Ban cars from rush hour?

Arcade_Tryer

http://www.newstalk.com/Dublin-congestion-makes-it-slowestmoving-major-city

From article

One major impediment to future growth, according to the report, is Dublin's problem with traffic congestion.
It was, in fact, ranked as the "slowest-moving" major city in the world. According to INRIX 2016 Traffic Scorecard data, Dublin traffic moves at just 7.5km per hour during times of congestion, with rush-hour speeds of a mere 5.5km per hour – "slower than a horse and cart".

Cars are a pain for both pedestrians and cyclists trying to negotiate Dublin city centre and other urban areas at rush hour. Sorry various car brand owners.

PARlance

I'm buying a tractor.

uck51js9zml2yt

If they banned cars then we wouldn't be able to reply to daft threads about right hour traffic as they wouldn't exist;)

hungry hypno toad

Might be better to just ban rush hour.

Senna

hungry hypno toad wrote: »

Might be better to just ban rush hour.

Just ban work, that's the cause of rush hour, tackle the problem at the root.

stimpson

Arcade_Tryer wrote: »

http://www.newstalk.com/Dublin-congestion-makes-it-slowestmoving-major-city

From article

Cars are a pain for both pedestrians and cyclists trying to negotiate Dublin city centre and other urban areas at rush hour. Sorry various car brand owners.

Great idea. I'll just use our world class public transport system instead.

mikeoneilly

Put a charge on cars at peak times with 1 occupant

Force workers to car pool

donvito99

Build Metro North (the original, not Metro Lite), Dart Underground.

Scuttle all Bus Rapid bullshit projects immediately. Do it properly and stop handicapping Dublin with shoddy infrastructure.

biko

I don't live in Dublin so I'm just here to say "why don't you just leave the house a little earlier?"

hungry hypno toad

biko wrote: »

I don't live in Dublin so I'm just here to say "why don't you just leave the house a little earlier?"

I like to arrive late and leave early.

Better yet.. Let's ban working.

Winterlong

Implement a proper park and ride system. Make it easier for people to get around inside the canals. More integration of existing systems. Treat city centre work parking spots as BIK. And maybe a congestion charge to boot.

pauliebdub

I'd agree with a congestion charge, it's ludicrous seeing the streets clogged with cars with one person in each one. Invest the money raised into better public transport.

Noddyholder

Why do they call it rush hour when no one is rushing anywhere according to OP ?

uck51js9zml2yt

biko wrote: »

I don't live in Dublin so I'm just here to say "why don't you just leave the house a little earlier?"

show off . Next thing you'll be saying is that everyone should work at night and prevent rush hour happening.

mikeoneilly

pauliebdub wrote: »

I'd agree with a congestion charge, it's ludicrous seeing the streets clogged with cars with one person in each one. Invest the money raised into better public transport.

If not forced car pooling, a lot of workers and organisations could easily be moved to different
shift patterns with the right incentives or penalties

Creative thinking could go a long way here

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

Move the work to other towns and reduce the rush in Dublin.

RayM

Build large park & ride facilities along all major routes into Dublin. And then introduce congestion charges.

Beasty

PARlance wrote: »

I'm buying a tractor.

They're great for drafting behind on a bike. Turns a 30+ kph commute into one at 40+ kph. So I'm happy to let the other vehicles queue up on the M1/M50 and leave the other roads to farmers and cyclists....

suicide_circus

RayM wrote: »

Build large park & ride facilities along all major routes into Dublin. And then introduce congestion charges.

dogging is it?

Archeron

Give everybody a jet pack

masculinist

school and work times should be staggered to ease congestion.

When I lived in Croatia , in Zagreb kids could attend classes in school at 6 and 7 pm if they wanted to.

clevtrev

masculinist wrote: »

school and work times should be staggered to ease congestion.

When I lived in Croatia , in Zagreb kids could attend classes in school at 6 and 7 pm if they wanted to.

I'm sure ASTI would have no problem with that suggestion:eek:

MadYaker

I think some way of forcing people to carpool would be good. Galway has the same problem and if you look at the jams 80% of the cars only have one person in them. It's madness really when you think about it and I'm guilty of it too.

Graces7

MadYaker wrote: »

I think some way of forcing people to carpool would be good. Galway has the same problem and if you look at the jams 80% of the cars only have one person in them. It's madness really when you think about it and I'm guilty of it too.

When I drove up when I moved here I was in Galway city around 5 am on a weekday and it was manic even then.

As for one in the car? Add four cats and a dog

andekwarhola

RayM wrote: »

Build large park & ride facilities along all major routes into Dublin. And then introduce congestion charges.

You might need a better public transport network to cope with this.

wakka12

Whats more ridiculous than that suggestion is calling dublin a major city:pac:

Rumpy Pumpy

I'd imagine that a lot of people in Dublin are both car and bike users. Mild levels of annoyance based on which mode of transport you are using. Comes with living in a city.

The types that get extremely angry about this type of stuff always strike me as car owners who drive sh1tty saloons with a dashcam installed. Often seen waxing their 'motor' in the driveway of a bland semi-d on a Saturday afternoon. Or bicycle owners who realise they will never be good enough for, or good enough at, golf, and so pour all their money into expensive bikes and Lycra that make very little difference to how unfit they are. Physically, mentally and spiritually.

antodeco

30 minutes for me to drive to work, or 2 hours 15 minutes using public transport!

SuperTortoise

Until a better, faster, cheaper alternative is provided then people will use their car, simple as that.

D0NNELLY

Ban schools. Then people wouldn't be all trying to get to work at the same time after dropping their kids off.

No rush hour during the school holidays.