BusConnects Dublin - Big changes to Bus Network

Did anyone go to the online meeting held by the FF councillor about the planned infrastructure changes for the Shankill roundabout & N11 junction on Sunday evening?

There is 2 shifts in the training school 7-3 and 3-11 pm as the school is very busy

It's taken about 25 mins to get from one end of OCS to another this afternoon. And I'd like to lay the blame at cars in the way but I've hardly spotted any cars just lots of buses. Maybe bus connects will partly resolve this bur j think it's still too reliant on OCS, more use should be made of Church and Gardener St

Maybe not enough people complain, the number of people effected by the current **** show in public transport nust be enormous, in the hundreds of thousands but the media seems to want to talk about the conor pass deabcle instead.

You were lucky on the luas buses are more than double that time doing that distance.

Was there ever a reason given why we can't have rapid build bus corridors in advance of busconnects?

Yeah, my Luas delay was before the protest kicked off anyway.

It's just an awful street in general

On the topic of driver training, just out of interest - what would the story be with what appears to be drivers undergoing training, but with a full bus of passengers? So the driver is driving, and taking on passengers, dealing with fares, but there's another person talking them through the process, including pulling in properly to stops, taking difficult turns, etc. Are these new drivers, or just new to a route, or what's going on?

Generally after passing the test and some route training, new drivers are placed with a mentor for their first two days in service who are basically there to guide them on how to handle things.

Only because there's almost no cars on OCS. As I've said rapid build bus gates could greatly improve bus times, a bus gate on Church St could be built over a weekend.

We also need immediate bus gates at:

Rathmines, Mount Brown, Stoneybatter, Phibsboro, Whitworth Road and The quays just to start with, bus connects can then take its time. Cars can take longer routes and waste time if need be

Waiting on an 83 now on church street, next one is in 45 minutes. Appalling service coming up to the peak hour and this is the only north-south route west of OCS if you want to head south side you have to go to OCS and come back out again silly bugger stuff. The new routes replacing the 83 might help but more needs doing. We need some bus gates ASAP. Normal traffic can wait

Hmmm...almost as if we need an underground train system.

One can dream :)

Saw several out of service buses on Terenure Road West today, all had multiple instructors onboard. Likely route training for the new S4 route which will run on that road. Hopefully the November launch date will actually happen, fingers crossed.

The upgraded junction on the N3 near Blanch Garda station is almost finished. Does any of you have an idea of a timeframe for the Blanch spine happening once this key piece is in place?