M50 Traffic, are different directions worse?

oxygen

Hey

I am going to look for a new job in the new year, in Dublin preferably. I will be commuting from Carlow (I own a house there so not much option). I heard a couple of times that the traffic can be worse on the M50 depending which direction you are going? Is this the case...

I will be coming from Carlow, so merging from the N7. Very roughly half way the M50. If the job was in EastPoint or similar I will be travelling North bound, if it is in Sandyford or similar I will be travelling Southbound.

thanks!

markpb

Southbound is much heavier than northbound in the mornings and vice-versa in the evenings. The M7/N7 inbound is very heavy in the mornings, especially around the M9/M7 merge.

Google Maps can give you a good idea of traffic patterns. Open maps, click on the three horozontal bars in the top-left corner and select Traffic. At the bottom-middle, there's a bar that says Live traffic. You can change that to Typical and then select any time and day you want.

If you put in your start and end addresses and then change Leave Now to a specific time and day, it'll give you estimated travel times based on traffic at those times.

oxygen

markpb wrote: »

Southbound is much heavier than northbound in the mornings and vice-versa in the evenings. The M7/N7 inbound is very heavy in the mornings, especially around the M9/M7 merge.

Google Maps can give you a good idea of traffic patterns. Open maps, click on the three horozontal bars in the top-left corner and select Traffic. At the bottom-middle, there's a bar that says Live traffic. You can change that to Typical and then select any time and day you want.

If you put in your start and end addresses and then change Leave Now to a specific time and day, it'll give you estimated travel times based on traffic at those times.

Thanks Mark! clears it up allot. I never even thought of checking the N7 that Google option is very useful, let myself know what I'm getting myself into

oxygen

markpb wrote: »

Southbound is much heavier than northbound in the mornings and vice-versa in the evenings. The M7/N7 inbound is very heavy in the mornings, especially around the M9/M7 merge.

Google Maps can give you a good idea of traffic patterns. Open maps, click on the three horozontal bars in the top-left corner and select Traffic. At the bottom-middle, there's a bar that says Live traffic. You can change that to Typical and then select any time and day you want.

If you put in your start and end addresses and then change Leave Now to a specific time and day, it'll give you estimated travel times based on traffic at those times.

Did the Newlands cross fly over help the situation at all?

intheclouds

markpb wrote: »

Southbound is much heavier than northbound in the mornings and vice-versa in the evenings.

Do you really think so? Any data on this?

I ask because I travel south in the mornings and the stretch I use (firhouse to cherrywood) moves at a grand pace but the northbound side is almost always at a standstill relative to me.

I spend roughly 15 minutes heading southbound on it in the mornings but up to an hour in the evenings when I travel Northbound.

Now it could just be the particular stretch I use, but I would have claimed the opposite to what you state above.

ohnonotgmail

intheclouds wrote: »

Do you really think so? Any data on this?

I ask because I travel south in the mornings and the stretch I use (firhouse to cherrywood) moves at a grand pace but the northbound side is almost always at a standstill relative to me.

I spend roughly 15 minutes heading southbound on it in the mornings but up to an hour in the evenings when I travel Northbound.

Now it could just be the particular stretch I use, but I would have claimed the opposite to what you state above.

It is very much just the stretch you are using. I dont think its strictly a north-south thing but whether you have to pass junctions 7 and 9. If you do then prepare for a life of misery.

Carawaystick

oxygen_temp wrote: »

Did the Newlands cross fly over help the situation at all?

Yes, but not at peak times.