Crowe showing his true colours here. "discrimination against private cars" is a ridiculous statement.
These are the councillors that are promising to drive the change to city streets to be active travel and pedestrian friendly after the ring road.
*double post*
But of course there's no organising within the Galway Antiroadbuilding Movement.
I'm sure topcat was only asking in case the topic came up in conversation.
And Unrealistic looked at her private LinkedIn to check her lack of anti-road credentials because they was bored...
Does anyone know what this lad is on about? Doesn't think there's "any kind of “secret” group behind the scenes." yet then contiuously refers to things like "organising within the Galway Antiroadbuilding Movement".
Meanwhile the actual ring road and housing was halted by ABP. Not much of a secret group there. It's a statutory body. The only issue is GCC can't seem to understand that.
@xckjoo "Does anyone know what this lad is on about? Doesn't think there's "any kind of “secret” group behind the scenes." yet then contiuously refers to things like "organising within the Galway Antiroadbuilding Movement"."
It's incoherent nonsense. Best ignored at this point.
@xckjoo "Meanwhile the actual ring road and housing was halted by ABP. Not much of a secret group there. It's a statutory body. The only issue is GCC can't seem to understand that."
Yes, you often hear complaints that it was ABP that made the decision, but it was an unrepresentative green conspiracy behind it. This conveniently ignores the fact that there were three separate parties appealing the initial ABP decision, and only one of those could be described as 'green'. The others were a prominent Galway business and Galway Races Committee, itself sponsored by a who's who of Galway businesses.
is that antiroad activist on about me again? Surely not.
But of course it suits the Movement's narrative that any description of "Organising" are "charges of Conspiracy" instead of, well, organising, like how Unions do after loose discussion in the workplace. That way they get to rail against it and discredit the describer with loon/enemy/other/whatever.
Cool your jets, antiroaders.
Careful now or you'll find yourself on their ignore list!
It's becoming apparent that a lot of our city issues are due to GCC wanting to ignore all regulations and requirements to do their own thing and then throwing their toys out of the pram when they (rightly) get blocked from doing it.
You'd need a degree in linguistics to decipher some of the waffle.
Or maybe just a carbon monoxide leak in my home
nothing would make me happier.
Can we get a running copy of the list?
So have I been removed from your ban list?
I already am apparently. But somehow they'll sense my posts and make passive aggressive in-direct replies.
Anyway. We'll leave it there. As Unrealistic said there's no point in engaging. Fighting with pigs and all that
You're a Mod. After advice from admins it's "at own risk" to have Mods on Ignore I click through to you in case it's important.
Mod note: Enough of this nonsense. Get back to discussing the subject at hand or thread will be closed.
An excellent, and I mean excellent, thread on Twitter highlighting how bad things are in Galway for non-car users, what causes it and why its gone on for so long
If you'd rather read it as a webpage instead, see link below
https://t.co/24srLughUI
Ya shines a light on the :"Cannot be bothered" culture in City Hall.
Very small CPO's are needed all over the City just to have decent footpaths.
This one in Parkmore is one of my fav's: https://goo.gl/maps/RbyC2ZZWYh1BY5Dx7
Yeah thats bad, especially when you consider they plonked a bus stop in the middle of the fudgin thing 🤦♂️
Mansuells rd is one that really annoys me
Similar example on Ballymoneen Road
In regard to the Martin Roundabout. As you drive from the Coolough Roundabout up to the Martin Junction I am under the impression that there will be 3 lanes as per link below. Now that the kerbing is in it looks very narrow for 3 lanes. Is it 3 lanes?
3 cars in 9 metres in a 60kmh is what it looks like in the cross section drawing.
https://www.galwaycity.ie/gccfiles/?r=/download&path=L0RlcGFydG1lbnRzL1RyYW5zcG9ydC9HVFMgUHJvamVjdHMvTWFydGluIEp1bmN0aW9uLzIwMjIwMTE5IE1hcnRpbiBKdW5jdGlvbiBHZW5lcmFsIEFycmFuZ2VtZW50LnBkZg%3D%3D
CPOs have a few specific functions. Taking fecky bits of wall and garden in isolation aren't one.
Been done and is being planned to be done, in particular in relation to BusConnects
Bus Connects is, by definition, not in isolation.
That particular piece of wall and the bus stop on the other side of the road are probably two of the most irrelevant public realm issues in the city. I'm sure they were there long before the Technology Park / Parkmore estates. Very few people live close enough to walk work to Parkmore, and the Briarhill shops are too far away to be a reasonable lunchtime walk. Briarhill residents who walk in the area generally go into Briarhill Business Park, not to Parkmore. The bus-stop is closed during race meetings.
I've a lot more sympathy for the footpath situation in parts of upper Knocknacarra / west-Rahoon (or whatever you're calling it) - or even this gem in Liosbaun, which is right beside an entire block of apartments: https://www.google.com/maps/@53.2867158,-9.038334,3a,18.8y,255.53h,81.64t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sQOhDX3kyfGmRzjIRIXH3OA!2e0!7i16384!8i8192
Activist for the Movement gonna activist, but he has a point. I'm reminded of the stretch of footpath that runs from the Ballybrit junction to the roundabout industrial estate entrance (passing the Racecourse entrance). IIRC it's pierced by slice of garden with a bush behind walls. Without visual reference the best way I'd describe it is imagine a wide path, but at one point someone parked a motorbike across it leaving a narrow gap on the side to get past, and then walled off the bike. Means he footpath is useless for wheelchairs, as the path narrows like a gate to one side closest the kerb.
That route is the primary active travel route from the city to some of its biggest employers. Workers in there have neither the privilege of start/finish times that conform with those of Public Transport (24hr ops) nor the possibility of remote work journey mitigation (it's factory work, onsite exclusive). If anywhere needed a clear route for walkers & cyclists to get through, it's that one!
What we need to see is a Minimum Standard Way, one that is designed for use by wheelchair, blind, and active travellers on foot or wheel. Have it an absolute standard with no room for "interpretaton", and implement it on routes to/from major destinations.
Hey SeaSlacker - I think we are talking about the same spot here. The one you describe so well at Ballybrit Cottages( I called it Parkmore which is incorrect)
Nobody is saying this one over that.
I think the point been made is that this is occurring on many many streets ALL OVER the City.
Even old established area's of the City like Maunsells Road as DaCor has pointed out
Maunsells Road is a pain in the hoop. Some of the nicest residential areas in the city and a no proper footpath.
What's the actual point of that bus stop? Considering that there is no access to the stop apart from waiting on the green and the route departure bus stop is 200m away, with multiple shelters.
"A LOCAL stop for LOCAL people!!!"
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