The government are currently investigating increased parking, congestion charges and speed limit reductions in order to help the country meet its climate goals. Looks like a split in the coalition is emerging over the proposals, which are likely to be deeply unpopular. Do you see anything of the proposed that could be considered politically palatable?
If you are incapable of walking 2k to the shops then they should be in a mobility scooter.
If they are really old and can't make that distance for the safety of everyone else the last thing they should be in is a car.
Of course you can make up many many many imaginary scenarios to complain about moving to public transport, the reality is the majority of people in Ireland are well capable of using public transport and not cars.
In other scenarios for a select few they would have to be reviewed.
I'd wonder how many elderly people there are that can drive a car and deal with all the stress of parking etc. that are unable to walk to the shops to buy milk (plant based hopefully). People always discuss this fictional elderly person but I've yet to meet any. None of my 4 grandparents had cars and they managed ok.
Ok so throw in a few extra minutes to dump the car in the Arnotts car park.
by making it "less easy" you mean making it more expensive, adding a congestion charge or making fuel more expensive won't make any difference to a family where both parents are in well paid jobs and who may have a couple of new BMW/Audi's in the driveway, they'll just pay the charge... it will impact a less well off family driving an older car and who rely on it to get quickly to work, especially shift workers who may not finish up until 11 or 12 midnight...
Getting in a car to go 2k to get milk, bread whatever is the only option for otherwise mobile persons, even in the majority of Dublin getting the 2k to the shop may involve multiple road crossings and be too physically demanding especially if they're elderly.. walking to the nearest bus stop make take longer than the entire journey to and from the shop in their cars...
But the example you provided did not contain the total time for the driver which did serve your point.
The post I was replying to, yours I think, said that the train was quicker no matter what time of day. That is the bit I am disputing because its simply untrue.
Anything Southside?
There's actually plans for more along the N11 before the Glen of the Downs, served by buses. But I definitely agree it's an under utilised option.
Why make someones life harder and increase time and cost that could otherwise be spent more effectively?
It is not making someone's life harder. It is making the choice to drive less easy. It is far too easy to hop into the car and drive wherever one wants. Short journeys down to the shop to get a litre of milk should not be an easy decision.
As for the cost, if someone chooses to drive then they have already chosen to absorb a huge cost through ownership, motor tax, insurance, fuel, serivcing, etc. What you seem to want is a society where anyone who wants to travel into a city should have to face those costs. Why would you want that?
Anyhow, how would you propose to spend the cost more effectively?
What's the point in adding hours and hours standing waiting around on Buses?
I presume that you are aware that the biggest delay to public transport in our cities tends to be drivers blocking bus lanes?
I will also add a footnote to that that I seriously hope taxis are prevented from using bus lanes once and for all!
It is also during the day, the mass movement of people happen at 8 in morning to get in for 9 and at 5 to get home.
Your driving scenario doesn't include cost and time to find parking and walking to O'Connell Street from the car park.
In the city that one person in a car isn't getting there faster and it's actually holding up everyone on the bus. Not to mention the pollution in the city.
Bus lanes into the city are not short on private vehicles and empty taxi's any day of the week...
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Why make someones life harder and increase time and cost that could otherwise be spent more effectively? What's the point in adding hours and hours standing waiting around on Buses?
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It’s getting out of control tbh
Weren't they partly full of commuters not shoppers? Hence the parking charge.
A car crash, which is a very regular occurrence in Dublin with so many moving around shuts down an entire route. Even if not injuries, people standing blocking roads/roundabout arguing who was at fault while they wait for Gardai. The dinner gets ruined.
What you're not including in the driving scenario is the time spent looking for a parking spot and the time spent walking from the car park to O'Connell St whereas I think your train journey includes this figure (or it did when I checked!)
When I go to Liffey valley shopping and have to drive around the car parks looking for a spot it's actually an illusion. The car parks are not actually full.
Ok
35 min drive from O'Connell Street to Maynooth. I guess you don't live or drive in Dublin, even the most optimistic person knows that would be impossible unless it is Sunday and then you have to home no games on
Anyway, the train goes from Connelly Train station so best to use that as a starting location to get a proper guide.
Now I work 9-5 so I am leaving my office at 5.
It will take me 38 mins on a train
In a car, well google maps is 55 min, which as we an see is not really what would happen in reality, At 5 you would probably look at 90 mins or even a crash, which is very likely to happen you can start putting hours on it
Get the train to work 2 days a week. Much quicker than driving and less hassle/cheaper i.e. no traffic/parking to deal with. And no I don't live in Dublin nor commute to Dublin.
If people actually thought the end of civilization was coming due to driving a car we would voluntarily give them up.
Are there congestion charges planned for region rural towns? No.
If you choose to live (or work) in a rural location thats your own issue.
Just tested this out on google maps. Leaving Maynooth train station now to O'Connell street.
35 minutes drive versus 56 minutes via a train, bus or green line luas combination. You will also have to wait 26 minutes for the next train rather than leaving now further delaying your arrival.
Your example journey won't be hit with congestion charges. It an orbital local route. So NO it its got nothing to do with it.
You're in Blackrock with every option available easily to you. You've already got stupidly convenient options. The problem isn't the options.
This isn't about just Galway though, there are plenty of regional towns across the country where having a car is not just an absolute necessity, it is necessary to use it for the majority of journeys.
Why do both? thats just a complete waste of public money. Ireland has a small population so investing in long term public transport will provide better payback for everyone in the future
Plus we have already invested a massive amount of money into a World Class road system. That has been done for 50+ years now if not more. So apart from general upkeep no more invested should be required.
The vast majority are heeding the restrictions. It is only a small minority who break the diversion rules here so your attempt at saving face for your wildly inaccurate and repeated projections of a u-turn were wrong.
All of which is ignored by AGS because somehow traffic isn't part of their remit it seems.
From: "All well and good if you live within cycling or walking distance of your workplace and you have a 9-5 or even a flexi time arrangement in work, as many of the Green Party do - for the rest of the unfortunates it’s just placing even more financial burdens on to them"
No idea what this is about? it make zero sense
In terms of people living outside Dublin, well work from home is a big initiative recently for a lot of people. Plus I would expect more options like M3 parkway which is set up for commuters to get access to city centre quickly via trains running just for 9-5 workers. Unfortunately at the moment those pesky Green party members on flexi time are not catered for :-)
"the Greens" can't implement anything on their own.
This seems to be based on city traffic so yes people have alternatives
Plus the bus's just had a huge announcement of additional services outside of cities
Take a train into Dublin from outskirts and it is quicker than driving, no matter what time of the day
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