How will you get about today? (With the Bus Strike)

B.A._Baracus

Hopefully mods don't mind me posting this. I didnt want to hijack the other thread as that's talking about the core issues of the strike and this is a 'how will you deal with it' thread.

As you know today marks the first business day that the bus strike will effect. Usually in a few hours thousands of people would be getting the Bus to work etc. But not everyone will have an alternative such as taking the Luas or train. So how are you going to deal with the lack of buses today?

For me, luckily my course is on break otherwise I wouldnt know what to do. But 2 very close friends of mine (who live in the same area as me) are considering taking days off. As the only way to get in would be paying costly taxi fares.

rustedtrumpet

Bareback on my personal slave

Mint Sauce

Are Bus Eireann on strike as well?

Maximus Alexander

I normally cycle to work, but wouldn't you know it I got a flat on Friday and had to leave the bike in work. That means a taxi for me in the morning. Thanks bus men.

B.A._Baracus

Mint Sauce wrote: »

Are Bus Eireann on strike as well?

No. Only Dublin Bus.
Bus Eireann can be an alernative for some. But of course your location and the location of your job is an issue as to weather Bus Eireann services would be of any use.

o1s1n

Walking to the train station and getting it into the city (rather than getting the bus outside my house)

Probably add 30-40 min to my already long 1.5 hour commute. Pain in the arse.

shanzam

I'm going to have to get a lift to the luas then get a dart and a shuttle bus to work

Aint Eazy Being Cheezy

I drive, but tomorrow Im going to change my time and route a bit to help out 2 colleagues who are affected by the strike.

Just have to help out if you can and hope it doesn't go on too long.

keith16

I hate when threads are given ambiguous titles which will be obsolete soon unlike the thread which will likely run for years.

Every time I see this thread I'll be like:

"Today? Again?"

Same with that "Another mass shooting in the US" thread.

Every time I see it I'm like "another shooting"

PizzamanIRL

Same way I always get around, because I don't live in Dublin. :cool:

De Bellem

For so many people in our capital unfortunately with great difficulty

Mr.Prodston

I don't plan on leaving the house. But if I did I would walk, cycle, drive, hand-glide or I could just get the bus

RobbingBandit

Walk to Santry and get a cab to the airport, then a bus to Newry then a train to Connolly when I am done then either walk home to Poppintree or if I have the funds a cab home. This is like Christmas, New Years Eve and their birthdays all rolled into one for taxi drivers.

efb

If only there was a Dublin forum...

johnr1

There is a Dublin forum for stuff which only affecfs or concerns people who live there OP.


Edit: Beaten to it !

NegativeCreep

If this was happening in September I'd be royally screwed. Thankfully it's not and I've nowhere to be

I'd have to beg my friend for a lift to and from college which I doubt she'd be happy about :L

Czarcasm

It's only Dublin bus are on strike, the rest of the country will be able to get to work as normal.

rustedtrumpet

RobbingBandit wrote: »

Walk to Santry and get a cab to the airport, then a bus to Newry then a train to Connolly when I am done then either walk home to Poppintree or if I have the funds a cab home. This is like Christmas, New Years Eve and their birthdays all rolled into one for taxi drivers.

Jaysus, where the hell do you work? Narnia?

B.A._Baracus

efb wrote: »

If only there was a Dublin forum...

johnr1 wrote: »

There is a Dublin forum for stuff which only affecfs or concerns people who live there OP.


Edit: Beaten to it !

After Hours is a collection of various forums you know. The Dublin Bus strike is a hot topic. If we wanted to section off threads then there would be nothing in here. Such as if you wanted to talk about a political scandal >> then use the politics forum, etc. want to talk against the church? use the athiest forum. etc.

tuxy

Wasn't there a huge uptake on the bike to work scheme? Many people should have bikes or access to one, even someone who is horribly unfit can cover 20km in under an hour. So problem solved for many

efb

B.A._Baracus wrote: »

After Hours is a collection of various forums you know. The Dublin Bus strike is a hot topic. If we wanted to section off threads then there would be nothing in here. Such as if you wanted to talk about a political scandal >> then use the politics forum, etc. want to talk against the church? use the athiest forum. etc.

but this is region specific, ie politics about waterford in waterford forum....

NegativeCreep

efb wrote: »

but this is region specific, ie politics about waterford in waterford forum....

Just don't read the thread if it doesn't apply to you? You don't have to post in every thread you see in after hours.

efb

NegativeCreep wrote: »

Just don't read the thread if it doesn't apply to you? You don't have to post in every thread you see in after hours.

really, I didnt know how it worked.

I will get around Tullamore tomorrow by walking.

(Ironically, I do work in Dublin but I'm on holidays )

Zebra3

shanzam wrote: »

I'm going to have to get a lift to the luas then get a dart and a shuttle bus to work

You're going to the Luas to get a Dart?

Amirani

Zebra3 wrote: »

You're going to the Luas to get a Dart?

What's wrong with that?

the_syco

Drive meh car...

ArnoldJRimmer

tuxy wrote: »

Wasn't there a huge uptake on the bike to work scheme? Many people should have bikes or access to one, even someone who is horribly unfit can cover 20km in under an hour. So problem solved for many

Are we making the assumption that the 20km will all be downhill?

dodderangler

Is it definately still on strike today. I'm wondering as I only started new job last week and I've to get two buses to it.

RobbingBandit

rustedtrumpet wrote: »

Jaysus, where the hell do you work? Narnia?

Didn't say anything about work, going to Newry for shopping to be honest, the train only stops in Connolly on the way back from the North,it doesn't stop at Howth Junction etc. I will be getting a bus from the airport to Newry then the train to Connolly then either walking home or getting a taxi as I said above.

tuxy

ArnoldJRimmer wrote: »

Are we making the assumption that the 20km will all be downhill?

No most routes would have a mixture of easy ups and downs nothing excessive, Dublin is relativity flat.

Most people don't seem to realise that cycling 20k is only about as much effort as jogging 4k.

Maximus Alexander

tuxy wrote: »

Wasn't there a huge uptake on the bike to work scheme? Many people should have bikes or access to one, even someone who is horribly unfit can cover 20km in under an hour. So problem solved for many

tuxy wrote: »

No most routes would have a mixture of easy ups and downs nothing excessive, Dublin is relativity flat.

Most people don't seem to realise that cycling 20k is only about as much effort as jogging 4k.

Since when can someone who is "horribly unfit" jog 4k?

tuxy

Maximus Alexander wrote: »

Since when can someone who is "horribly unfit" jog 4k?

Sorry, to clarify by horribly unfit I mean someone that does not normally exercise not someone who is morbidly obese.
It would be unwise for the morbidly obese to attempt it.

Zebra3

NiallSparky wrote: »

What's wrong with that?

Surely you'd go to the Luas to get the Luas.

Amirani

Zebra3 wrote: »

Surely you'd go to the Luas to get the Luas.

I presume he's getting the Luas in order to connect with a DART.

Stereomaniac

Someone said to me, "The DART, isn't that really old?" I said, "Well, it's older than you, I guess."

dfx-

NiallSparky wrote: »

I presume he's getting the Luas in order to connect with a DART.

I used to do this..Luas then Dart to Howth Junction..

Fratoue

Take my Zeppelin

https://www.google.ie/search?gs_rn=24&gs_ri=psy-ab&tok=JtGF4wXDS10wQ0tFskQPug&cp=6&gs_id=6r&xhr=t&q=zeppelin&bav=on.2,or.r_cp.r_qf.&bvm=bv.50310824,d.ZG4&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hl=en&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&ei=AFgAUvFqkPCFB4e5gLgI&biw=1680&bih=880&sei=A1gAUvHtGYmGhQfNzoGwBA

tuxy

Fratoue wrote: »

Take my Zeppelin

https://www.google.ie/search?gs_rn=24&gs_ri=psy-ab&tok=JtGF4wXDS10wQ0tFskQPug&cp=6&gs_id=6r&xhr=t&q=zeppelin&bav=on.2,or.r_cp.r_qf.&bvm=bv.50310824,d.ZG4&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hl=en&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&ei=AFgAUvFqkPCFB4e5gLgI&biw=1680&bih=880&sei=A1gAUvHtGYmGhQfNzoGwBA

I know this is after hours but did you really think people would not know what a zeppelin is and that's why the link is included?

Retrovertigo

So you definitely ain't getting on no plane, OP?

Duckworth_Luas

Fratoue wrote: »

Take my Zeppelin

Is it that lead one I've heard so much about?

shanzam

Zebra3 wrote: »

You're going to the Luas to get a Dart?

I don't live on the dart line so I have to get a luas out to Connelly

Teyla Emmagan

I'm walking, it's going to take an hour so this is the earliest I've been up all year.

If I would only get my hole off the couch now I might be in at a reasonable time.

the_syco

tuxy wrote: »

No most routes would have a mixture of easy ups and downs nothing excessive, Dublin is relativity flat.

After cycling relatively flat road, there is a nice hill the climb when you reach Leixlip :P

Fratoue wrote: »

Take my Zeppelin

A lot of people can't park a car properly. Good f**king luck them parking a mini hydrogen bomb!!!

=-=

I drove to work. 6 minutes. Not really any traffic.

charlietheminxx

Left the house a half an hour early to trek to the train station. ugh. COFFEE ME.

TheDoc

Drove in this morning, thankfully the shift I'm on traffic is rarely a problem, and the same this morning. Not looking forward to the drive home.

Normally would get a Dart, gave up on Dublin Bus years ago

Merrion

Maybe boards.ie could set up a car-pooling group?

Esoteric_

Walking, my job is only 5-6km away from my house anyway.

KTRIC

Drove in on my bike this morning, no traffic and even had time to stop for a coffee. I could get used to this

tuxy

Esoteric_ wrote: »

Walking, my job is only 5-6km away from my house anyway.

Fair play, if you were to cycle you would be there faster than the bus would normally get you there

Esoteric_

tuxy wrote: »

Fair play, if you were to cycle you would be there faster than the bus would normally get you there

You know how they say you never forget how to cycle?


They lied. Last time I tried, I fell off about 6 times before I got out of my fúcking estate. I'm too fat to balance, obviously.

Czarcasm

Esoteric_ wrote: »

Walking, my job is only 5-6km away from my house anyway.

:eek: