Getting around Galway

There is scope to create P&R at underutilised car parks around the perimeter of the City

Council could create a 150 Car Parking P&R in the morning here at by cutting a deal with Merit Medical & IDA

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This section of the CAR PARK around 150 spaces near the bus stop is ALWAYS empty.

The #409 and #401 use this bus stop.

As long as ya didn't tell them to drive down Shop Street and stay left to go down and park up on Quay Street. Ah the old days

A repeated pushback to any cycle infrastructure along the coast was that there was upcoming flood defense works and a cycleway would be included in that. Expecting to see that in the plans. It's missing in those artist impressions.

After Cllr Peter Keane raised the motion to cancel the short term trial of a cycleway, he was on GBFM saying he'd push discussions with all stakeholders for the permanent solution that was more works but less impactful to motorists. That never happened.

With the ring road going ahead, the allocation of road space should be up for review again in Salthill, with public and active travel getting priority over non-blue-badge parking.

How can people switch from car to bus when the 424 left over 20 people at stops because it was full ? I have been using the bus for a month & have seen this several times including leaving old people.

Why is there no where to sit or shelter at the bus station ?

Roundabout here would be a good idea

Surely lights are the best option here? The entire city has been getting away with roundabouts. To me it looks like they are setting the junction up for lights but it is moving from one situation into a worse one.

Very little pedestrian or cycling traffic(and cannot see that changing any time soon) here so that's why I would go with a single lane "slow" roundabout here for this 3-arm junction. Bring down the vehicle speeds.

Are the Castlepark and Ballybane Roads resurfaced at this stage ?

They are resurfacing St Francis St at the minute - the sooner that stretch becomes bus-only the better. They also need to do St Vincents Avenue

This stretch of road needs major modernizing and pedestrianization. It's the connection between the two biggest areas of footfall in Galway city - Eyre Sq. and Shop St - and has footpaths that are barely standard size. It's struggling to function currently.

It needs to be a one-way bus corridor with footpaths widened by at least 50% on each side.

It is a mess for sure. Loading bay conversion into a footpatch would probably be where I would start.

How is this not being more widely publicized? Any link to a non-paywall article? Looks like two individual house-owners (very wealthy ones I might add) affected by the road. I have to say our planning system is a sham that it allows this to happen. And embarrassing for politicians who have publicly celebrated the planning approval, for what, the third time now? This road is a way bigger embarrassment than the children's hospital - at least the hospital is being delivered soon.

Flying cars have finally arrived - Is it really that bad out there or exaggeration? I thought 30kph within city limits was happening anyway, no? https://www.connachttribune.ie/news/cars-flying-through-galway-residential-areas-ahead-of-30kmh-limits-8668943

Cllr Eibhlín Seoighthe (Ind) called for a wider 30km/h zone along Shantalla Road, saying the area included a secondary school, primary school and two creches.

“We are concerned it doesn’t go far enough,” she said at the Central Ward Area Meeing. “People pick up speed at Coláiste Muire.”

Cllr Seoighthe is correct.

Irony here of course is that those "clever" Roads Engineers in Galway City Council widened the road only 15 yrs ago when the Nursing Home was built as they wanted more speeding built into that road right outside a Secondary School and Nursing Home. Clever Roads Engineers!

Would you prefer if they said "the Western part of South Galway"?