Parking and traffic in Phoenix Park

VonLuck · 29-04-2024 03:51PM

I got Route 99 for the first time through the park at the weekend. It's a great service to have and only takes less than 10 minutes from start to finish.

The only problem I had was that the bus was late by 10 minutes. For a service which is so straight forward (taking 10 minutes as mentioned), I don't know how this can happen.

magicbastarder · 29-04-2024 04:15PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122077957#Comment_122077957

I'd not heard of this; just googled it. Heuston to the visitor centre with a few stops along the way. A pity they couldn't go further into the park while implementing it, say getting down to near the knockmaroon gate before turning back?

Pat Dunne · 03-05-2024 12:33AM

Currently, there is no where suitable to safely turn a bus, at or near the Knockmaroon Gate.

Flinty997 · 04-05-2024 12:36AM

I've seen a decent number of tourists using the 99 route. Nice to see.

VonLuck · 04-10-2024 12:33PM

Does anyone know what the mobile cranes are for in the Phoenix Park? They seem to be positioned at the main junctions on Chesterfield Avenue every few months with some kind of monitoring equipment at the top.

Seth Brundle · 04-10-2024 12:40PM

I heard that the cranes are for security at Presedential events and have cameras up there.

Larbre34 · 04-10-2024 05:39PM

Yes, the President of Vietnam was here on a State visit for the last few days. He will have been staying at Farmleigh.

Dr_Colossus · 08-05-2025 09:39PM

There was a dead deer on the Chesterfield Avenue cycle lane this morning opposite the Arás before 06:30. A rare enough sighting so can only presume a car hit it during the night and fled the scene. Fine healthy looking animal otherwise.

horse7 · 09-05-2025 07:49AM

Must have been hit by a bicycle,cars can't go in the cycle lane, cyclists please slow down.

magicbastarder · 09-05-2025 08:08AM

i nearly hit a deer once cycling through the park in the dark. was quite enervating.

daymobrew · 09-05-2025 09:18AM

Did the deer have hi-viz?

The RSA says that hi-viz makes you bulletproof and I think that they link to HiVisFails as proof. Or maybe I've misread their ads.

Larbre34 · 12-05-2025 12:54PM

Deer can't really wear hi-viz clothing, as a) it isn't manufactured to fit them, and b) even if it was, they don't have the opposable thumbs to enable them to put it on themselves, or each other.

But that said, its a good reminder that all human cyclists should always wear hi-viz clothing when out on their bikes, especially in the hours of darkness in places like the Phoenix Park, where ambient lighting is very dim. Same goes for the largely irresponsible electric scooter users I see in there, and of course pedestrians who are out walking late.

As for the deer themselves, the OPW have acknowledged frequently that the population has many times in recent years exceeded sustainable levels in the Park, and have had to be controlled through intervention. While I don't wish that the beast would have suffered in any way, I hope the car occupants were not injured.

DellyBelly · 12-05-2025 01:16PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123440463#Comment_123440463

Could be an expensive ding as they are big beasts. I know a lad who hit one and to fix the car was expensive in fact it was very dear

McGrath5 · 12-05-2025 01:22PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123430652#Comment_123430652

I was wondering where my car went the other night, bloody thing has a mind of it's own these days.

Former Former Former · 12-05-2025 01:41PM

Probably hit by a few lads with a load of pints on them, coming back from a stag do.

magicbastarder · 12-05-2025 01:58PM

could have been a HGV on its way to the DOE test too?

AndrewJRenko · 12-05-2025 02:15PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123431146#Comment_123431146

Did he not have lights on his bike?

raheny red · 12-05-2025 10:18PM

https://twitter.com/phoenixparkOPW/status/1921935764230729952?t=5twVRFIWKW3Nyt4dv9V94w&s=19

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magicbastarder · 22-05-2025 09:22AM

have they already started restricting parking in advance of bloom? there's loads of parking spots blocked off (including, for example, the one below the magazine fort); there are loads of marquees gone up on the playing pitches on the fifteen acres across the road from the cross.

not sure what they're used for, but i presume for bloom?

Tombo2001 · 22-05-2025 09:35AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123474094#Comment_123474094

Would be surprising if they blocked it off as far away as the Magazine Fort - have to say, I love the phoenix park every week of the year except the week that Bloom is on* - my god it turns into a traffic fest, particularly given that its a 'green' event.

*(thats not 100% true, I love it every week of the year but Bloom week I stick to the Chapelizod end)

To your point - sometimes marquees go up for triathlons?

magicbastarder · 22-05-2025 09:36AM

the calcutta run is on in the park this weekend, but yesterday seemed a bit early to start restrictions for that?

daymobrew · 22-05-2025 10:19AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123474094#Comment_123474094

The 2025 events list mentions a Dublin Staff Relay on yesterday and today. I saw the marquees last weekend.

magicbastarder · 22-05-2025 10:49AM

i had assumed those tents might be for the staff at bloom (rather than the exhibitors)

fletch · 22-05-2025 07:33PM

They are for https://www.staffrelayseries.com/

horse7 · 07-06-2025 07:11AM

How much do the OPW gain financially for the upcoming concerts in the Park?

daymobrew · 11-06-2025 09:41AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123522078#Comment_123522078

You could ask a local TD to ask OPW (or the minister in charge or OPW).

There is a bit of info at: https://www.phoenixpark.ie/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Phoenix-Park-Event-Guide-2021-2025.pdf

and https://www.phoenixpark.ie/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Event-Policy-Framework.pdf

JupiterKid · 20-06-2025 09:59PM

Absolute disaster of very poor traffic management around these Zach Bryan gigs in the Phoenix Park this weekend - huge diversions and inconvenience for those living locally and minimal to zero consultation with affected residents, of which I am one.

Bloom IMO was managed very well a few weekends ago, but not these events. 👎

horse7 · 21-06-2025 07:21AM

What time of day did you have that experience.

HeidiHeidi · 21-06-2025 09:36AM

You could still drive the whole length of Chesterfield Avenue after 9pm last night (outbound anyway, possibly they had it closed from the Castleknock end from earlier) - no road closures (or even planned ones that I could see) on the city side outside of the park. I presume the road closures only kicked in once the concert was coming to a finish from about 10pm, probably till 11.30pm or midnight - if you're going to decant 60,000 people all at once from a confined space, there are going to be disruptions.

As for advance notice - I saw huge signs in a few different locations from a few weeks ago, googled to see what was happening, found (to my surprise) that someone I had never heard of in my life was filling a venue in the park for 3 nights, very easily found the road closure orders, and made my plans accordingly.

So plenty information out there, in plenty of time, and very minimal disruption.

The concert wasn't bad either, I'm looking forward to eavesdropping on tonight's one again!!

daymobrew · 21-06-2025 12:21PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123565980#Comment_123565980

What input would you have given if there was a consultation?

WRT Bloom, I saw numerous people complaining a ton about its traffic management. I was able to cycle there (7km each way) so I was able to avoid the issues.

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