Cork traffic

whisky_galore

Wee bit cheeky of the crashed spaceship management telling people to park at Kent Station car park.

https://www.echolive.ie/corknews/arid-41416936.html

the beer revolu

Something weird going on in this thread. I can see that there's a new post but I can't see it.

ofcork

Yeah saw there was a new post but only seeing it now

dulpit

There was a new post earlier today about somebody driving on a footpath or something. Must have been deleted.

ofcork

Thats still there on the previous page I posted that.

dulpit

Big work happening on Patrick's Street to repair the state of the street which is good. Won't be able to go northbound for 6 weeks I think. Be nice to see the city being repaired again, but I imagine traffic won't be great. Might be a good opportunity to start enforcing the Panaban permanently once done maybe?

the beer revolu

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122288070#Comment_122288070

I'd love to see the ban 24 hours and enforced, with a delivery window in the morning for commercial vehicles only.

At this stag I reckon a lot of people flouting the ban don't even know that there is one!

whatever76

literally witnessed 4 cars in a row yesterday doing the illegal right turn at Opera house … maddening

the beer revolu

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122289959#Comment_122289959

That pretty much happens every light sequence.

the beer revolu

So Patrick's Street is closed entirely in one direction and to all but busses in the other direction (buses have to enter on the wrong side of the road at the north end of the street). You might think that this would stop cars from driving on Patrick's Street. You might 😏

Edit, traffic seems to be allowed enter from Academy to go Southbound.

the beer revolu

Red light breaking :

This morning I stopped at a red light by the former Sextant. A car in an adjacent lane flew through the red light, I'd say about 3 seconds after the red light. I'd say the lights turned red (not amber) when they were 15 or 20 metres from the stop line and they still chose to proceed!

A while later I was coming out of The Square in Ballincollig. I was stopped at the red lights. The driver of the car in front of me was stopped at the lights but didn't want to wait. From a stopped position, they decided to proceed through the lights as there was no traffic coming. The weren't on the cusp of changing, or anything. They just didn't want to wait!

Gamb!t

Link gridlocked this morning after a crash,never seen the traffic so bad.

Chris_5339762

Extremely glary sun this morning - some lovely colours plus a rainbow - made it all the more likely for this to happen.

Todays joy was a crash west of the Mahon onslip going westbound, and a further crash at Mahon eastbound. One likely caused the other by rubbernecking.

Glad to have been through it about 20mins before it happened. People still arriving into work at 1040.

Schorpio

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122290210#Comment_122290210

It does.

Why there is never a Garda presence there (considering proximity to the Bridewell station too) I'll never understand.

There's a significant cohort who have demonstrated time and time again that they just don't care when there's no repercussions. Equally, the Council and the Gardai have shown that they don't care enough to stamp it out.

ofcork

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122580809#Comment_122580809

Another incident between a truck and a car from the east just before the tunnel at 1045 had all the traffic from the east having to go to the city.

ofcork

Bad crash on carrs hill yesterday morning was stuck there and had to turn around hopefully the lady will be ok.

chalkitdown1

The difference between last week and this week with the schools off really is night and day. We really need to find a way to end the tyranny of the "school run".

dulpit

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122778136#Comment_122778136

Could school start times be staggered across the city I wonder? So instead of all schools starting at more or less the same time there is a gap between areas to allow traffic be evened out?

mrpdap

an alternative to dropping kids at the gate is needed, can’t they walk the last 500m or get a bus?

one of the main causes of city centre traffic congestion is drivers ignoring the rules; crashing lights, blocking yellow boxes, illegal turns and so on as has been well thrashed out here.

chalkitdown1

I still don't understand why we don't have school buses in cities here. It won't solve everything, but it would definitely help. Mind you, we don't seem to have enough drivers for the regular buses, nevermind dedicated school buses.

And you just know that some parents would still refuse to send their young kids on a school bus if there was one, preferring to drop their little ones right in front of the school gate in their massive tanks, instead. Changing the habits of people like that is the most difficult part.

Mefistofelino

To be fair, the "habit-change" with the greatest potential to unlock capacity is a move away from single-occupancy cars. Stand on any of the flyovers above the N40 at rush hour and notice that the majority of the private vehicles passing below you will have just one person.

whatever76

People still doing the illegal right turn by Opera house onto Bridge - Witnessed 3 cars in a row few days ago … 😡

the beer revolu

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123419194#Comment_123419194

That's a constant - rather like people ignoring the St. Patrick's Street restrictions. The more these things aren't enforced the more normal it becomes to ignore these rules. Same with traffic lights. Camera enforced traffic lights can't come soon enough as far as I'm concerned.

dulpit

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123419194#Comment_123419194

There's this. There's the pana ban. There's people who turn right onto north gate Bridge when their light is red. Same happens with cars turning right across Wellington Bridge if their light is red.

Traffic enforcement in town is non existent. The council can't/won't do anything, the gardai don't have the resources.

Red light cameras would be a big win across the board.

sirbidders

So I was driving the way I had done for 20+ years to McCurtain St last week. Two cars in front of me from leitrim Street onto Coburg street. Turned the bend and found myself in what appears to now be a bus lane. No signs before and as was following two cars it was too late and no opportunity to turn out of the bus lane. I did however see a sign AT THE END of the bus lane saying 24 hour bus lane with a camera over it. I would not have turned onto the street had I known and am now fuming that i may have got a ticket. I would happily take it if I was doing something illegal intentionally. Does anyone know if the cameras there are for enforcment and am i likely to get a ticket? Why is there no sign to indicate a major change in the traffic management. At least at right turn at Opera House its clearly indicated that you can no longer turn right there.

PreCocious

Was it at this junction ?

Schorpio

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123528250#Comment_123528250

There are signs, you just missed them. The road markings are quite clear too.

Much as I wish we did have enforcement cameras, we don't, so you're not going to get a ticket.

dulpit

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123528472#Comment_123528472

Look at those 2 signs and very clear road markings…

sirbidders

Fair enough cheers and thanks for the replies. Admit my fault, I was a sheep when following and didn't notice the sign when following a bus and two cars. Still feel that the signage is wholly inadequate given the significance of the change though as when behind cars you cannot see the change in road colour either due to the bend and on a bend I feel you are far less likely to notice a sign. There should be further prominent signage further from the bend also advising of it. It was a genuine mistake. I agree that there should be enforcement cameras but I do think the the City Council needs to seriously improve signage of all the major changes in the city. It was an honest mistake on my part. I do acknowledge there are many more who just plead ignorance while making dangerous manoeuvres and deliberately blocking traffic flow to make their lives easier. To be honest on my journey I was simply crossing the city so it made no difference to me which route I was taking at the time.

sirbidders

also the fact that the cycle lane changes to a bus lane easily causes confusion, especially when it occurs on a bend