turn onto it, but that Newcastle Road beyond the lights was deserted.
(4) Turned around again to try getting to the Quincentennial through Shantalla and Westside.
(5) Both Shantalla and Westside insanely busy.
(6) Finally turned for Taylor's Hill to get back to Salthill. ALSO packed. Solely with SUVs for some reason.
(7) Got through that and decided to take one final stab at getting to the Eye through Lough Atalia Road which got me as far as Fr Griffin Road before I gave up in disgust and watched a DVD instead.

Maybe those charged with planning (pffff) traffic in Galway should spend some time actually sitting in it when they want / need to get through it rather than arbitrarily sticking pins in a map!

You could have easily walked in that hour! It's people like you who clog up the traffic unnecessarily! :P

Jugs82

Any word on what traffic is like today - I have to head from Dangan to Renmore for training at 6 - if its anything like yesterday, i might give it a miss.

Also, took the GF an hr and 20 mins to get to work yesterday from Dangan to HP in Ballybrit, she was not a happy camper

Chris_533976

I had to go from UCHG to the mail centre and back to Knocknacarra at about 330. No problems at all. Minor hold ups only, did the whole thing in 40 minutes.

Edit: And to be fair, the bypass would not have solved the problems yesterday, it might have helped anyone getting from Galway to Dublin/Cork/etc, but everyone was commuting to and from work. It might have helped a little, but every approach to Galway FROM the bypass would have been wedged. It would not have been a solution, even though I'd be the first to say "build the damn thing".

Stevo11

" And to be fair, the bypass would not have solved the problems yesterday, it might have helped anyone getting from Galway to Dublin/Cork/etc, but everyone was commuting to and from work. It might have helped a little, but every approach to Galway FROM the bypass would have been wedged. It would not have been a solution, even though I'd be the first to say "build the damn thing".

Are you referring to the completion of the M6 or the Galway bypass/ring road? Because the bypass certainly would have helped yesterday!

snubbleste

Did anyone just hear the raidió? I think I must have mis-heard because..
The council are considering introducing traffic lights on two more roundabouts in the city to ease traffic

Malice

snubbleste wrote: »

Did anyone just hear the raidió? I think I must have mis-heard because..
The council are considering introducing traffic lights on two more roundabouts in the city to ease traffic

It's a fiendish plot to make us abandon our cars out of frustration.

Discodog

snubbleste wrote: »

Did anyone just hear the raidió? I think I must have mis-heard because..
The council are considering introducing traffic lights on two more roundabouts in the city to ease traffic

The whole point of a roundabout is that you don't need lights. Half the lights in Galway could be replaced with mini roundabouts.

Have you even noticed that when traffic lights stop working the traffic moves better !

Malice

Discodog wrote: »

Have you even noticed that when traffic lights stop working the traffic moves better !

Yep, every time I travel near the town hall/courthouse I wish the lights would go out as that seems to be the only time that junction flows freely.

fish fingers

should turn off all traffic lights for 2 hours in the morning and two hours in the evening. speed everything up for everyone

Mrs OBumble

Discodog wrote: »

The whole point of a roundabout is that you don't need lights. Half the lights in Galway could be replaced with mini roundabouts.

Could you possibly back that claim up with some research about the conditions under which that is true, and the conditions under which it's not true?

(Hint: look at traffic volumes as low-medium-high. Also consider the different effects when the amounts of traffic flowing in different directions are not equal. And how safe it is for pedestrians to cross roundabouts.)

shampoosuicide

traffc jams are god's way of telling people to stop clogging the atmosphere with exhaust fumes and use public transport more. seriously though, i can't understand how people can just sit in traffic like that day in, day out. i'd get a bike, or a bus, or anything that's an alternative

MayoForSam

shampoosuicide wrote: »

traffc jams are god's way of telling people to stop clogging the atmosphere with exhaust fumes and use public transport more. seriously though, i can't understand how people can just sit in traffic like that day in, day out. i'd get a bike, or a bus, or anything that's an alternative

Try cycling from Tuam to Inverin and back every day :rolleyes:. Even 'god' wouldn't fancy that one.

Public transport is for all intents and purposes non-existent for most commuters around Galway. And the lovely climate we have is hardly conducive to cycling / walking - maybe 'god' could do something here ? (the city is too spread out anyway).

By-pass is a necessity, this would take the pressure off the existing roads and allow more bus and cycle lanes. Who knows when it will get built - another typical example of the West been left with the breadcrumbs after the rest of the country have had their fill. If yesterday's jams were the result of a burst main in Newcastle as someone mentioned then this is only the sign of things to come when the corporation's maintenance budget gets chopped even more.

shampoosuicide

MayoForSam wrote: »

Try cycling from Tuam to Inverin and back every day :rolleyes:. Even 'god' wouldn't fancy that one.

Public transport is for all intents and purposes non-existent for most commuters around Galway. And the lovely climate we have is hardly conducive to cycling / walking - maybe 'god' could do something here ? (the city is too spread out anyway).

By-pass is a necessity, this would take the pressure off the existing roads and allow more bus and cycle lanes. Who knows when it will get built - another typical example of the West been left with the breadcrumbs after the rest of the country have had their fill. If yesterday's jams were the result of a burst main in Newcastle as someone mentioned then this is only the sign of things to come when the corporation's maintenance budget gets chopped even more.

for sure, people like yourself have little or no options in that respect. and my comment was a bit of a sweeping generalisation. but i know there's still a hell of a lot of people who insist on commuting when they don't really need to. and if those people bit the bullet and grabbed a bus for a change, the congestion people like yourself have to face wouldn't be nearly as bad.