"Green" policies are destroying this country

Don’t give them ideas.all in the name of climate change/catastrophe/burning or other scare tactics

They have the option to CPO houses etc. to make roads wider to fit more cars until they fill up again, which unfortunately will be more palpable to most constituents than CPOing houses for bus and cycle lanes.

You could be right. Bus Connects was proposing taking a piece of gardens in Dublin and there was absolute uproar that a piece of their garden was going.

CPOs should be the last thing wheeled out to force something through. The dealings I've had with the NTA and council was to work with them and come to a conclusion that both sides are happy with. Once a route is chosen and CPOs are being mentioned, there's no going back anyway so it's best work with whoever and try get it designed and built in a way that best suits you, knowing that one way or another it's going to happen.

What do you mean by "constitutional objectors"?

well for e.g. I live beside the Malahide Road in Dublin and there's a BusConnects corridor supposed to run down it all the way to Fairview. This is impossible without CPOing gardens etc., so where's the compromise there? The only other option would be banning private vehicles from driving down this road, which obviously isn't an option.

Also a lot of people like myself don't enjoy cycling in any way shape or form. I've absolutely no intention of swapping my car or motorbikes for a bicycle.

No one is going to take your car from you. It just might become a little slower getting around when buses and active travel etc. are prioritised instead of cars, and more streets are pedestrianised.

I meant the compromise I guess on how much, what they will build in place of your garden, replacing the wall perhaps, or if you have a driveway getting it fixed if there's a colour mismatch, etc. Maybe planting inside your wall or something like that. Can't compromise on the route but you can nail them for other stuff to make it better for you. Plus if you work with them, they'll be more willing to pay a little bit more. If it goes to CPO, you're taking what they give you. Does that make sense?

Is there such a right? If there is I'd reckon there's a clause there for the government to take it from you. There's been thousands of acres CPO'd over the years. Nearly every road built has CPO's involved somewhere

Tipping points are reached incrementally, and politically the Dutch recently had theirs when a farmers party came from nowhere to become their third largest political party with the four party coalition government collapsing shortly afterwards. Had those land compulsory purchase orders a part to play in that, I have no idea, but I would not rule them out.

There is this misconception that the Dutch are all keen cyclists and have low private car numbers. If anything the Dutch love their cars more than the Irish.

2022 the Dutch population was 17,590,672, and there were 9,142,777 private cars. That is one car for every 1.92 citizen.. In Ireland, according to Eurostat, for Dublin and the East it`s less than 450 cars per 1,000 (2.22) and for Munster, Connacht and the NorthWest it is between 450 - 500 (2.22 - 2.00).

The appropriate tools for the job is something perhaps greens should try and get their heads around when it comes to private car usage rather than attempting to force people to use bicycles or public transport in areas where it is not fit for purpose. Especially when you see the Netherlands with a population density of over 7X that of Ireland and they have a higher number of private cars per person.

When it comes to compulsory land purchase for cycle paths, the biggest problem would be in urban areas and no government hoping to get re-elected will ever go down that route on any large scale. Maybe less in rural areas in that farmers are well used to it for road widening and new roads, but then when it comes to them looking at what the appropriate tools for rhe job regarding their needs being, they would likely be less accepting.

They've only banned the hire schemes, they haven't actually banned e-scooters despite what the click-bait article implies.

Paris has already pedestrianised or banned cars from many of its roads, and cross city traffic will be banned completely next year, so there's no revolution on behalf of motorists.

If you are a rural dweller especially it doesn`t take much head scratching. Distance and poor to none existent public transport, and even where their is public transport unsuitable time tables. Surprising as it may seem to you, people have more for doing than spending their day peddling or hanging around waiting for a bus.