Ridiculous short interval at traffic lights

Same in galway .
I drive for a living so know the lights that are the worst for timing .
What usually happens at these lights , is the first driver is on their phone , so when the lights go green they're slow to move .
They of course will get tru but it's the 3rd VECIHCLE on that will struggle to get tru lights .
That's the main reason why so many motorists are running red lights ... Pure frustration .

It's like when there was no traffic, they switched all the lights to night-time mode, but forgot to switch them back now that traffic is increasing back to near normal levels.

There's a couple of sets on my route home that barely let two cars through, even if they're on the ball.

davindub wrote: »

I just want guage how widespread this problem is, but over the last few months, traffic lights sequence in north dublin city (Beaumount, Santry) has changed. Some lights are only green for a brief second on major roads and it means only 2 cars get out at a time.

Anyone else experienced this in other areas?

What you are experiencing is the outward spread of Dublin City Council's post COVID-19 strategy.
This document is available at http://www.dublincity.ie/covidmobilityprogramme and is well worth a read,as it now encompasses some stringent new Policies being introduced in their area,and doubtlessly followed by the other LA's in the GDR.

The scope and extent of these new impositions are all highly arguable in their own right,but the City Council has chosen to use the COVID-19 situation to stifle debate and/or closer scrutiny of these measures.

In addition,as the new Government now takes power,we will see a significant degree of centralized political force behind such schemes,few of which will garner much widespread support amongst Citizens attempting to rebuild their working lives.

In relation to your specific point regarding Traffic Signals,Pages 13 & 14 refer to......

5.2. Pedestrian Signal Crossings and Waiting Times

In order to reduce the time that people are waiting for pedestrian crossings to turn green, the maximum amount of time allocated to a complete traffic cycle, (allowing all movements in the junction operate, if demanded) has been reduced from 120 seconds to 80 seconds throughout the city. As the amount of time for the pedestrian green and amber man is based on the time taken to safely cross the road, and therefore remains the same, the additional time has been taken from that allocated to vehicles.

This has resulted in shorter green times at all junctions and an expected reduction in traffic capacity of up to 30%. As traffic volumes increase, following advancement through the different phases of Interim Mobility Intervention Programme for Dublin City the government roadmap for easing of restrictions, and while the requirement for social distancing remains in place, the cycle length will remain capped at 80 seconds. This will result in major reduction in capacity for motorised vehicles going forward.

The impact of this on public transport journey times and reliability will also require careful monitoring.

In addition to reducing the wait times for all junctions, a number of pedestrian crossings in the city centre and key locations in urban villages have been set to automatically operate from 7am-7pm to reduce vehicular speed, to aid pedestrian movement and to minimise contact
with signal push buttons.

Notwithstanding DCC's highly questionable projected Public Transport use fugures, (Page 6) where they suggest a post COVID-19 figure of 80% capacity reduction, whereas from Monday 29th June Dublin's Public Transport capacity level becomes 50%,which begs the question as to whether DCC will have to good grace and competence to recognise this and adjust their "measures" accordingly?

2019 LIKELY FUTURE POTENTIAL FUTURE

All Public Transport 116,287 80% Capacity Reduction 30,000


Car 57,985 Approx. 30% reduction 41,000
Taxi 2,661 Assume 30% reduction 1,900

Walk 24,691 Target 100% increase 50,000

Cycle 13,131 Target 200% increase 39,000

Goods 983 No change 1,000

Motorcycles 1,485 No change 1,485

Paying particular attention to DCC's use of the term "Target",it can be seen that Public Transport users are being expected to provide the vast majority of DCC's expected 300% increase in Cycling and 100% increase in Walking.

The manner in which DCC's shrugs it's administrative shoulders in relation to Motorcycling and Goods Vehicle usage,speaks volumes for just how seriously this Document requires strong challenge and rebuttal,particularly as the Council appears fully intent on implementing significant amounts of this policy during the dead of night and with minimal warning to those groups of Road users now very firmly in it's sights.

Heading south on Clanbrassill St this morning it took over ten minutes to travel from St Circular Rd to Harold's Cross bridge.. each light sequence only allowed about three cars through. Very frustrating.

We should get Eamon Ryan on the case, new transport minister

Cookie_Monster wrote: »

Why are pedestrians phases completely separate to traffic phases instead of integrated. Could keep much of the same capacity if lights for ped and vehicle were green in the same direction at the same time

What I've seen now is the cycle lights fitted the last few years are gradually been tuned to let bikes go 1st.

the boss of me wrote: »

Heading south on Clanbrassill St this morning it took over ten minutes to travel from St Circular Rd to Harold's Cross bridge.. each light sequence only allowed about three cars through. Very frustrating.

This is the new normal. I think its to make driving as slow and annoying as possible so it forces people onto another form of transport, which a lot simply will not do. Dublin will turn into more of a nightmare than it already is. Once schools go back it will literally be faster to walk anywhere.

easyvision wrote: »

This is the new normal. I think its to make driving as slow and annoying as possible so it forces people onto another form of transport, which a lot simply will not do. Dublin will turn into more of a nightmare than it already is. Once schools go back it will literally be faster to walk anywhere.

This was already the case it's called traffic. DCC is simply rewarding the most effective modes of transport and its long over due

AlekSmart wrote: »

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The scary aspect is that,from their own figures DCC are effectively hi-jacking Bus Users and advising them that from here on it's the Bike for you....whether you are willing or not !

No body is hi-jacking anyone your basically being presented with options a) take the bus but they are running at half capacity and you might be waiting a while. Also the bus has the highest risk of covid. b) drive but enjoy hell scape traffic when more people start returning to the office. c) cycle if you want, it will be slightly safer than before

Eric Cartman wrote: »

they've changed the lights along the quays to give the cyclists a 20 second head start and artificially slow down the car traffic. The great road diet achieving nothing and infuriating everyone.

You mean the quays that are basically a 24 hour traffic jam?