Ian Dempsey dissing cycling lanes

fixieboy

Anyone else hear his valuable input on cycle lanes this morning?

"Money could be better spent elsewhere I'm sure"

Chips Lovell

It could. Rather than segregating cyclists, often in a very cack-handed way, why not improve our pothole strewn road surfaces?

thorbarry

yea some cycle lanes are is stupid places, like on a road just wide enough to fit 2 cars down it, there is a cycle lane. Ridiculous

fixieboy

el tonto wrote: »

It could. Rather than segregating cyclists, often in a very cack-handed way, why not improve our pothole strewn road surfaces?

Don't think that's quite what he was getting at....I think he was coming from a hatred of cyclists angle

griffin100

I would question how it can cost over €1m per km to build a cycle lane (if the quited figures of 7km for €10m are correct).

Doctor Bob

Is there a playback/listen again function on the... hmmm, what station is he on? Wouldn't mind getting it from the horses mouth, if possible. Cheers.

fixieboy wrote: »

Don't think that's quite what he was getting at....I think he was coming from a hatred of cyclists angle

Or maybe he's still bitter over Ray Darcy getting his Den gig.

Chips Lovell

griffin100 wrote: »

I would question how it can cost over €1m per km.

€900,000 per km in consultant's fees. The rest on the cycle track.

Stark

Doctor Bob wrote: »

Or maybe he's still bitter over Ray Darcy getting his Den gig.

Probably bitter that Ray's bicycle keeps him thin and lean while he loses the battle with middle age spread.

Micilin Muc

griffin100 wrote: »

I would question how it can cost over €1m per km to build a cycle lane (if the quited figures of 7km for €10m are correct).

Maybe opportunity cost is involved since they are removing 130 or so car parking spaces to make way for the bike lane.

petethedrummer

griffin100 wrote: »

I would question how it can cost over €1m per km to build a cycle lane (if the quited figures of 7km for €10m are correct).

White paint is very expensive these days.

tomasrojo

Cycle "facilities" have been, with very few exceptions, a pointless and frequently counter-productive exercise in this country. They don't seem to encourage extra people to cycle, they're usually put onto roads that are already popular with cyclists and result in cyclists ending up being harrassed on those roads when they don't use them, they're frequently, nay almost always, more dangerous than using the road anyway, which in most cases wasn't that dangerous in the first place ...

I won't labour the point.

So, whatever about his personal beliefs, his statement appears quite true to me.