Meanwhile on the Roads...

Yeah certainly it wouldn't happen very often. Free flowing traffic is great but the odd stoppage here and there doesn't frustrate the majority of drivers. Going back to the main point, seeing a cycle lane getting used appropriately should frustrate nobody

People who drive during rush hour and school pick-up times should know what they are getting themselves in for as well

Interested to hear what way it's become more dangerous?

Depends where you're coming into the city centre from, anywhere within the DCC area usually has good cycle lane coverage and the vehicular traffic is slow enough to get around…

As an alternative to getting on a overcrowded Bus or being sat in a hardly moving vehicle and the stress of parking in Dublin city centre, I would take my chances by bicycle any day..

Edit: Although between leaves, gutter cleaning and roadworks it can be pretty dangerous:

I guess it depends on the office, but if there's a switch in my place it's from two wheels to public transport if the weather is that bad. There isn't the access to car parking even if people wanted to have their heads melted being traffic. I still prefer wet on the bike v wet on the dart.

DLR > DCC for my route. I could go from Shankill to Trimbleston Ave all pretty much grade separated/ side roads/ parks*.

That is the case for most, I remember when I worked in Dublin I rented nearby and walked 5 days a week to and from the office with a car in the driveway to get me back home at the weekends and to do a bigger shop

Nothing to say somebody couldn't do the same from further away but cycle instead of walk

I think it's fair enough to surmise. I'd say the vast majority of households are car owners, if not also car users.

Nobody in our house uses our one car to go to work. Myself and the wife rack up 20k km between us on the bikes annually but somehow also put another annual 10k+ on the car. I'm my opinion, going car free altogether in this country is raw-vegan territory. -Hard core and way in the minority.

It's a question of what's cheaper, rent or car ownership? Average rent for first-time tenancies is €1,696 per month

Source: https://rtb.ie/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/RTB-Rent-Index-Q1-2025-FINAL.pdf

If you were faced with the option of running a car or paying that on rent what would you go with? In the late 2000's I knew plenty of 3rd level students who would see car ownership costs as a major saving on renting and I can only assume the price gap there has widened

Car + Bike or Car + PT for me. No parking at the office, so really not going to pay an all day rate on a meter or in a car park. But drive all the way would be the worst time efficiency anyway, by a long way (before mentioning the head wreck).

I was remote on Friday, but it would've been the wet leaves/ debris that would've put me off rather than the rain.

Maybe no parking provided but feic me, some of the newer apartment complexes like out towards Citywest are bananas with rogue parking by apartment dwellers. Lines of cars double parked half up on grass verges, both sides of the road. It's a disaster.