How can we curtail bus lane misuse

Fixed camera enforcement at blackspots plus bus mounted cameras will resolve the issue, no need for public involvement. The thing is we're due an 'update' on fixed camera enforcement at the end of the year and bus mounted cameras are an aspiration. The state doesn't want to play the role of enforcer. It's not just traffic rules though, basically every rule in this country is ignored. Irish culture is basically 'ah shure it'll be grand'. I mean have you been to Dublin City Centre? gangs of 100+ youths in north face jackets are permitted to attack people at will, chances of getting a bus lane enforced are slim in that context.

AS for 24/7 bus lanes, meh. I can see how they're needed in some stretches like the quays but my preference would be to ban cars from using the quays as a through route altogether.

As someone who seems to be incensed by the topic, and further, as someone who has accused others of not thinking things through, have a think there and think whether there are any other options than the false dichotomy you present

(hint - there are already many private bus owners operating services all around the country)

Maybe you'd like zero bus lanes? Might not work out the best for your taxi-ing if ya wanna be working in the city.

But I like where you are going with this. Lets remove all benefits to public transport options that can be said to disadvantage the private motorist. Start putting parking meters and general parking for anyone on those prime sites currently allocated for taxi ranks.

Yeah. They should be 24/7. There is zero reason not to be. It would assist the slow learners who currently don't appear to be able to figure out how to read a clock.

Buses run until probably midnight for most routes (24 hours out your direction btw). How often have you found yourself stuck in traffic at 4am in the morning?

No such thing as roads big enough, in the USA 18 lane motorways aren't big enough for the traffic they attract.

As for a car ban, absolutely there should be car bans in city centres, I'd say you've gone a bit far though in a total ban. But maybe you're on to something, imagine how wealthy Ireland would be if we didn't export hundreds of billions of euros to oil producing and car manufacturing countries every year.

Is your motivation to ask for your own job to change to more work-from-home or to ask everyone else to change to work from home so that you can travel your 50km more quickly?

Given the majority of drivers can not do the basic things as in stop when a light is red. Ignore traffic light when there is a queue as you believe its your turn and not go through a junction if you can't make it clean through I can't see them been any better to understand when and when not a lane is a bus lane and for that I say keep them 24 hour.

When I was young I was in Lourde's in the South of France every month a one way street would reverse directions and all signs changed over night. We try that here and all traffic would have a crash.

You should learn to use your own brain rather than blindly using some online calculator that you don't understand how it works. I mean in the sense that it is a black box.

I can go to some link, put in 50kph and figure out how many cars can get from Drumcondra to Clonskeagh. Let's say DCU to UCD. Perhaps you have never driven in the city centre, but google maps is telling me at the minute that the fastest (not shortest) route from DCU to UCD is 45 mins for 12.5km. Basically 10mph. There is no point in me putting in 50km into your calculator.

You could send all the drivers your online link to explain to them why they should be going at 50kph instead. As soon as they get the calculator, they'll undoubtedly go faster.