Cycle infrastructure planned for south Dublin

I'm hoping they will put in poles/bollards, to stop the cars now treating the cycle lane as the left turn lane. They definitely should change the light sequence. If it stays as is, and cars are properly restrictd to their single line then the prior junction will get backed up with cars turning onto Ranelagh road Northbound (1 car going straight ahead would effectively block all the other cars behind, which would very quickly fill the short enough section of road between the 2 junctions)

Just re-upping this. I've been going through this redesigned junction most mornings for months and it's just not working for me. Basically, once one driver turns left, it starts a chain of follow the leader, with not one of the left-turning drivers paying the slightest attention to the cyclists in the lane to their left. Having priority (assuming cyclists do) isn't much use if drivers just swing blithely through.

Running the light on the green man part of the cycle seems to be the solution for most people, but I'm not going to do that.

South bound is even worse tbh. There's an exclusive left turn lane and a straight ahead lane with the cycle lane on the left of the left turn lane. Only safe way through the junction is to illegally go with the pedestrian light rather than wait for the light for cars to go green.

It's on my work commute, so I use it a lot.

Overall, I've found it to be a huge improvement, particularly heading North. Getting rid of the parking/loading there has been a big improvement. I'm quite surprised at how well the new track north of the Triangle works in practice as well. I was initially sceptical about that.

On the northbound approach to the Triangle, I've had no significant issues so far. With the barriers in, the motor traffic quickly adjusted to the new reality of this section being single-lane. It's 50-50 for me on whether I reach the triangle with the lights green or red (red because of the pedestrian crossing generally).

If it's red, then no issues. I'll be positioned slightly ahead of the front vehicle in the queue, and I'm usually through the junction before they start moving (Judging from hearing).

If it's green, then I'll watch the motor queue like a hawk for indicators. If I'm close to the junction and the queue is indicating left, then I'll move out of the cycle lane and position myself behind one of the left turners so there's no ambiguity, they're clear to turn, and I'm not going to attempt to filter. If they're moving slowly then I'll just pass them on the right (if I don't have to move into oncoming traffic), and then return to the cycle lane after the left turn. So far, this has worked without issues most of the time.

Of course, the danger is the "special" numpties who don't think indicators are needed. It's only happened once or twice, and each time they've ended up stopping because I'm already crossing the junction. So far, everyone has just carried on from there without issue or aggro (myself included). If in the future I do get any issues, then I'll happily stop to explain how I would have behaved if they'd actually used their indicators, mainly just to ensure that their time penalty for not bothering to use their indicators is increased even more.

On the south direction, I've yet to have an issue, despite the obvious potential for it to arise. But there again, if the light was green and there was a left-turning motor vehicle approaching the junction, I'd get in behind them. I think I've only had to do that once or twice. The biggest issue southbound remains the feckin trcuks using the cycle lane as a loading bay at Supervalue…no change there.

Yeah, I treat every big junction like that as a yellow box, but don't know the legalities.