Clontarf to Clonskeagh?

coco_lola

I got a job in Clonskeagh (Richmond Office Park) and will be starting there next week (yay!). However I just signed a one year lease on an apartment in Clontarf, so I'll be driving there every day. Can anyone recommend the best route for me to take to avoid as much traffic as possible? I was advised to go via Mount Street as traffic on Barrow street can be very bad?

How much time should I allow on my first day to get from, say Howth Road on Clontarf, to Richmond Office Park in Clonskeagh?

Conway635

If you feel you have to drive it, I would reccomend via Beckett bridge, Macken Street, Begger's Busg, Ballsbridge, Anglesea Road, beaver Row.

But doing this each way in the rush hour will sap your soul in short order.

Far far easier to go by bus - take any of the Clontarf or Howth Road routes to Marlborough Street, then walk out into O'Connell Street and take an 11.

It'll be kinder to you in the long run!

C635

markpb

coco_lola wrote: »

How much time should I allow on my first day to get from, say Howth Road on Clontarf, to Richmond Office Park in Clonskeagh?

A friend of mine recently started commuting from Beaumont to Clonskeagh and can do it in 40 minutes via Fairview and the Beckett Bridge. However, depending on the office park that you're in, it can take up to 20 minutes just to get out onto Clonskeagh Road/Beaver Row in the evenings.

Conway635 wrote: »

Far far easier to go by bus - take any of the Clontarf or Howth Road routes to Marlborough Street, then walk out into O'Connell Street and take an 11.

Does anyone in C&T use this bug regularly? Several people I know working in Clonskeagh claim that it's terribly unreliable, regularly shows 30+ minute gaps on RTIS and regularly disappears off it completely after they've waited 20 minutes. I used the DCU end of it years ago and never had a problem.

CiaranMcDCFC

Conway635 wrote: »

If you feel you have to drive it, I would reccomend via Beckett bridge, Macken Street, Begger's Busg, Ballsbridge, Anglesea Road, beaver Row.

But doing this each way in the rush hour will sap your soul in short order.

Far far easier to go by bus - take any of the Clontarf or Howth Road routes to Marlborough Street, then walk out into O'Connell Street and take an 11.

It'll be kinder to you in the long run!

C635

I drive from upper Sherrif street to Richviw each morning via this route and it takes between 30 and 40 minutes so it is not too bad. In the evening if you hit the Beckett bridge at the wrong time it can take a while but has never taken me more than an hour to get home. Cannot comment on traffic between North Wall and Clontarf but would not imagine it to be too bad.

coco_lola

CiaranMcDCFC wrote: »

I drive from upper Sherrif street to Richviw each morning via this route and it takes between 30 and 40 minutes so it is not too bad. In the evening if you hit the Beckett bridge at the wrong time it can take a while but has never taken me more than an hour to get home. Cannot comment on traffic between North Wall and Clontarf but would not imagine it to be too bad.

What route do you take Ciaran?

CiaranMcDCFC

Come down on to the quays and turn left onto beckett Bridge, although technically this is an illegal turn!! Straight up then to Mount Street and left all the y to Ballsbridge. Right up Ailesbury road and on to Beaver Road. Then Left at the top and I park on Whitethorn Road across from the office park as I find it easier to get back into traffic in the evenings. Rarely any trouble in the mornings and as I said sometimes can take a while getting across the bridge in the evenings although since they did the road works and redesigned the lanes it seems to have gotten better.

coco_lola

CiaranMcDCFC wrote: »

Come down on to the quays and turn left onto beckett Bridge, although technically this is an illegal turn!! Straight up then to Mount Street and left all the y to Ballsbridge. Right up Ailesbury road and on to Beaver Road. Then Left at the top and I park on Whitethorn Road across from the office park as I find it easier to get back into traffic in the evenings. Rarely any trouble in the mornings and as I said sometimes can take a while getting across the bridge in the evenings although since they did the road works and redesigned the lanes it seems to have gotten better.

Cheers for this, yeah I heard that I'm best off to go by Mount Street to avoid the traffic, I wouldn't mind so much in the evenings, but the main thing is to get to work on time Cheers!

CiaranMcDCFC

No Worries, will see you in Richview next week!!

schemingbohemia

CiaranMcDCFC wrote: »

Come down on to the quays and turn left onto beckett Bridge, although technically this is an illegal turn!! Straight up then to Mount Street and left all the y to Ballsbridge. Right up Ailesbury road and on to Beaver Road. Then Left at the top and I park on Whitethorn Road across from the office park as I find it easier to get back into traffic in the evenings. Rarely any trouble in the mornings and as I said sometimes can take a while getting across the bridge in the evenings although since they did the road works and redesigned the lanes it seems to have gotten better.

I love this, "technically" :rolleyes: it either is or isn't. I'm technically pregnant?

Will you tell the judge or the Garda that it's only technically an illegal turn?

coco_lola

schemingbohemia wrote: »

I love this, "technically" :rolleyes: it either is or isn't. I'm technically pregnant?

Will you tell the judge or the Garda that it's only technically an illegal turn?

That's not what this thread is about.

markpb

coco_lola wrote: »

That's not what this thread is about.

He has a point though - giving directions to someone that involve breaking the law isn't very helpful, even if it's well intentioned.

coco_lola

markpb wrote: »

He has a point though - giving directions to someone that involve breaking the law isn't very helpful, even if it's well mentioned.

Well as you said it was well mentioned, I understand that it is breaking the law but I guess it's up to me to make that choice?

Losty Dublin

coco_lola wrote: »

Well as you said it was well mentioned, I understand that it is breaking the law but I guess it's up to me to make that choice?

If you did get caught, send the ticket into fines@boards.ie

Victor

CiaranMcDCFC wrote: »

although technically this is an illegal turn!!

Importantly, the law is technical.

Please do not advocate illegal and/or potentially unsafe behaviour.

coco_lola wrote: »

Well as you said it was well mentioned, I understand that it is breaking the law but I guess it's up to me to make that choice?

Keith186

Victor wrote: »

Importantly, the law is technical.

It's also quite silly to make a left turn illegal, seems like a ploy to keep the Eastlink Toll busy.

Victor

Keith186 wrote: »

It's also quite silly to make a left turn illegal, seems like a ploy to keep the Eastlink Toll busy.

Not quite. It is there to stop drawing traffic in that doesn't need to be there.

coco_lola

Thanks for all the info guys. From reading this anyway, and the direction I'm coming from, I won't need to make a left turn, as I'll be going down by Connolly station and across, I won't be near Beckett Bridge.