Dats me wrote: » It was Hugh Creegan, Deputy Chief Executive of the NTA who was quoted. The NTA's whole remit is public transport, he's just saying it will have to be paid for in fairness. The NTA are the ones drafting the transport strategy for Cork that is said to include continuous bus and cycle lanes as well as a Luas system for Cork. The NTA aren't the problem, it's FG, FF and Shane Ross in particular at the moment - you're right, the politicians don't care
TheChizler wrote: » I suppose you'd have to get the County Council involved for Douglas.
namloc1980 wrote: » Good news but not including CIT or Douglas in the expanded bike scheme is a bit of a mad one.
thomil wrote: » According to an email/letter received by the lads over at Cork Cycling Campaign, the funding currently comes from several different line items within the NTA, wherever it can be spared. So re-thinking the financing aspect should be at the top of everyone's minds. And to be frank, the current 10€ annual subscription fee is an absolute steal. Even if that got doubled to 20€, or even raised to 25€. it would still be good value for money. Here's the Twitter thread containing the reply, for reference:https://twitter.com/CorkCyclingCrew/status/1080046402540109824
namloc1980 wrote: » Douglas is inside the expanded city boundary so that shouldn't be an excuse you'd hope.
TheChizler wrote: » In the future, but in the meantime the city can't do anything about it.
questionmark? wrote: » It's happening in a few months time?
Now, NTA deputy chief executive Hugh Cregan has confirmed that the NTA and Cork City Council held meetings last year to discuss it, which included site visits to identify potential new bike stations.
TheChizler wrote: » The talks happened last year. I'm just going by this: I can't imagine them doing any of that in areas they currently don't have control over.
snotboogie wrote: » Not that I could give any less of a **** about “de county bounds” but aren’t parts of Douglas in the city?
namloc1980 wrote: » And what's the reason for leaving Bishopstown & CIT out of it? That's in the current city boundary.
Pitcairn wrote: » One of the truck guys told me once they can't just put a few docking stations out on their own because people could cycle all the way to CIT and find the station is full. He said if they expand they would have to do it stages. So College Road, then Dennehy's Cross, then CUH and Model Farm Road and then CIT.
Att vara en hest wrote: » Yep, this was the reason given when I reached out to them about this a 2 years ago or so. It's a logistic nightmare to move bikes fast enough to avoid full stations in the 'far out' areas and in the end the users would suffer as they may go far only to find out there's nowhere to park the bike.
sonnyblack wrote: » Anyone know if they are putting on by Parc ui Chaoimh? That would be ideal to park on Monahan Road and cycle up to the city.
UpTheSlashers wrote: » Would be a disaster on match days, gob****es on the bikes thinking they're clever trying to weave through thronged streets and roads.
hans aus dtschl wrote: » Well, with all the bike stands down the Páirc (85 required by planning, 0 actually installed) I'm sure there will be loads of cyclists heading down there on match day regardless. Yes, sarcasm.
munstermagic11 wrote: » Even with them installed, I'd imagine they are for people who may cycle directly there, i.e. not from a pub. Bike stands are a good idea, but with so few matches in PUC, I'd prefer to see them focus on areas like the CIT where it'd be used on a far more regular basis.
hans aus dtschl wrote: » PUC is a conference centre not a stadium, says the man who doesn't go to GAA matches.
munstermagic11 wrote: » Not sure what the incoherent sentence above means. Páirc Uí Chaoimh (PUC) is a stadium with conference center facilities. Not sure how many people will be cycling out there for conferences.
Not sure how many people will be cycling out there for conferences.
hans aus dtschl wrote: » Incoherent from your perspective, not from mine.
hans aus dtschl wrote: » Your following sentence shows your own biases.
hans aus dtschl wrote: » Why on earth WOULDN'T someone attend a conference by bicycle?
hans aus dtschl wrote: » At every turn in Cork we seem to have a good reason why the car is the only possible conceivable mode of transport. It's a backwards ideology/philosophy.
hans aus dtschl wrote: » OK I don't need to post anything further. The conversation speaks for itself.
hans aus dtschl wrote: » Incoherent from your perspective, not from mine. To a person who doesn't attend GAA matches, Páirc Ui Chaoimh's remaining functions are as a conference and event centre. Your following sentence shows your own biases. Why on earth WOULDN'T someone attend a conference by bicycle? What do you think actually goes on at conferences? At the last one I attended in PUC, there were a good number of families, athletes and teenagers. People had left their bikes locked to the training pitch fence. At every turn in Cork we seem to have a good reason why the car is the only possible conceivable mode of transport. It's a backwards ideology/philosophy. I'd argue that private cars are the least appropriate mode of transport to get to the Páirc, but there's more car spaces than bike stands.
cantalach wrote: » Zzzzzzzzzz...
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