New bus gates on Bachelors Walk and Aston Quay

The aim of the scheme is to reduce through traffic through the city centre. Even at that it's watered down. So yes, if more trucks use the Port tunnel and M50 that's fine.

You also have to factor in the green improvement to the city centre with less vehicles and trucks. So there should be a green benefit in parts of the city centre where people actually are

Indeed it's a very positive scheme. It's a pity that the left turn to OCS is retained but hopefully that'll be eroded away pretty quick if enough pedestrians just dominate the space.

If traffic obeys the new rules it will push traffic up OCS and into Mountjoy Square via Belvedere college. Messy up there already.

In short term some will go as far along the quays as they can then turn off when forced. If they're heading for east link/ Sam beckett Bridge and using quays it will be likely NCR or Gardenier St to get back on quays.

This statement displays a deliberate obtuseness about the nature of economic activity in the City and more generally.

There are many, many commercial operations between the Canals that originate or require HGV transit. Guinness are but one example.

How many large scale building sites are in the vicinity of these new restrictions, for example? At least a dozen, including the site of College Square, Ireland's next tallest building contender.

How many busy retailers overturn large volumes and get their goods in articulated trucks? All the supermarkets for starters. Dunnes on Henry Street, George's Street and Mercer Street/SGC. Super Valu on Aston Quay. Tesco on Fleet St. And thats without even mentioning a dozen more large convenience stores.

Get there from where exactly? OCS and Bachelors Quay are barely changed for one thing. They can still take right turn from Burgh Quay to O'Connell Bridge also.

I was asking you what in the traffic restriction plans would stop them getting delivered.

Apologies Daith. I was replying to cgcsb who wrote:

You do know that we have a 5 axle ban in Dublin right? We don't want artics in the city period.

It’s this post I was referring to. Also I’d love to know who is ‘we’ and what authority they have?

Are there any physical changes to the road layouts to facilitate this change? I know they were talking about doing a nice wider footpath along Bachelors Walk at the junction with O'Connell Street. Will they do this now, even as a temporary measure?

And increase emissions as a consequence. A lot.

Isn't that what they are telling us this plan is supposed to reduce?

Walk, take the luas... you're being obtuse. Who the f**k needs to be driven from the ifsc to the clarence?

Nope. DCC said that they want to reduce the volume of through-traffic from the city centre, making it a more pleasant place to be and giving more space to active and public transport. A byproduct is that emissions in the affected area will fall but that’s not their goal.

I know you’re trying to suggest that the people driving on the affected roads today will all continue to drive and there will be additional congestion on alternate roads but there’s plenty of experience worldwide to suggest that that won’t happen. Certainly the first few weeks will be difficult as people (and their sat nav apps) adjust, there’s no argument about that. During that adjustment period, some people will choose not to drive any more. The remaining people will be split across various routes (both through the city centre and the M50), each one experiencing some increase in traffic but none taking the entire brunt of the restrictions.

For the people who don’t drive, some will take alternate modes of transport like walking, cycling, e-scooters, etc. Others will take public transport. Others may evaluate their journey and decide that actually their other half isn’t made of sugar and doesn’t need to be driven a very short distance across the city centre. Losing those kinds of trips is no loss to the city centre at all.

Tell her to order a cab? It's hard to know if you're actually serious with these ridiculous scenarios.

This exact scenario is why these new measures are needed. Cars on our city's streets that have no reason to be there.

Once implemented people will realise that it will be an absolute pain to drive into the city and then suddenly "discover" public transport.