Getting around Galway

I'm guessing you don't mean our new Prez.

True. Design is crucial. Making streets one way can often lead to increased motor speeds, compare a wide one street like Forster St with Eglinton St and is two way as an example of OFF Peak traffic speeds.

As a real pedestrian advocate - that would be a crucial point to make at the design stage and putting in contra flow cycling can narrow streets to create this effect, based on what City Council are doing now in a Suburban area like Ballybane & Castlepark Road I think they are finally starting to get this and realise all the bad mistakes they have done in the past and are going to start to try and undo them now piece by piece. Its still baby steps for them though - NEW Pedestrian crossing been built at the Salmon Weir is a correction. Should have gone in when the Droicead an Dochas was been built only a couple of years ago.

He still does as TD! He uses the buses here - it is great to see him leading by example.

Does the Council really want people to use the P&R? Nah, they need people to sign up to the NEW Parking app

This article tells a story.

https://connachttribune.ie/galway-city-parking-fines-have-tripled-in-just-two-years/

Ballybane & Castlepark very very wide carraigeways that are been narrowed are also getting reported on in the INDO

https://www.independent.ie/regionals/galway/news/no-margin-for-error-how-a-galway-roads-new-layout-leaves-just-8cm-between-passing-buses/a1765846277.html

The Ballybane works are terrible.

Such a large area of public land, with space to add in a bus and cycle lane down both sides. Instead they have moved a wall, painted a strip of road red, and called it a cycle lane.

Factually incorrect, the road was not wide to have two bus lanes and two cycle lanes on its full length. The bike is separated from the road by a curb so it's not just painted road. At least be honest when criticising.

TD Connolly says a decision has been made on GCRR, and press notifications should follow shortly.

the anticipation!

this Friday I guess then?
seems to be the pattern: https://www.pleanala.ie/en-ie/lists

The new pedestrian crossing is working now down at the cathedral.

However it's really slow reaction time and after waiting more then 2 minutes a large group just crossed before the green man appeared, I looked back and it did eventually go green but the reaction time needs to be quicker there I think otherwise it's no use.

Did you means a specific thing in scope of that?

The first on the list is higher density residential at Murrough - which was on GBFM just two days ago:
https://www.galwaybayfm.ie/galway-bay-fm-news-desk/plan-to-transform-murrough-in-renmore-into-coastal-community-with-thousands-of-new-homes-217507

The 2nd is Cuan an Rois in Rosshill, which says it's starting development this year - there are ads on several real-estate websites.

Why don't they just do it now, it's such an obvious need for 20 years at this stage. Also, can we go with zebra everywhere except the biggest of junctions so you don't have 30+ people waiting to cross the road.

Perhaps when the Bus Gate is installed on Salmon Weir this NEW one could be converted to a ZEBRA? But as far as I know its only a 12h bus gate and will be open to general traffic from 19h00→ 07h00 so perhaps it will stay as is now?
I would take out the existing controlled crossing on University Road and move it to the "Wards Shop" location.