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    #122
    geotrig
    Registered Users Posts: 1,735 ✭✭✭geotrig


    quite a few of those houses have rear entry for parking as far as i know , maybe not all so that could be the problem. but if you take dublin for example a lot of streets have had on street parking removed from in front of houses over the years.
    I dont know why they'd be blocked knocking garden walls ,although some oldish none hold any significance. There is quiet a few hourses around that wouldnt historically have had front entry for cars etc that have been ammended properly over the years and look no worse for it.


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    #123
    Mc Love
    Registered Users Posts: 14,015 ✭✭✭✭Mc Love


    OfTheMarsWongs wrote: »
    If I remember correctly, the leverage the residents used at the time to keep the on street parking, was that the council wouldn’t grant planning permission for driveways.

    But they did for some residents.


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    #124
    OfTheMarsWongs
    Registered Users Posts: 925 ✭✭✭OfTheMarsWongs


    Mc Love wrote: »
    But they did for some residents.

    A couple of the newer houses but not the red brick Edwardian(?) houses on the left heading into town. I just looked on Google Streetview and only one of the older red bricked has a driveway but that is at the side of the house.


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    #125
    Mc Love
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    OfTheMarsWongs wrote: »
    A couple of the newer houses but not the red brick Edwardian(?) houses on the left heading into town. I just looked on Google Streetview and only one of the older red bricked has a driveway but that is at the side of the house.

    I assume for some it would be a lot of work seeing as they are raised off the road.


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    #126
    OfTheMarsWongs
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    Mc Love wrote: »
    I assume for some it would be a lot of work seeing as they are raised off the road.

    A bit of excavation for sure but if you look at say Hyde Road, there’s a number of houses with driveways dug into the hill/gardens.

    Don’t get me wrong, I’d be in favour of the bus/cycle lanes over permission for driveways.


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    #127
    LeoD
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    Building driveways to free-up carriageway space would be a more economical option than building new ring roads. A lot of those house are protected structures but I don't think adding a driveway would be architectural sabotage. There are many fine old houses in Dublin with converted driveways.


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    #128
    LeoD
    Registered Users Posts: 666 ✭✭✭LeoD


    And the same could be done along O'Connell Avenue. Between Raheen and the city centre, it would be relatively easy to remove all on-street parking and free the carriageway up for bike lanes and possibly a bus lane. Punches Cross and the Childers' Road junction are about the only places that that could be a bit problematic to fix but I'm sure if there is the will, there's a way.


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    #129
    LeoD
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    While looking for examples of driveway conversions in Dublin where the houses are slightly elevated from the road, I came across this street in Drumcondra. If ever there was an example that highlights the scourge of on-street parking.

    451045.jpg


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    #130
    showgirlrita
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    73hdkgo wrote: »
    I would love if they extended the shannon fields cycling lane to westbury, and cleaned up/resurfaced the red path down the mill road and put public bike stations along both those locations. That would be brilliant!

    It's a pity alright the Shannon fields section doesn't continue on to under Atlunkard Bridge or at the very least the "39 steps" in behind the Toll House(?) is adapted for bikes/buggies. Would be a lovely long walk from the end of the Mill Road all the way to UL & back.

    Credit where credit is due though they have done a fantastic job of the Shannon Fields.


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    #131
    zulutango
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    showgirlrita wrote: »
    It's a pity alright the Shannon fields section doesn't continue on to under Atlunkard Bridge or at the very least the "39 steps" in behind the Toll House(?) is adapted for bikes/buggies. Would be a lovely long walk from the end of the Mill Road all the way to UL & back.

    That could be extended our past the Corbally Baths and all the way back towards the railway bridge over the Shannon, and then further on back towards Grove Island. It would be an incredible amenity for the city if that was done.


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    #132
    johnnyryan89
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    It's a pity the island bank will never be finished, could have a good walk from Thomond bridge or even further if you done something from Arthur's Quay to UL


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    #133
    ChewyLewy
    Registered Users Posts: 83 ✭✭ChewyLewy


    Random question

    On Wolfe tone street, does anyone know the name.of the building the old girls national school is now ?


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    #134
    OfTheMarsWongs
    Registered Users Posts: 925 ✭✭✭OfTheMarsWongs


    ChewyLewy wrote: »
    Random question

    On Wolfe tone street, does anyone know the name.of the building the old girls national school is now ?


    Do you mean St. Josephs St? It's one street down and backs onto the park.


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    #135
    source
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    The Specialist wrote: »
    At peak hours? I come across that maybe twice a week - and to make it worse the cyclists are completely oblivious/ignorant to the traffic building behind them. It's infuriating.

    I know this is a zombie thread, but I took a walk recently which made me think of this conversation.

    There is a cycle lane here, it just doesn't run along the main Ballinacurra Road, rather it runs between the houses and Portland Park. Outbound from the city if you turn right at Power Insurance and then take a right before the Summerville Rovers pitch there is a cycle path running the whole way to the bridge over the motorway, where the on road cycle path starts.

    Might be useful to The Specialist and anyone else on here cycling the route.


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    #136
    Mc Love
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    Its not really useful as one half of the gates is normally closed. And the transition between cycle lane and on-road cycle lane isnt smooth. You either have to drop off the kerb or get off your bike, then there's the issue with the on road bike lane being in a terrible state of disrepair. Paint isnt infrastructure.


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    #137
    source
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    Mc Love wrote: »
    Its not really useful as one half of the gates is normally closed. And the transition between cycle lane and on-road cycle lane isnt smooth. You either have to drop off the kerb or get off your bike, then there's the issue with the on road bike lane being in a terrible state of disrepair. Paint isnt infrastructure.

    That's fair enough, while it may be awkward to use and there's gates to combat anti social behaviour, it's still there, which we didn't know when we were having the original conversation.


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    #138
    Cetyl Palmitate
    Registered Users Posts: 538 ✭✭✭Cetyl Palmitate


    The section of narrow lane along ballinacurra road is approx 750m. Even a fairly modest speed of 15km/HR on a bike will have you to the bridge in 3 minutes. If it's unsafe to overtake then the faster vehicle will just have to wait.
    Equally a bike would have to wait behind a slower vehicle like a tractor or something.
    Turning off the road to rejoin again later would be counterproductive.


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