Cycle infrastructure planned for south Dublin

Hopefully the Trinity to Merrion Gates can also progress now too, which seemed to be held up by this.

His relentlessness is quite Trumpian, as is his appetite for notice, and his ability to get the media to repeat his misrepresentations unfiltered.

https://irishcycle.com/2025/04/11/is-cllr-mannix-flynn-really-that-confused-about-dublins-traffic-changes-or-is-his-role-as-a-councillor-really-his-greatest-performance/

Shades of "Why don't they just route the cyclists through the graveyard? It's very simple." And then it's not so simple, because all this stuff has been looked at already.

"3% of commuting is done by bike" is also misleading, as that's not the modal share for the part of the country the bike lane is in.

Yeah, but the 3% figure is the national figure. It's irrelevant for a place where the modal share is afaik above 10%.

What difference would this make? Critically, there isn't space for a segregated cycle lane at the southern end of Strand road without reallocating current road space. The only alternatives are a flyover from Merrion road or a one way system. Both of which have been opposed by local nimbys. I don't see cpo of front gardens for the approx 250 metres approaching the level crossing as realistic for the purposes of a cycle track. Also important to remember that while the NTA have shelved plans to close the Merrion gates altogether, long term, this is a subject that will need to be revisited in due time with a solution allowing for increased dart frequencies and redirection of motorised traffic away from the coast.

reducing Dart times 🙂

I was on a Dart the other day that was held just before the gates waiting for them to close - I thought that wasn't supposed to happen anymore and the Dart should have complete priority.

Jesus. Another NIMBY steps forward into the breech.

He’s either making noise to get his name known or he’s incompetent.

Hi all, you may have seen this recent article about changes that are now being implemented to the previously approved BusConnects infrastructure in Ballyfermot.

https://www.rte.ie/news/dublin/2025/0424/1509153-bus-connects/

The new layout replaces the Bord Pleanala approved layout which went through 3 rounds of consultations, and an appeals period in which no appeals were lodged. The new layout is a mess, (see images in the article) particularly for cyclists and pedestrians. It is being implemented mainly due to recent protests from local shopkeepers who don't want to lose parking spaces in front of their shops, and who don't want the main street to become one way.

There has been a petition created for those who would like to see the original plans reinstated, just to show that there is support for proper cycling and walking infrastructure in the area too.

Link to petition is below, @mods please let me know if sharing the link is not allowed and I can send the link by PM to anyone who wishes to sign instead

https://chng.it/Z5R4gh788j

That roundabout is a relic of old planning and poor design, and needs to be replaced decades ago, along with the crazy Walkinstown roundabout … it's just mind boggling the nature of the objections to retaining dangerous and outdated road designs. I dare say a lot of the customers of those local shops are all within walking distance too.

Never heard such rubbish about a old roundabout: "The Ballyfermot roundabout, if you ask anybody where they're going in Ballyfermot, everyone says the roundabout."It's part of our heritage and it's part of our culture. And if that goes, the heart of Ballyfermot goes."

sounds like it should have a flashing amber for left turning traffic as they've done elsewhere.

Bus connects, metro, luas, active travel everything held up by bloody nimby's.

"public transport is a joke in this country, that's why I have to use my car, they should do something". But also "I didn't mean that"!

"everybody else should give up driving so that there'd be less traffic on the road for me and my car" is also a prevalent mindset