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

A lot would be mums and dads who can cycle/bus/dart to work themselves when it's just them in the summer, but in the school term when you have to drop kids a different direction in the morning, it requires a car

This is how we should plan schools

A lot of final top surface being layed since yesterday, we should have the majority of the inbound route complete soon.

what do you want, cyclists out on North Strand with placards? You can't even get most cyclists out to campaign for cycle lanes. Where are the users of this bus stop, why aren't they out protesting or contacting their local reps?

The reality is no one is going to go to any effort over a bus stop they don't use. Blame the council for this decision, it's not something any cycling advocates asked for.

Several years ago? The bus stop placement and removal certain bus stops was only announced in Aug 2022 after works had already commenced.

I can't claim to know everyone living on North Strand north of Newcomen Bridge, but one friend of mine lived in a property there with up to 15 others until recently. 2 bunk beds in her room so 4 people max per room. Apparently none were from Ireland, several from Brazil and others from all around the world. She wasn't personally aware that the bus stop wouldn't be replaced, and had accepted that walking from north Strand fire station would be the new norm.

Most people there apparently walked or took the bus, there being no space for bikes inside or space/safety for bikes outside.

Anecdotes aside, the H-spine of buses that serve most of the route will now not have a stop between 5 lamps and Store Street, making connections with Connolly Station very difficult instead of a trivial walk. It's an abject failure of planning and basic public transport concepts established for over 100 years by the likes of UERL (London Underground predecessor)

It’s the same outbound - the H Spine routes now don’t stop from outside Busaras on Beresford Place until just before the Five Lamps.

It’s a crazy gap.

It’s like they’re stringing the job out on purpose. Loads of bits left unfinished, couple of guys working here and there.

Well today just after the fire station inbound they were digging up the newly installed kerb stones that were recently laid. And the nice new tarmac as well. The minister of bicycles Ryan will be gone from office by the time it’s finished.

This was planned way before ER ever got into government. It's amazing how everyone is putting some kind of blame on him for the continuing roadworks. They're probably digging something up because they f**ked up some wires or waterworks. All Eamon's fault of course and there'll be no more cycle lanes or carbon tax, or wind energy, or anything of the likes after the next election.