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    #332
    riclad
    Registered Users Posts: 8,184 ✭✭✭riclad


    Not all roads are wide enough to put in a cycle path, and have space for 2 car lanes which are going in both directions .
    I think councils do traffic survey,s to check how much traffic is on a road before they install a cycle lane .
    Most cycle paths are in urban area,s on roads that are busy where
    theres plenty of people using bikes to commute .


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    #333
    Boom_Bap
    Moderators, Music Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 25,730 Mod ✭✭✭✭Boom_Bap


    begsbyOnaTrain wrote: »
    In fairness, all cyclists are Nazis.
    I did nazi that one coming!


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    #334
    machaseh
    Registered Users Posts: 777 ✭✭✭machaseh


    riclad wrote: »
    Not all roads are wide enough to put in a cycle path, and have space for 2 car lanes which are going in both directions .
    I think councils do traffic survey,s to check how much traffic is on a road before they install a cycle lane .
    Most cycle paths are in urban area,s on roads that are busy where
    theres plenty of people using bikes to commute .

    That is indeed true, such as portions of North Circular Road and the like. What would be the ideal solution to that problem?

    Ding ding ding ! Make the road one-way for cars and build a two-way bike path on the side !

    It will cause the car traffic to use other roads, which will also be clogged with traffic but now at least they have the OPTION to bike safely instead.


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    #335
    Boom_Bap
    Moderators, Music Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 25,730 Mod ✭✭✭✭Boom_Bap


    machaseh wrote: »
    That is indeed true, such as portions of North Circular Road and the like. What would be the ideal solution to that problem?

    Ding ding ding ! Make the road one-way for cars and build a two-way bike path on the side !

    It will cause the car traffic to use other roads, which will also be clogged with traffic but now at least they have the OPTION to bike safely instead.
    also, more people might see those lanes and think that it might be an idea to get a bike and use them


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    #336
    xckjoo
    Registered Users Posts: 3,344 ✭✭✭xckjoo


    machaseh wrote: »
    At the time, motor traffic wasn't nearly as common as it is now and most roads would be predominantly used by cyclists, pedestrians and maybe the odd motorized car here and there, the odd horse and carriage here and there, and the old horse-powered trams.

    Once motor traffic increased (mostly AFTER WWII), the government invested heavily in building bike infrastructure, as the many cyclists were being killed by the increasing motor traffic.

    We've always been cycling a lot since the existence of bikes.
    Irish people traditionally cycled a lot too. A few generations ago it was the main mode of transport and people from all over the country would cycle to Dublin for the matches, etc. People have just forgotten and the car was pushed as a status symbol.


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    #337
    machaseh
    Registered Users Posts: 777 ✭✭✭machaseh


    Boom_Bap wrote: »
    also, more people might see those lanes and think that it might be an idea to get a bike and use them

    Yup. I also find myself often not biking because I find it quite dangerous. I now only use it within the city center and for locations slightly out where public transportation from my home just takes way too long, take places such as fairview and the like.

    However I do sometimes bike to howth as that is one of the few destinations where you can use the free bike path safely. Even for howth though, I have to navigate crazy road traffic for the first 20 minutes until I reach said bike path.


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