Cycle infrastructure planned for north Dublin

Some of the gems on the FB group comments:

"the people behind the plans for cycle lane for fairview should be ashamed, many other shop business will close"

"The green party with their cycle lanes and traffic restrictions causing problems everywhere"

"So sad that you are closing down, thanks to that inane traffic plan 🤨!"

"How sad to hear this news Damien. ThisC bicycle lane Wii do a lot of damage in Fairview" (sic x 2)

"Is that because of the road works?" Damien: "Absolutely"

I don't know how businesses survive in Fairview as no where really to park, this will finish a lot of shops.

"Top man Damian sorry to hear the news , maybe become a bike shop for all the new cycle lane users , well done to the Greens/ Ryan Sad day for small family businesses"

Sad to see grown adults adopting such simplistic childish thinking and collectively refusing to apply a modicum of basic rational thought to a situation. If they bothered to do that they would come to the most obvious conclusion that the business has most likely been struggling for some time and the cycle lane is just an obvious scapegoat.

Maybe he would have some semblance of a point if he was selling fridges, but a jewellers is definitely the kind of business that people go to/from by bike or bus.

Same people would never accept a homeless shelter being built beside them.

Lady told me one day that the roads are for cars and not for bikes. She was deadly serious.

When you think about it, it’s hard to fathom that level of ignorance. I don't mean that to be insulting to the particular lady (and I know it does sound insulting), but I find it really incredible how low some people’s knowledge is on basic rules of the road or even human consideration.

Coming from that starting point, there’s very little to be gained debating about things like junction layouts, vulnerable road users, long term planning etc.

That's the problem with the one lane either side of the road cycle lanes. The clontarf/fairview one will be double lane (like the seafront one further up the road), so you should be able to overtake in a bike.

i use the Howth cycle lanes daily, and I understand the positives, most notably that of empowering children to cycle to school.

but I feel that the design of ‘temporary’ cycle lanes bring too many negatives. They’re ugly for a start and the prevention of street sweeping and damage to the bollards from cars exacerbates this (11 and counting). I don’t mind passing slower cyclists as they move but a lot of cars are parking inside the barriers. That’s a dead stop to joining the traffic lane situation. You have to ride in the gutter, so potholes and puddles become hazards you must traverse rather than drive around. Also the double bike trailer won’t fit in the lane so I can’t use that anymore. However I think that the worst thing about them is that the can distract drivers joining from driveways and side streets. There’s too much reflection that mimics bike lights, I feel that while driving, and certainly I have had more cars pull out in front of me on the bike since the bollards were introduced. Would have far preferred a raised kerb lane ala Frascatti rd as I think it’s just a better solution overall.

It started off being "billions", then shrank to "hundreds of millions" a couple of seconds later.

Also, you've got to love the sheer entitlement seeded into - " I used to have 2 lanes....." What, All for your good self ? 😂

Haha! You are right that it was a very tough line to respond to. I was so flummoxed I was gobsmacked and just gave up! She ‘won’ the debate 😃

The most annoying part to me is they all completely ignored the 4 years between when this was announced, in the planning permission phase, open to consultation, and waited until right before construction started to complain.

Mother of God. This is the dumbest tweet ever, and coming from a f**king doctor. Incidentally my partner is an ICU doctor and cycles to work, she'll be on this route all the time.

Make the road bigger... give me strength.