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

Sigh, I've been cycling that exact route for longer than I can remember. It's not a dig at you, it's just what I've observed from years of actually being on the road and not sitting in a warm bus wondering why I'm not moving. Do cyclist ls sometimes slow buses down? Sure they do but it's not all that common really. Not when you compare it to other traffic, including other buses.

Learn to drive properly

I'd email that pic of the Van into DCC?

This lad.

Hopefully the bollards are on order.. though drilling them in after the pavement stone has been laid is probably quite expensive to complete..

Saw a video from Canada of a parking officer cycling along the city's cycle lanes with a handheld device to take a picture of anyone parked illegally in the cycle lanes.. and was a $150 fine sent immediately…

But again it's the usual story in Ireland, no enforcement of the laws/no consequences.. unless you're really unlucky..

The Gards will issue parking fines but usually only if local business call them on a consistent basis to report bad parking.. other than that the only parking wardens i've noticed would go around council operated car parking areas and not the streets in General.

As someone who received a hefty parking fine in Dublin from the Gards not too long ago… they are out there.. but very rarely!

No, but towards the higher standard range.

If they tow your car it can get pretty expensive.

If you contact a local councillor they can contact the local authority roads department on your behalf. My own local councillors are quite good at getting bollards in. A shame it's needed.

Traveling at 70km/h instead of 100km/h = takes you 42% longer to get somewhere

Traveling at 15km/h instead of 30km/h = takes you 100% longer to get somewhere

Yes I do often have contact directly with roads departments, but it can be a little bit more challenging because some of the people really don't appreciate you taking this approach. Whereas if they don't respond to councillors then things tend to escalate quickly!

I found myself in Fairview this morning and decided to get the Bus into work as I was heading up towards Camden St

Disaster… from about 8:10am to 8:25am approx 8 or 9 buses passed and none allowed passengers to board.

I abandoned the bus (I asked a young lad there how long he had been waiting and his reply was "ages") and stuck to my Normal DART option and walked to Fairview train station. A train arrived shortly after I got there but it was full, I would have probably been able to board, but didn't really fancy be squashed, another DART arrived after and I was able to board that one without being to squashed.

I think it's fair to say that public transport in the Fairview is basically non-functional now during rush hour. If you live around there, you may as well use a bike or drive or walk.

I will say though that inbound cycle lane was very, very busy. At sometimes borderline congested. There has been huge take up on the cycling, probably because its close(ish) to the city centre and the public transport is so appalling.

There are a huge amount of cars turning right now (I don't know why) There is the very odd car in green jumping the left lane to continue on straight. As mentioned those 3 buses let people off and did not allow people to board.

Dart was also very full as mentioned.

To be fair there are no road markings where the bus stop is, so it's not technically a bus lane.
The buses are blocking themselves. I was there for a good while and the Van caused no congestion.

All the cars looking to go up Fairview Strand plus an insufficiently sized filter lane plus poor light sequence is the issue.

It's strange to me that literally no one was going via Annesley Bridge road. (I'm guessing this is something to do with the traffic restrictions on the quays)

The Buses only stopped to let people off, there was no other blockages/waits for them during the time I was there. (15 min waiting, 5 mins at the top of the bridge)