Update on the Quays cycle route

If we're still talking about the quays in relation to the Liffey Cycle Route, you all might be getting a bit carried away -- there's less than 400 cars per hour at rush hour on Ellis Quay and that's only going to decrease.

377 cars per hour on Ellis Quay was the average the city council counted in 2016.

There's a more cars up closer to O'Connell Bridge as people turn onto the quays from other routes, but all the traffic on the quays is going to be cut once the new bus lanes are put in and a traffic light system (a type of bus gate) goes in before O'Connell Bridge on Bachelor's Walk. A ban on cars turning right from Bachelor's Walk onto O'Connell Bridge will also be in place.

Then, as part of the College Green Plaza, traffic volumes on the quays will be reduced further as the bridge at Capel Street will be down to one lane for general traffic and Parliament Street will likely have its full bus gate (depending on permission etc).

This will reduce traffic capacity on Ellis Quay.

So, we're talking about less than the current 377 cars per hour -- likely far less.

It doesn't directly work this way, but, per hour: We're talking about just a tram load of people, or a few buses, or a small commuter train not fully loaded.

The main thing wrong with the private traffic is that we think about it far too much. Bicycles already outnumber cars on Ellis Quay and on Eden Quay (not yet on Bachelor's Walk), but most people wear-east along here are carried by Luas and a bit less by bus.

Here's the Ellis Quay data;


And a chart showing the people carrying of modes along Bachelor's Walk and the red line beside it: