I read the following article this morning. "From August, bus gates will be in operation on Bachelors Walk and Aston Quay in order to restrict drivers from travelling through the city centre."
https://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/major-changes-to-dublin-city-traffic-to-come-into-effect-in-august-1610937.html
The quays have always been a pain in the a$$ to use, no matter the time of day… So, how will this effect people?
Perfect normally but I'll be bringing lots of stuff with me so not this time. (Not going to actual station)
Erm, the Luas?
You can
I thought after the changes you could turn left from Westmoreland onto Fleet St for deliveries?
Cheers. It was old route this morning. I'll check again now...
Edit. Just checked. Seems to be updated now.
Not showing that route for me, shows this one
You can still head down the quays but go up to Dorset St and then back down.
Anyone idea of best route if heading from James hospital to Connolly station. At the moment Google maps suggests the usual route down the quays and straight over O'Connell st bridge? When is maps due to reflect the change I wonder
I agree, but they won't change it now so just have to work around the new rules
Yep but why send traffic through fleet street instead of just allowing vans down burgh key. Fleet street is always quite busy with pedestrians and tourists so not the best place to be sending commercial vehicles.
Google maps says to use Fleet Street and back onto the quays via Price's Lane or Bedford Row, however there is a no left turn from Westmoreland onto Fleet Street as per the new traffic plan, except for access and deliveries.
You could argue you are attending to business in there, maybe print off a delivery/collection docket, stop for 2 or 3 minutes and carry on on your way.
Yeah, the exit from Arnotts is on Abbey St.
Exit is out onto abbey street
Could cars get back out of Arnotts car park if that were the case?
If OCS was blocked at Princes St.
For example I deliver to Pearce street fire station then my next delivery is Diageo on Victoria quay
Yep, looks very much like a case of diverting traffic up OConnell st, so it and Parnell St will likley become congested at peak times.
This will then block the Luas and the buses at the northern end of OConnell St.
Looks like the council may have just pushed the bottleneck from the Quays to the top of Oconnell St/ Parnell St.
Yeah me too. Very hard to get answers as to how we access the loading bays on the south quays, do we go through temple bar? Sounds like it's going to create rat runs and queues of traffic trying to access the alternative routes. I understand they are trying to encourage public transport but some vehicles need to be in the city centre
I have just seen the news at one on Tv and some guy from DCC specifically said these moves are necessary to stop the cars & delivery vans driving straight through.
I’m a delivery driver who has deliveries in Dublin City. Why am I penalised?
Parnell st is a nightmare. Only solution is a car ban from Princes St northwards.
I foresee bedlam at the top of O’Connell Street turning left onto Parnell St. with the Luas that’s heading for Broombridge as the yellow. Ices May be filled with irritated drivers. It’s already chockablock at times, but now?
From what I can see, North King St and Queen St near Smithfield is going to get a lot busier with people leaving the N1 to cross Mellow St bridge to get to the quays and continue west.
Oh it allows all cars to turn left. So you now have cars allowed onto O'Connell St North from Bachelors Quay, Burgh Quay and Westmoreland St.
It's already busy enough with the cycle lane and Luas, so going to be interesting enough once these changes bed in.
I was aware of the car park left turn but does the current changes allow any car's turn left now or just those parking?
The only reason that left turn is still there for private traffic is because of Arnotts Car Park. It's very irritating.
And yes, I suspect O'Connell St North is going to suffer a bit. Cars from both sides of the quays can access it
Not overly up to date with the changes but allowing left turn onto O'Connell Street?
That can already be very congested with bus traffic and any disruption to Luas services by something blocking a yellow box and casuing a tram to miss a sequence.
How is this expected to cope with car traffic or is the hope there will be minimal car traffic?
I heard on the radio they said loading bays wouldn't be affected, does that mean I can still drive onto burgh key to use the loading bays along it?
Nice balanced piece here from the Irish Times. Better than that, actually it's quite positive about the changes and supportive of the reasons behind them.
Obviously very early days and lots of bedding in to do, but so far a good few private cars are just crossing the bridges.
Did see one driver in the left hand lane on Bachelor's Walk continue on and then turned right onto O'Connell Bridge crossing two lanes. But maybe in that case there's more going on with that driver.
And the hope would be people would decide getting the Luas or public transport would be better for that route.
IFSC, head for Sherriff Street, left into Portland Row onto the NCR. Only thing is that route will be used by a lot more people.
