One-way exemption

drcopernicus

Noted from green party (yes, I know) twitter account;

London Declares Salmon Season Open: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article6837656.ece

(Cyclists will be given green light to ignore one-way signs)

Lumen

Looney tunes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u14T5wzicqw

niceonetom

Makes sense to me*. One way systems are a way of regulating motorised traffic and shouldn't necessarily apply to bikes or pedestrians.



* in most situations. I wouldn't, for instance, think it would be a good idea to salmon on the quays.

lukester

There's already at least one street in Dublin that has a contra-flow cycle lane.

Makes sense to me in the right circumstances.

drcopernicus

There's a contraflow between Suffolk and Wicklow Steet which always has white vans parked in it. There's also a bit of cycle lane which changes unceremoniously to contraflow from Bolton Street round to Parnell Street - shunting you out into the traffic with a look of "meh" on your face.

Don't know of any others.

I note that this Tory policy, which I am not necessarily against, follows photograph of Cameron sailing the wrong way down somewhere called Dawson Place. This is also how I would enact legislation if I was the king.

blorg

It makes perfect sense and is allowed in other jurisdictions without problem (and without a specific contra-flow lane.)

DirkVoodoo

As long as there are not too many junctions.

I use the one on Leeson street all the time, but that runs along a contraflow bus lane so drivers tend to look both ways anyway. I would feel a little more vulnerable without the bus lane there.

Doctor Bob

There's another (sort of) contra-flow in Dublin- City Quay onto Matt Talbot Bridge onto Memorial Road (back of the Custom House), but many people don't know what it is, cyclists and pedestrians alike.

DirkVoodoo wrote: »

As long as there are not too many junctions.

I use the one on Leeson street all the time, but that runs along a contraflow bus lane so drivers tend to look both ways anyway. I would feel a little more vulnerable without the bus lane there.

The odd thing about the Leeson Street one- it is both illegal and inaccessible. Illegal because, even with dedicated facilities, cyclists are not permitted to use contra-flow bus lanes, and inaccessible because, well, how do you get to it? The only legal way (if the cycle lane were legal itself) would be to walk to the start and get on your bike. There's no right turn from Earlsfort Terrace, there's no straight ahead from Stephen's Green South eastbound), and the bus lane on Stephen's Green East precludes cycling for the reasons outlined above. Aah Dublin!

BTW, I'm not having a go at you at all, Dirk- I use this one too on occasion, and I don't dismount in order to get to it. But it is one of the peculiarities of Dublin's road layout. One of many...

As for your comment re junctions- spot on.

Re the OP- I'm not sure Dublin is ready for the 'naked street' approach, even though the salmoning couriers (and others) on Merrion Row seem to survive. (Although, wasn't that the spot where the salmoning courier killed the pedestrian a few years ago?)

blorg

It's all very simple as long as everyone is considerate and follows the rules