So the balls-up has started since last night which makes Fairview from clontarf to Edges corner a single lane with bollards down the centre.
This will be a permanent feature and works will take 21 months.
Here: https://citizenhub.dublincity.ie/en/service/Traffic_Request DCC actually have a great portal for reporting issues, graffiti, illegal parking, etc. I haven't reported traffic light issues, but I've found them responsive to the issues I have reported (like Graffiti, rubbish, etc.).
I haven't, do you know the best place to contact them?
Have you contacted DCC about it?
You wouldn't have to touch the pedestrian crossing sequence, just allow a doubling of the green light time from 10 to 20 seconds for traffic on Griffith avenue.
It is a vast improvement for pedestrians and cyclists, so much safer and faster to cross.
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Every time they touch an intersection they make it worse. Every. Single. Time.
Griffith Ave/Drumcondra Road is awful. I always go around it now if travelling by car.
In typical fashion they've changed the traffic light sequence and made a complete balls of it. Lucky if 3/4 cars get through from Fairview strand now. They did the same with the Griffith avenue/Drumcondra road intersection after they finished the work there.
It’s a shame that not one EV charging point has been added along the route.
It really wouldn't require much digging. The current left-most general traffic lane gets new roadmarkings to indicate it as a bus lane, the current bus lane gets adjusted to accommodate the existing number of parking spaces and bus stops (plus a loading bay near Tesco) and the existing parking spaces get paved/planted.
It's not going to happen any time soon but it wouldn't be difficult or particularly costly to do.
On a separate note more generally, there are other threads for discussing bike rental systems and the like.
Not at a Toucan crossing, they are specifically designed for cyclists to cycle across them (you can of course dismount if you prefer).
And at this location there is no need to anyway, their is a dedicated cycle crossing with it's own set of cyclist traffic lights next to the crossing.
Up until a few weeks ago, you could use pretty much any DCC Sheffield U shaped bike stand pretty much anywhere in the DCC area.
But they have now hobbled their service by decreasing to only a small amount of the city and only a select parking areas, which makes it largely useless.
The whole scheme needed to take a more holistic approach including reducing car lanes and eliminating turning lanes but it's done now.
Just make sure you dismount from your bicycle while crossing with the pedestrians.
The Moby electrics are grand once in a while, expensive if you were to use them regularly. Hard to find places to put them though, if i want to cycle to my parents house in artane on one from north strand, i have to go to east wall to get one, then leave it at the gates to st anne's park on sybill hill road and walk all the way to near mcauley park which is ridiculous.
Agreed. I signed up to Moby as I was tempted to use the e-bikes for one-way journeys, say for a direct route to a restaurant or pub in the evening instead of a circuitous journey by bus and to avoid getting sweating in "good" clothing. Then I saw the cost of €1 to unlock and then €0.25 a minute thereafter!
For me that might mean €6+ for a one way journey. I don't think I could ever justify that when a €2 bus or train and short walk would work just as well.
I wonder how much usage they're getting at that price point.
Oh totally. Plus just a few weeks ago that massively reduced the area of Dublin they cover! Reduced by well over 50%, really not much more then Dublin Bikes covers, making their service almost useless IMO.
Sucks as they had just added a massive number of bikes!
I don't understand how Dublin City Council allows them to use public bike stands, getting in the way of regular cyclists, while not covering the whole DCC area!
I was more commenting on the style of bike. I've been trying out the ebikes from the various rental services to just get a feel for ebikes and the different styles of bikes, as I'm considering getting one myself some day.
Of all I've tried these new Moby ones are great, I quiet like the combination of the upright dutch bikes, combined with the speed and acceleration of the motor. I'm not sure what style of motor it has, but I like the simplicity of just one gear, yet the way it responds quickly and adjusts to your pedalling and can handle the Dublin "hills" fine.
It has me quiet tempted to invest in an ebike.
I agree with you on the central median, but given the works they've now completed, a central median would be the only solution - they can't go digging the whole thing back up again, or adding a lame extension to one side which would never be done to the same spec.
The retention of two lanes outbound for the full length as before is the big missed opportunity with this scheme for me. That space could be far better used, particularly at the western end of Marino Mart.
I don't argee with a central median with trees, it would be better to have the road as narrow as possible and have more space and planting on either side. The park side is fine but the other side would definitely benefit from more space and planting.
As an aside, I've had the chance to try out Moby's new Dutch Style upright ebikes and they are fantastic, so much fun!
they are fine to ride, but an expensive option for getting around. I used a Moby to get into the office one day last week and it cost me €4, the following day I used a Bleeper (non-electric) for the same journey and it cost €1.30. It seems that most of the Moby bikes are now electric; considering Dublin is pretty flat I wonder if they're making a mistake being so much more expensive than their competition.
I don't disagree with what your are saying here, more a difference on emphasis.
Priority number 1 for Dutch design is safety, I'd agree that priority 2 is flow as you say, speed is a distant third. Yes of course with safe design and good flow comes good speed, just that it isn't really the focus.
While ebikes are becoming more popular in the Netherlands, the vast majority continue to be regular non electric Dutch bikes, that average about 15km/h. It maybe a bit out of date now, but here is an article about speed limits in Amsterdam:
https://www.holland-cycling.com/blog/260-amsterdam-has-slowest-cyclists
There is actually a tension happening in Amsterdam between regular bikes and ebikes and the differences in speed and in Amsterdam they are currently looking at putting a 20km/h speed limit on cycle paths and separating out ebikes:
https://bikecity.amsterdam.nl/en/trial-allowing-fast-cyclists-to-use-the-roadway/
This is a good example of how the Netherlands is prioritising safety over speed. The whole 30:20:10 thing is a very interesting concept.
To be honest in Amsterdam in the busy city center, it is almost impossible to go 24km/h with so many slower cyclists in the busy cycle lanes in front of you. Sure in the suburbs you can go faster, but in they city your options are either slow down or use the road.
Agree completely that the Dutch would better design that Blanch junction, just that it likely wouldn't be the famous Dutch Junction, the complexity would require a different design.
I think there are a few misconceptions here. And when I say here, I don't mean just in your post but also in what you're replying to and the general ideas we have of Dutch cycling. People on upright bikes still travel at 20-25km+ and more so with the growth of electric bicycles. You'll see people causally chatting while cycling side by side, dressed for dinner and going above 20km/h. The key thing is: On a modern priority cycle route. Dutch cycle paths have a higher design speed than most of ours, but a key thing about Dutch cycling design is not the speed per se but the flow. Cycling is treated like a form of traffic in engineering terms. Of course, there's always a balance to be had, and this should apply on primary cycle routes, not on narrow city centre streets mixing with people on foot, and it might also not apply, for example, where a less important cycle route has to cross a large road etc. At a junction like the one in Blanch, the Dutch would also be very much so looking at the flow of cars. They would likely be looking at a grade-segregated solution or, if not, using their traffic lights, which are far more dynamic than ours.
Never understood why they kept this layout in the plans. Outbound goes to 2 lanes at Leinster Avenue, definitely not needed until Edges Corner at least.
Hopefully at some point they'll put in a central median with trees and plants. It would massively enhance the connection between Fairview Strand and the park itself.
Well this was during the concert so I doubt it
I wish they had made those 'steps' across the cycle lanes a uniform size.
Some streets they are not so bad to go across and others are like going up and down a stairs.
Could the busyness be due to Coldplay in Croke Park?
Inbound back open. It's amazing how busy ir is already even on a Sunday evening. The quiet was nice while it lasted.
Of course, I'd forgotten even fried chicken gets priority over buses.
you need two outbound lanes or else the buses can’t over take cars parked outside hillbilly’s in the bus lane.
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