Cycle infrastructure planned for south Dublin

knockoutned · 25-02-2021 03:58PM

Peregrine wrote: »

Dublin City Council's Parks Department have made some changes to the Strand Road plan. More planters, benches and bike parking. Local opponents: ban this sick filth.

I just hope, that as part of this, they widen the entrance into the park / beach at the junction of Beach Road and Marine Road. They build a really great and popular playground and then leave the nearest access point so narrow that people walking with buggies or bikes cannot pass each other!

fat bloke · 25-02-2021 03:58PM

Peregrine wrote: »

Dublin City Council's Parks Department have made some changes to the Strand Road plan. More planters, benches and bike parking. Local opponents: ban this sick filth.

Does anyone else feel sorry for that lad in the suit? It looks like he's processing some really bad news or struggling with something existential

They got the car right though. Looks like a '07 Jag Xj6. Proper leafy South Dublin local there.

Thelonious Monk · 25-02-2021 03:59PM

cgcsb wrote: »

I'm taking bets now.

By May when all the re-landscaping is done, the mini roundabouts are gone, there's less traffic, lots of people walking cycling and sitting on benches etc.

The Sandymount residents crowd will be acting like it was a brilliant idea and they were 100% for it the whole time, and those that weren't were ignorant. It'll be Sandymount's equivalent to the divorce referendum, i.e. nobody remembers opposing it.

I don't think so, some nice weather will lead to traffic jams in the village etc (which would have been jammed anyway) and they'll be freaking out pointing at this in a told you so manner.

Seth Brundle · 25-02-2021 03:59PM

https://twitter.com/dublincycling/status/1364950551520292873

daragh_ · 25-02-2021 04:41PM

fat bloke wrote: »

Does anyone else feel sorry for that lad in the suit? It looks like he's processing some really bad news or struggling with something existential

They got the car right though. Looks like a '07 Jag Xj6. Proper leafy South Dublin local there.

That's Mannix. Or Labre. Or both..

None of the people in that drawing are wearing masks - and that lad on the right looks like he has a tissue in his hand. The next wave of Covid kicking off in front of us and DCC just don't care. #sandymountstrain

magicbastarder · 25-02-2021 04:45PM

fat bloke wrote: »

Does anyone else feel sorry for that lad in the suit? It looks like he's processing some really bad news or struggling with something existential

also - the circular tree planter. what's wrong with non-circular trees?

tomasrojo · 25-02-2021 04:47PM

daragh_ wrote: »

That's Mannix.

Lost in thought, working out how to get the boots of the middle class off the necks of the stout-hearted working-class residents of coastal Sandymount

strandroad · 25-02-2021 04:57PM

cgcsb wrote: »

I'm taking bets now.

By May when all the re-landscaping is done, the mini roundabouts are gone, there's less traffic, lots of people walking cycling and sitting on benches etc.

The Sandymount residents crowd will be acting like it was a brilliant idea and they were 100% for it the whole time, and those that weren't were ignorant. It'll be Sandymount's equivalent to the divorce referendum, i.e. nobody remembers opposing it.

As soon as estate agents start hyping the new strand in their ads, raising the value of Sandymount property throughout.
Sitting on more money, getting nice new amenities for your summer walks - all you have to do is... nothing. Just let it happen.

BabysCoffee · 25-02-2021 05:04PM

Hopefully after landscaping, they put in decent seating and planters - I'm not too keen on garden furniture that looks like it could be used in a beer garden being provided in the public realm

nomdeboardie · 25-02-2021 05:07PM

fat bloke wrote: »

Does anyone else feel sorry for that lad in the suit? It looks like he's processing some really bad news or struggling with something existential

They got the car right though. Looks like a '07 Jag Xj6. Proper leafy South Dublin local there.

God, I hadn't noticed that...quite disturbing

:(:(

Also, the woman sitting on the bench at the left seems to be a ghost

:eek:

silverharp · 25-02-2021 05:28PM

remind me again about the off street parking on the strand road, is that going, if not it would mean cars crossing the cycle lane? if they throw up popup stalls n' stuff in its place during the trial it would be popular.

Effects · 25-02-2021 05:29PM

cgcsb wrote: »

I'm taking bets now.

By May when all the mini roundabouts are gone...

I was out that way today, by car, and all the mini rounabouts I passed have already been removed. I think they started work on it last week.

ted1 · 25-02-2021 05:40PM

fat bloke wrote: »

They got the car right though. Looks like a '07 Jag Xj6. Proper leafy South Dublin local there.

But it’s in yellow plates. Well beyond it’s 5km

Peregrine · 25-02-2021 05:46PM

Thelonious Monk wrote: »

Still no word on court today?

It's tomorrow

ted1 · 25-02-2021 06:30PM

Trudee wrote: »

Well they are going somewhere- the RDS mainly whether it’s to vote in elections such as the Moldovan elections held there recently or the Horse Show or conferences etc so unless the RDS want to stop hosting events I don’t see that happening anytime soon

Double yellow lines will get rid of them

Effects · 25-02-2021 06:55PM

Trudee wrote: »

Well they are going somewhere- the RDS mainly whether it’s to vote in elections such as the Moldovan elections held there recently

How many foreign elections are held there that it's causing such an ongoing parking problem?

Trudee · 25-02-2021 07:21PM

Effects wrote: »

How many foreign elections are held there that it's causing such an ongoing parking problem?

I never said there was a parking problem if you go back over my posts, I said there was a safety issue with crossing Serpentine/Merrion Road, two very different things

Trudee · 25-02-2021 07:23PM

Effects wrote: »

How many foreign elections are held there that it's causing such an ongoing parking problem?

I never said there was a parking problem if you go back over my posts, I said there was a safety issue with crossing Serpentine/Merrion Road, two very different things

Fighting Tao · 25-02-2021 07:32PM

Trudee wrote: »

I never said there was a parking problem if you go back over my posts, I said there was a safety issue with crossing Serpentine/Merrion Road, two very different things

It should be chased up separately as it long preceded the Strand Road changes.

Trudee · 25-02-2021 07:42PM

Fighting Tao wrote: »

It should be chased up separately as it long preceded the Strand Road changes.

Separately to what? It’s DCC who govern traffic light changes so at the moment they are changing roundabouts and putting in rht from Strand Rd into Merrion Rd Southbound so as the decision is for Serpentine Avenue to now become 1st turn right for traffic coming in from DunLaoighaire/B’rock then the safety of pedestrians at this junction should be a priority now more than it ever was in the past.

Fighting Tao · 25-02-2021 07:44PM

Trudee wrote: »

Separately to what? It’s DCC who govern traffic light changes so at the moment they are changing roundabouts and putting in rht from Strand Rd into Merrion Rd Southbound so as the decision is for Serpentine Avenue to now become 1st turn right for traffic coming in from DunLaoighaire/B’rock then the safety of pedestrians at this junction should be a priority now more than it ever was in the past.

Set up a STC group for it. It would be money better spent than objecting to the cycle track in Strand road.

Trudee · 25-02-2021 07:52PM

Fighting Tao wrote: »

Set up a STC group for it. It would be money better spent than objecting to the cycle track in Strand road.

That’s very constructive, thanks.

buffalo · 25-02-2021 08:00PM

The city centre HGV ban will be extended to the Sandymount area for the duration of the trial. Hopefully that has a positive effect on the area and residents' concerns.

https://twitter.com/SusanTheSilent/status/1364988513553383426

Fighting Tao · 25-02-2021 08:33PM

Trudee wrote: »

That’s very constructive, thanks.

Well you are trying to lump it in to do with cycling, when it has been a issue since motor vehicles, and the roads existing. It seems that the STC group have had some success delaying a badly needed cycling and reclaiming the streets for people project. Get them on board for your cause. Although on second thoughts, they would probably object because it would delay them driving through the junction for another few seconds while waiting for pedestrians to cross.

CramCycle · 25-02-2021 08:49PM

nomdeboardie wrote: »

Also, the woman sitting on the bench at the left seems to be a ghost:eek:

Dealing with that crowd (or most local groups) on FB would make you long for the sweet release of death I imagine. Maybe the architect was projecting their dreams.

Effects wrote: »

I was out that way today, by car, and all the mini rounabouts I passed have already been removed. I think they started work on it last week.

I thought some had been removed a good while ago, not that they made much of a difference bar one positive that people did slow, slightly, while driving over them.

magicbastarder · 25-02-2021 08:55PM

buffalo wrote: »

The city centre HGV van will be extended to the Sandymount area for the duration of the trial. Hopefully that has a positive effect on the area and residents' concerns.

is it/will it be policed?

magicbastarder · 25-02-2021 08:58PM

Effects wrote: »

I was out that way today, by car, and all the mini rounabouts I passed have already been removed. I think they started work on it last week.

i think i found the kick out of the kerb at the roundabout more irritating than the roundabouts themselves:

https://www.google.com/maps/@53.3366121,-6.2179068,3a,75y,110.59h,65.67t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sYh2iKw8SL1r4_MQUC-2tnw!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo2.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3DYh2iKw8SL1r4_MQUC-2tnw%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D70.35471%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i16384!8i8192

i think their sole purpose was to irritate cyclists. or maybe just me.

duskyjoe · 25-02-2021 08:58PM

Fighting Tao wrote: »

Well you are trying to lump it in to do with cycling, when it has been a issue since motor vehicles, and the roads existing. It seems that the STC group have had some success delaying a badly needed cycling and reclaiming the streets for people project. Get them on board for your cause. Although on second thoughts, they would probably object because it would delay them driving through the junction for another few seconds while waiting for pedestrians to cross.

Is this a reclaim the streets forum or a cycling forum? You come across as a prize bully .

Fighting Tao · 25-02-2021 09:00PM

magicbastarder wrote: »

is it/will it be policed?

There is an app where people can report trucks. It should move the vast majority of 5 axles to the m50. Surely that is a winning situation for all of south Dublin from the coast to the m50.

magicbastarder · 25-02-2021 09:00PM

duskyjoe, if you have an issue with FT's posts, use the report button, or drop the name calling.

Cycle infrastructure planned for south Dublin

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