Dun Laoghaire Traffic & Commuting Chat

Consultation on the DLR connector

The fact they are only giving 1 days notification for this is quite telling imo, I personally know 1 business owner in the village, have seen letters from 2-3 others regarding it and know multiple local residents, all are against it.

Oh that lark again. It has been quite stop-start after the initial splash in 2022 alright.

At a minimum if I could recommend one cycle path design be never repeated: it's at the junction of the Drummartin Link Rd and Kilmacud Rd Lower while cycling South (towards the Beacon). The cycle lane gets segregated from the main road and onto the shared path where it abruptly stops at the pedestrian lights to cross the Lower Kilmacud Rd. Cyclists are then left waiting for a cyclist-specific pedestrian light (red dot) for a period while outbound traffic filters off left to Kilmacud.

I get the objective of protection of the cyclists, but it's a level of shepherding that's not justified for the majority of cyclists. Avoiding the segregation and joining the filter-lane (to go straight) may seem trivial from a top-down view, except it's not as the combination of plastic bollards and moving traffic make it hard to merge in all but the lightest traffic.

A harsh 2/10 for that effort, DLRCoCo.

I haven't been there, but this sound a bit like the situation cycling south through the Temple Hill junction in Blackrock; the tiny window of time given to cyclists there is digraceful. More generally, it seems that cyclsts are being 'put back in a box' to cross with pedestrian at all planned crosroads. I've made related comments in feedback I sent to the public consultation, as I whined here

The cryptic square that look like manhole or other infrastructure covers? I was wondering if they were sensors, and try to stnd on just in case, but in any case I usually have to wait for ages

I ride a CF frame they do detect them there is another one couple of meters down from that picture as you cycle to up towards the lights

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They gave a lot more than 1 days notice???

Let me guess - the same tired old drones in the village who told us that the one way system would destroy the village!

Reminds me of a friend in the 90's. He used to cycle a standard steel-frame racer from Stillorgan to Blackrock late at night, crossing the N11 at 'Blakes' cross. The induction loop would never detect him on the bike and he's be waiting ages for another vehicle to come behind him to trigger the light so that he could cross safely. Anyway using his bit of electrical knowledge he figured that he'd get off the bike before the lights and and place it lying down across the induction loop, pickup the bike and then cycle on when the lights changed… All sorted.

So this one night he was doing his induction-loop thing at the lights, lights changed, he cycled down Stillorgan Pk Road only to be caught further on down by a Garda car with it's lights on. Anyway the Garda jumped out and told him that they observed him falling off his bike at the lights and formed the opinion that he was unsafe to be on the road. He argued the point (he was bar-staff in the Millhouse) and explained about the detection loops in the road not picking up his bike. Well the Gardai had never heard the likes of this voodoo magic and suspected he was wired to the moon, and got a Garda van to collect him and his bike to bring it back to the old Garda shop off the main street in Blackrock for a breath test. 😂

Anyway in he went, blew a 0.0 on the breathalyser and started explaining the situation to the desk sergeant. Luckly the Sergeant knew what he was on about so he had a chat and dismissed whatever suspicions the other Guards had about him and had them drive him and his bike back home. Oh did I laugh at his 10min cycle turning into a 2 hour escapade that night!

Many thanks for the advice Andrew, as to whether I should go or not. I would never have thought of that.
Feeling a little sanctimonious lately, are we?

I just cycled that route by chance. I can confirm that there is also a detector about 50m in front of the lights!

No one is FORCING you to drive on a <2km journey. You could walk in 20 minutes or cycle in 10 minutes. If you must drive, you could cut through Windsor Park or St Fintans Park, both fairly short detours.
Do you really think a major development like this should be held up because you don't like speed bumps?

No, its the wheelchair bound passenger that does not like speedbumps, nor are they able to walk or cycle. Try engaging your brain before you use your fingers to type.

That's them.

Don't forget to lie down flat, they work best that way. 😆

The proposal from DLRCC to change the TEK roundabout at Stradbrook Hill to a 3 way signalised junction cutting off vehicle access is one of 3 options being proposed from the council.

There are two other options being proposed from the council which retains vehicle access outside Rockford Manor to drive down to Wynberg Park and further on down to Temple Hill written in the consultation.

The Blackrock Rugby Club and some administrative office blocks which also includes a playschool or a creche & a large number of homes located on that stretch of road. They could make their voices in this consultation if they wanted to do it over the next few weeks.

I personally don't like the new proposal for the 3 way signal junction myself which removes that section of vehicle access outside the Rockford Manor secondary school.

My main reason for not liking that proposal is going to make the traffic levels from Stradbrook Hill to the Rock Road QBC much worse when tailbacks of traffic are seen along that in the morning peak times.

There are also 3 BusConnects routes being introduced to serve that roundabout under the B-Spine changes within the next year or two. They are the B4, P11 & P12. Those new bus routes will serve the TEK roundabout when coming from areas like Rowanbyrn & Rowan Park on Stradbrook Road.

The L25 & the L27 are the only BusConnects routes that goes past that roundabout at the moment. The two other non busconnected routes that serve the roundabouts are the 7b & 7d. If long tailbacks of traffic occur when one section of road is being permanently closed off from vehicle traffic near the roundabout. These bus routes that roundabout may have huge issues with trying to maintain their timetables in the near future.

If you are against the proposal for the changes to the roundabout; have you spoken to any your neighbours yet about the project during the past week?