This would be great for D5, lots of schools use this route too. I can't see how they'll do it though given the amount of cars that park on the route, there'll be murder.
I suspect not, that you'd have to wait at the pedestrian crossing. But it'd be useful since there would be kids heading to schoil caitriona that way?
Yes.
As a cyclist is there an option to turn right down Mobhi Road when going east along Griffith Avenue?
Very hard to tell old people they have to walk a couple of hundred metres to get to their car.
(edit: middle aged people won’t want to do that either)
The sporadic 2 or 3 parking spaces every half kilometre is ridiculous. Blanket ban of on street parking on Griffith Avenue would be best.
To update my slightly snarky post, they've added wands to protect the new (short) cycle lane.
Not at all. It's well known that cars plough through red lights like these. They know that it's cars that'll kill people. There was a plan to have cameras on the lollipop people, but seems to have fallen by the wayside.
Cycled most of Griffith Avenue this morning. The cycle lane had quite an amount of wet cut grass in it, which made it extremely slippy, not to mind the various shores, drains and gutters that need to be observed as you cycle through.
The traffic on that road is diabolical from an abundance of traffic lights, some barely a couple of hundred metres apart.
I also counted 4 lollipop people outside ArdScoil Ris (and possibly a primary school?) this morning, some of whom were operating at pedestrian crossings. I presume that twit-her thinks the lollipop folk are needed to keep an eye on the dangerous cyclists, and not the saintly motorists.
There was a proposal to put in a rapid build route along Ratoath Road and a new layout for Hanlons corner in January. Seems to have fallen off DCC radar completely
There must be some sort of cover up in the main stream media so. 😂
I note one person suggesting that cycling infrastructure has led to an increase in pedestrian deaths.
It's completely illogical and what Karen was saying means she been drinking the motorcar Koolade too much, they could have done a LOT more to accommodate a proper cycle lane, just like the one over on Braemor road...
Though cycling through the small narrow roads around Marino park you only have to look at the houses to see 2 or 3 cars parked in each driveway, so the residents are probably not cycling or walking in that area just like "Twitter Karen" they might want wider faster roads in their area to get the 2km to the shops, maybe the M51 should have been built in that area?
I don't get it like they're saying it has ruined the whole street and made traffic so much worse. The traffic seems fine on the avenue. With so many people out there with this attitude it makes me despair.
"Karen" has a ridiculous rant about Griffith Ave. and the mental replies after it, some of them may have breathed in leaded petrol fumes that affected their "brains" too much for many years....
The cycle Gutters on Griffith ave. would make a Dutch person break down in tears, but by Irish standards it's great infra! 😁
a less infuriating Tweet, am I right in saying this is what will run alongside the rail track causeway thingy?
The hyperbole in this Tweet thread. Am I missing something here? I have cycled and driven down Griffith Avenue in the last couple of weeks and it seems ok to me. People really are mental when it comes to cycle lanes and parking.
Typical FF so...
But that flyover is lethal, not to mention the O.T. Road and the usage of the bus lane for high speed vans and trucks skipping past traffic to get into Clonshaugh ind. estate, and on the other side people who use the bus lane to practice motorway speeds driving too...
i used to know someone who was knocked off his bike on that roundabout, actually.
Not specific cycle infrastructure but it does help make this area a *little safer, currently it's a high speed Death circle over the M1 for anyone cycling:
https://dublingazette.com/dublinlocalmatters/flyover-oscar-traynor-rd-deputy-mcauliffe-585859/
just cycled home from dropping the car off to the garage, very pleased to see that the council have painted a 150m long bike lane on the uphill at the western end of old finglas road (i.e. as you climb up away from the finglas road). it made that climb feel a lot safer.
Fingal Co Co have the nerve to post a "progress" photo on Facebook of a temporary access route being laid for the Broadmeadow Way Greenway with the following caption: Advance works commenced earlier this week on the Broadmeadow Way greenway scheme. These early-stage works will facilitate ground investigation works taking place in the coming months with construction of the greenway expected to follow in 2024/2025.
How pathetic is that given that planning permission was granted years ago and it's been in their Development Plans for even longer.
anything for the oscar traynor road? it's more than wide enough for cycle lanes, an absolute mare to cycle on currently.
Another example of cycling infrastructure designed purely for people driving!
I think I read that it's on the list to be upgraded, but years away still.
I think you are meant to cross the road at the pedestrian crossing at the coachman's before you get to the M1 turn off pictured above. Then continue against the traffic on the shared foot/bike path and navigate the roundabout using the pedestrian lights and cross back over the road at the pedestrian lights at Kealy's.
Not ideal obviously.
Edit: I'm not aware of any plans to improve the bikes lanes from swords to the airport, not sure if it's covered by bus connects? Personally I would love if there was high quality, segregated bike lanes/infrastructure on all the main arterial routes in to the city centre and I think the Swords-Airport-Whitehall-City centre route has the space/potential to be done really well.
are there any plans for bike lanes from swords to the airport? i had to cycle from swords to santry direction sometimes and it's a nightmare on that dual carriageway. when you get to the turn off for the M1 coming towards the airport you either keep going onto the M1 or you have to cross crazy busy traffic then cycle in the middle of the road to get into a bus lane. it's not fit for cycling at all and there's not really any other way into town from swords by bike. This section here.
I presume that is just an interim measure, the BusConnects proposal was to have the walking/cycle path go under the road there.
saw these first on the entrance to Grand Canal dock Dart station. A steel C section on it's back with toes facing up. You could wheel bike down the track, very simple & useful. Can see the track in the google earth link below if you zoom into the base of the middle handrail
https://www.google.com/maps/@53.3394538,-6.2366099,3a,55.6y,253.98h,78.39t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s8kRDSf1frBfQprJjZNn9Kw!2e0!7i16384!8i8192
There had been talk of a proper cycle route through phibsboro, though via Eglinton terrace and royal canal bank, where that ramp is. I just hope that's not the final design for those steps...
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