This might cause a few folks to choose an alternative mode of transport
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I apologise profusely but as the Transport Unions' Apologist in Chief whenever the bus drivers have thrown their rattle out of the pram I just assume you'd come direct from Conygham, Donnybrook or Broadstone.
it does improve efficiency because the bus is going from end to end quicker and more times per day.
fold up bike to get to the bus or walk, take bus for part of the journey, walk or bike to the exact destination.
very doable in the cities and for those outside, park and ride outside the cities.
that way anyone who absolutely has no option but to use a car can do so with greater efficiency.
who's shift?
not mine anyway as i don't work in any work place where there is a depot involved.
Unless you happen to live directly at a bus shelter it doesn't improve efficiency in that bus doesn't deliver directly from source to destination. Bikes, scooters, cars, mopeds all trump a bus in this respect.
If you do happen to live at a bus shelter I implore you to please engage with the outreach programs of the Homeless Charities and move as the passengers would like to sit down while waiting for the next bus.
Is your shift in the depot over for the night?
it doesn't need to win hearts and minds, it needs to cut emissions and costs and improve over all efficiency which it will absolutely do.
That is no way to talk about yourself.
yeah, it's certainly possible that he doesn't like them because he doesn't sell them, but if it's a case that they're sold at a price point where fixing one is a significant proportion of the purchase price, he may have reason for giving up on them.
i've been in the shop on two occasions where customers have become annoyed with him over the quoted price of fixing bikes; and he's quite reasonable price wise for repairs. €30 for a complete rebuild of a decent road bike wheel for me a few years ago, as one example. many people think a bike costing €600 3 years ago should be fixable for under €50 no matter the damage.
This has become a very tiresome thread. Why do people continue to engage with one attention seeking poster.
They can not work miracles at those price points and just because they look a bike like a BMX doesn#t make them as rugged as a BMX.
But would his dislike for them have something to do with the sales model which cuts out the dealer? Just sayin'.
Of all them the Fiido based on what research I can do over the internet is my least favoured. I am hesitating on buying one particlar alternative which I see advertised at the moment because I am unsure of the seller.
BTW Fiidos and Himos wonät actually be legal in Ireland if the motors can be increased to 350w in cheat mode. I want to try to stay legal if I can.
Fiidos don't seem like the choice of commuters, they seem more the choice of teenage boys here. the chap who runs my local bike shop has a poor opinion of them, he refuses to engage with them anymore except to fix punctures, says they're bargain basement in terms of quality.
restrictions below euro4 emmission standards in Urban areas seems reasonable place to start. at this stage it does not hurt the poorest percentiles too much and they can trade their polluting cars for compliant cars with motorists out in the Boonies.
complete nonsense.
the drivers will still be driving the same amount of routes as they always have been, they will simply be going from end to end a bit more which is not going to be a union issue meaning you bringing unions into the discussion is redundant.
Are you suggesting that there should be no restriction on private cars at all?
While not feeling hurt I am feeling as welcome as a TERF at a Gender Studies institute.
Suggesting that cars have a legitimate right to exist in Urban areas is akin to Heresy around these parts.
I honestly have and had no intention of hurting you or insulting you. What I wrote was directed at DaCor who seems to have made a genuine effort to engage with.
If you're a troll, then bravo, I suppose. If you're not, then I feel some sympathy for you - everything in life is much better and easier once you develop the basic tools to being able to communicate effectively.
You're not the first to try to tease out what exactly their argument/point is - only to be met with evasion and insults.
I'm not sure haphaphap really has any intention to actually convince anyone of their viewpoint or even to communicate a coherent viewpoint.
When I see someone tirelessly writing messages like this which make no attempt to engage constructively, it suggests to me one of either two things. Either the person is a classic troll; causing heat and arguments is actually the goal and insulting people along the way is part of the pleasure. This strikes me as an odd hobby and a touch sociopathic but I guess each to their own.
Alternatively, the person genuinely believes they are correct but are socially immature and have no tools for dealing with disagreement. They've yet to realise that insult and ridicule are the exact opposite of what you should be doing if you want to convince others to consider your ideas. No matter how reasonable your position is, shouting/insulting/ridiculing/brow-beating the people you are trying to influence is worse than ineffective - it's clearly stupid. Thankfully life is full of experiences which teach you the value of avoiding this approach - whether through experiences in a work environment or by having family/a partner (particularly dealing with kids) or just generally being a reasonable member of society and not alienating neighbours, friends, etc.
For some reason, I find out-and-out trolls to be less weird, at least it implies some self-awareness and it's unlikely to spill out into the person's "real life". I'd like to believe haphaphap is actually a subtle troll.
I suspect chinese ebikes like the Himo C20, Fiido and Ado A20 might be the unexpected path to congestion free urban transport because the councils certainly won't achieve it along with the increasing cost of motoring will lead people to re-evaluate the second car on their driveways. shared bikes are not where you want when you want them. scooters are deathtraps.
It's not in any way goal post moving. The simple fact is that DB unions (and CIE unions in general) are known to be very reticent to change or their members doing any extra work, which driving twice as many routes would entail. We live in the real world and if you're going to talk about increased capacity you have to talk about the people providing said extra capacity.
and there is the side order of passive aggressiveness.
Frustrating that this sub-forum is full of people who think they know how to solve urban Ireland's transportation woes without having experienced successful implementation of traffic management abroad.
Ah here, you really need to get over the personal stuff. The reason you'll never get that from me as its not something I'm looking for. Feel free to provide evidence to the contrary.
I'll never get you to publicly admit on thread that you want massive amounts of the arterial routes in Dublin closed to private traffic making ownership of a car basically pointless. You are clever enough not to say that. It is what you want but you will never say it on thread. You'll use more convuluted approaches in pursuit of your goal.
Please read the posts again and give the insults and name-calling a rest.
I am merely asking you to clarify your interpretation of what a car ban means as you like to assert that every other poster is trying to bring it in. The history of this thread shows otherwise yet you continue to throw it around as a way to reduce other valid viewpoints.
via a limited number of fabricated possible responses of his or her choosing and none beyond them. Yeah, they have a place waiting for them in the diplomatic corp.
trying to compel people to the conclusions which you wish to be drawn
you mean he's trying to convince them of the merit of his argument? what a beast.
because he started bringing unions into it.
If only that were the case. Any proposed restrictions on cars are very 'very small in scope.
No you are not. You are an overbearing presence in the sub-forum trying to compel people to the conclusions which you wish to be drawn. Insidious, Nasty.
Eh? Literally just trying to engage with you to understand your viewpoint.
Why do you feel the need to resort to insults and name-calling?
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