Cities around the world that are reducing car access

But you can take a photo of the reg. After that you have all you need.

Sorry, not trying to be pendantic but I can't see what a printed disc gives that a reg can't.

Knowing at the time the mct, tax and insurance status of the car is no real benefit from what I can see. What can you do with that immediate information.

They could just as easily clone a disc. In fact, probably a lot easier.

If someone would have a fake plate would you truat the discs?

Not all lithium batteries are equal. The very worst are the type in your phone and those scooters, and Tesla cars; no other car manufacturer uses this chemistry. It has high energy density, but it's also highly susceptible to "thermal runaway"... a polite phrase for an unquenchable fireball. The EV industry uses two other kinds of Lithium battery: one, NMC, is far safer than the type described above, but will still burn fiercely once it ignites - it's no riskier than petrol overall. The third common type, LFP, is really hard to burn, and for that reason it is widely used in industrial applications instead of lead-acid batteries.

If you have to have car parking (and you do), then underground is the most efficient use of space for it. The problem in Cork was that the centre operators were too cheap to fit a fire suppression system (sprinklers) which would have prevented the single fire spreading to adjacent vehicles.

It's subscriber only, but nice to see the plans for the next phase. Westland Row changes by start of summer.

The council is now preparing the next phase of the plan: a ban on private traffic turning left from Westland Row into Pearse Street. This measure, due to be in place between April and June, may sound like a smaller intervention than the changes on the quays but it requires more engineering work, Mr O’Brien said.

The council will then turn its attention to Parliament Street. By the summer the southside street which faces Capel Street – already pedestrianised on the north side of the river – will be traffic-free after 11am. The only remaining obstacle is the number 69 bus, an infrequent route which is due to be eliminated in the coming months as part of the National Transport Authority’s network redesign.

The council will also prepare designs for a plaza either in front of the Custom House or at Beresford Place, with a decision to be made in 2025. It also plans to submit a planning application for the long-awaited College Green civic plaza by the end of the coming year.

https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/dublin/2024/12/28/new-dublin-traffic-changes-to-take-effect-by-mid-2025/

No mention of a permanent scheme on the quays with 24 hr operation and an end to traffic cones and temporary signs. They're probably waiting for the court room silliness to be over

Quite a few scandals with fire standards in Ireland. Certainly could be tackled.

All of the hospital equipment heating medical can "burst" into flame. Oxygen etc. A hospital is a fire hazard itself. Maybe we should ban those too.

For me to get to those hospitals in Dublin and I live in Dublin it's an hour door to door to most of these hospitals on public transport. Most of them have no direct routes so it's into the city center and then back out again on a different line. Then the reverse on the way home home.

And if you go into outpatients or appointments it's usually travelling at peak commuter time. Which means no seating and struggling to even get on to buses, trains or luas or Dart.

I've seen people passing out on overcrowdedtrains far too often. That's when I've been commuting.

Then you get into outpatients and it's crammed with 200 kids and parents, many with mobility issues. So you wait hours. Even if it's private its a huge chunk of time. Which you've taken off work, and maybe go back to work after the appointment.

If the hospital is cappagh or hermitage or blanch, BlackRock you might be able to nip in and out quickly in a car on an orbital route. Or if you local to Dublin City Location. But most of the population is in the suburbs so are going to have to into or though the city center to most of these hospitals. And it's a radial public transport system.

If you want to reduce car access you provide park and ride or park and walk facilities on outskirts of centers of activity. Reducing access in the centre. But you do it slowly gradually over time. You make public transport the easier option.

No not "exactly" because I wasn't agreeing with you.

The majority of parking in NCH is not allocated to staff. That said how do you know where staff park or visitors are parking. They might be on street or streets away..

When we were regular to temple street it was impossible to find parking. Mater would be often full. Drop one parent and child off to Casualty or outpatients the other circle until they to get parking, often a distance away.

Not rocking up to hospital with some injury on the bus.

Sometimes you are able to wander down for an appointment. But often it's not that simple.

Good result

I think there are better places to to tackle car use than hospitals or children's hospitals.

From 2021 Teslas have LFP batteries