Clontarf to City Centre Cycle & Bus Priority Project discussion (renamed)

Because it is simply unnecessary. If a person is crossing the cycle path, cyclists will simply stop, just like a car on an uncontrolled zebra crossing. It actually doesn't matter if the person is visually impaired or not.

I actually laughed when i read this, cyclists sometimes dont even stop at pedestrian crossings, I regularly have to jump out of their way. Sometimes they go around the pedestrian but its not unusual for pedestrian to have to run to avoid speeding cyclist.

Many of the new cycling lanes have kerbs that elderly people have to climb over to get to the footpath, I saw one elderly man fall backwards into traffic recently as he fell backwards, luckily he wasnt hit by a car. They cyclists speed down these cycle paths and when challenged and I do it regularly, I am told this is a cycle path and you shouldnt be on it.

Well until I can somehow fly over the cycle path to get to the footpath I have to actually be on the cycle lane.

I have full vision so I will see the cyclist bearing down on me, the blind person wont until its too late.

Id say if you asked visually impaired people which category of road user causes them most difficulty I would say they would say cyclists, hence their request that lights be put on this cycle lane.

This post isnt really worth responding to.More entitled male cyclist bullying,shut others up by all means possible.

I am not the person you referred to, its possible for more than one person to disagree with you, I know you find this impossible to believe as you live in an echo chamber inhabited only by your fellow male cyclists.

As far as I remember there was legal parking opposite Duggan jewellers in Fairview.(on the park side)

In any event that jewllers shop was there for decades so the owner had as much right to express his opinion as others cycling through twice a day.

And I dont think you should be sneering at any named individual,that jeweller provided years of excellent service to the people of Fairview and any loss of small independent retailers is a pity.

The vast vast majority of cyclists are male and its the entitled behaviour that they display that is a major deterrent to other demographics taking up cycling.

Your language here for example, so aggressive, I suspect you cycle very aggressively too and if I was an unconfident cyclist you would put me off.

Dont like a challenge to your narrative,engage in childish name calling, how very mature of you.

And "Lads" laughing out loud, no opinion welcome unless you are one of the lads.

well, thats good for you.

I presume you could ask the CSO to confirm the figures for you too.

I dont set much store by CSO figures to be honest, I know someone who worked as a census enumerator and he said up to fifteen non nationals were living in houses he called too and no one would answer the door.

So how we can correctly count numbers living here is difficult never mind counting people on bikes.

Cycling is very male dominated, I dont think anyone realistically would argue with that.

You pointed out your experience of cycling is different to mine and you said the CSO would back up your assertion that lots of women cycle.

I said I dont set much store by CSO statistics based on a renumerators experience.

In my experience as a regular cyclist I maintain the vast majority of cyclists are male.

About one in ten is female if that.