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.
tough sh*t troll, it got done, the place looks a lot better for it, and it's never going back to how it was. thanks for your lovely taxes that paid for it too.
"Cycle-Lane" like a red rag to a bull for some people…
Yes but pretty much anyone who moans about the cost is completely ill-informed and not taking into account where the vast bulk of the efforts and costs went. It wasn't a cycle lane project, it was a water mains and sewerage upgrade project with secondary improvements through improved bus lanes and cycle lanes along with some local amenity improvements. However, facts don't seem to matter to some people!
Quite right to be against it, the cycle lane isn't big enough.. should have made it wider on both sides, removed all parking and made the park area Bus only…
I think you'll find that if it doesn't involve building an eight to ten lane motorway Kermit thinks it's a waste of money.
I didn't say they weren't. But knowing someone who got hit by a bike at speed and injured I'm pointing out that everyone who uses the road has a duty of care.
Did you read to the end of the article?
The NTA has disputed the council figures.
“Dublin City Council has been allocated €45 million for active travel projects in 2025,” a spokesman said. A further €11.6 million has been allocated for “other traffic management funding,” he said, “taking it to a total of €56.6 million.”
The Clontarf to city scheme was an "appalling waste of money"? How so and how much money do you think was wasted on it?
As someone who was against this and other such schemes as an appalling waste of money I'm happy to see adjustment taking place now the Greens are gone.
https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/dublin/2025/02/12/dublin-city-cycle-lane-funding-slashed-by-16m/
it looked open again today!
Is that what they're doing to the other buildings? I was hoping a nice cafe or something but at least they're being used for something.
Ah now, pedestrians breaking red lights aren't that dangerous.
I can't remember last time it was open. Probably going to be quickly turned into rental accommodation, like a number of commercial units along there.
Pedestrians are far more likely to be injured or killed by a car, rather than a bike.
Not if you're a pedestrian!
anyone know what the story is with that little bike shop near cusacks? was never open since i moved here about a year ago but the other day it looked like it was open, then yesterday it was closed. would be dead handy for me if it's open as so close.
this is how they usually justify it but only one of these things is dangerous really
But motorists only drive through red lights for the first eight seconds or so. Cyclists go through red lights at any stage they want.
There is very little shame left out there on the roads.
Mainly just narcissists.
Absolutely. I'm just saying that shame is something that can be used to influence road user behaviour. And in the absence of law enforcement, that's something rather than nothing. After "Please be sound" it'll be "What would your Mam think?"
I don't want to drag the thread off topic but people like that fella will more then likely just drive straight past the van parked in the cycle lane and not see anything wrong. He won't beep at drivers who break red lights - he probably won't even notice them doing it.
One of the people in the replies to that DCC tweet has, pinned, a statement that he beeps at light-breaking cyclists to "shame them". The dude believes that he has an effective shame-projection device in his car, implying that shame does actually mean something to him. I think he wouldn't like to be thought of as not sound. While it's incredibly weak messaging, and rule-breakers will tend to have their self-justification ready in all circumstances, it might just tweak the conscience of those who know their behaviour is problematic. What's the alternative? "Fire ahead, we all know you won't face any consequences"?
These people don’t give a damn.
I think you'll get better engagement with people that way unfortunately. There's no enforcement of the laws so they need to rely on people being "sound".
Yep, but motorists and law breaking, we need to thread on egg shells….
"Please be sound" and don't break the law is pretty pathetic messaging.
I used the new cycle path both heading out and back in to town again last night.
I was content to stay behind some lad (in shorts!) who was moving at a decent pace but the path really isn't wide enough to overtake especially with the various alignment changes and kerbs. You'd get stuck behind someone moseying along (which is fine) but if you do get past them, they more often than not will break the next set of red lights and you're back to square 1.
My return journey back into the city meant I didn't need to overtake anyone and made really good time. The only interaction with traffic was at the poxy gym where people still don't get it! 🤬
I also happened upon the collision scene on my way home. There were a few cars at Annesley Br preventing everything but busses & bikes from heading in so I managed to pass the scene. I saw the car but didn't see the motorbike & so I hadn't a clue what had happened given the huge number of garda vehicles at and around the scene but assumed it involved a shooting or something and that one way or another at least one person was dead. Turns out an off-duty garda was knocked down and, while I hope they are ok, I've never seen those numbers at an RTC. I'd say every on-duty garda at neighbouring stations went there.
https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/dublin/2025/02/05/off-duty-garda-injured-after-crash-involving-motorbike-and-car-in-dublin-city/
This thread being dead is a good thing as we know everything is finished, I miss it all the same! Last night I came out of the house and there was one of those huge mopeds in the bike lane outside Cusack's smashed up as well as a car smashed up in the middle of the road and a man lying on the ground being attended to by paramedics. When I came back there were 10 Garda cars there! Turns out it was an off duty copper who got smashed acc to a Cusack's barman, he didn't die anyway so hopefully he's ok.
The replies to this DCC tweet are exactly what you'd expect on Twitter
Nah it was there before the changes but as others said, much etter setup now. Those going up Pilsburgh Avenue (ie me) aretaking a left an Annsley House now, going through Marino is much slower
The continuous footpaths thing is just making it more obvious what was always the RotR anyway (that pedestrians have priority at junctions if you're turning into a minor road).
As far as I remember there used to be a slip road turning left at Edges corner. Much nicer now for pedestrians but still the odd car turning left illegally.
The left turn past Gaffneys is one of the new 'continuous footpaths' that give pedestrians priority. Agree it takes getting used to as a driver but I now just assume I may need to stop briefly when turning left in there.
They seem to have removed a parking spot(orange barriers) outside Gaffney's to improve left turning drivers visibility of approaching cyclists.
