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Irelands Shortest Bus Lane

  • 13-11-2018 8:14pm
    #1
    Chris_5339762
    Registered Users Posts: 5,849 ✭✭✭


    I spotted this little patch of road the other day and immediately I thought it was the shortest piece of bus lane I'd ever seen. But I wondered, do the good folks of boards.ie know any that are shorter?


    Heres my candidate: https://goo.gl/maps/grz3T38NfSu


    Anyone know any shorter ones, or other pointlessly short ones that the bus doesn't fit into?


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  • #2
    Del2005
    Registered Users Posts: 18,871 ✭✭✭✭Del2005


    Chris_5339762 wrote: »
    I spotted this little patch of road the other day and immediately I thought it was the shortest piece of bus lane I'd ever seen. But I wondered, do the good folks of boards.ie know any that are shorter?


    Heres my candidate: https://goo.gl/maps/grz3T38NfSu


    Anyone know any shorter ones, or other pointlessly short ones that the bus doesn't fit into?

    Since it doesn't have anything apart from Bus written on the road it's not a Bus lane
    The roadway markings to indicate a bus lane shall consist of—

    ( a ) a continuous white line or lines 250 millimetres wide save where one edge of the bus lane coincides with the centre line of a roadway between the bus lane and an adjoining traffic lane and,

    ( b ) lettering the dimensions and design of which shall be as set out in the First Schedule to these Regulations.


  • #3
    Losty Dublin
    Registered Users Posts: 12,956 ✭✭✭✭Losty Dublin


    Chris_5339762 wrote: »
    I spotted this little patch of road the other day and immediately I thought it was the shortest piece of bus lane I'd ever seen. But I wondered, do the good folks of boards.ie know any that are shorter?


    Heres my candidate: https://goo.gl/maps/grz3T38NfSu


    Anyone know any shorter ones, or other pointlessly short ones that the bus doesn't fit into?

    That's but a road marking which is part of a longer bus corridor. Hardly a short bus lane in it's own right and it has a purpose.


  • #4
    StreetLight
    Registered Users Posts: 1,388 ✭✭✭StreetLight


    I'd nominate this one:

    https://www.google.com/maps/@53.3811228,-6.3696998,3a,75y,143.84h,58.83t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sdTU5Ug76SOihOEQhtXgsyg!2e0!7i16384!8i8192


  • #5
    Kfagan10
    Closed Accounts Posts: 44 ✭Kfagan10


    This bus lane runs for about 50 metres. Even though no bus routes run along the road in this direction.

    https://www.google.com/maps/@53.3587996,-6.4256913,3a,75y,120.85h,85.17t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1slVu7e5krC9fx0nNgw-GDOw!2e0!7i16384!8i8192


  • #6
    Rawr
    Registered Users Posts: 3,744 ✭✭✭Rawr


    Kfagan10 wrote: »
    This bus lane runs for about 50 metres. Even though no bus routes run along the road in this direction.

    https://www.google.com/maps/@53.3587996,-6.4256913,3a,75y,120.85h,85.17t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1slVu7e5krC9fx0nNgw-GDOw!2e0!7i16384!8i8192

    Ooo, I remember that one.
    When they rebuilt that bridge in Lucan, they put in a Bus Lane on both directions, despite only needing it on one.

    I'm sure it looked great on the drawing board...but the designer appeared to not be familiar with the area or the bus routes in it :D


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  • #7
    Zipppy
    Registered Users Posts: 2,054 ✭✭✭Zipppy


    Rawr wrote: »
    Ooo, I remember that one.
    When they rebuilt that bridge in Lucan, they put in a Bus Lane on both directions, despite only needing it on one.

    I'm sure it looked great on the drawing board...but the designer appeared to not be familiar with the area or the bus routes in it :D

    Might be used by bus connects in the future though.. ?


  • #8
    Rawr
    Registered Users Posts: 3,744 ✭✭✭Rawr


    Zipppy wrote: »
    Might be used by bus connects in the future though.. ?

    Could be...but I remember that Bus Lane from long before talk of Bus Connects.

    Perhaps there was an older plan to run a route that way?


  • #9
    AGC
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,648 ✭✭✭AGC


    StreetLight wrote: »
    I'd nominate this one:

    https://www.google.com/maps/@53.3811228,-6.3696998,3a,75y,143.84h,58.83t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sdTU5Ug76SOihOEQhtXgsyg!2e0!7i16384!8i8192

    Followed by another ridiculously short one if you continue a few hundred metres the one after the roundabout at Hawthorn


  • #10
    Thinkingaboutit
    Registered Users Posts: 2,180 ✭✭✭Thinkingaboutit


    There's an ultra short one around Dolphin's Barn. Did some paint company give a brown envelop to someone? :pac:


  • #11
    Patrick2010
    Registered Users Posts: 2,980 ✭✭✭Patrick2010


    Was on the 17 this morning from Rathfarnham to Rialto. For those who know the area theres a bus lane from Rathfarnham bridge to the next lights. This is never policed so its always full of cars. As we went through the lights the bus driver went on the outside of the bus lane where there were only a couple of cars and proceeded to cut back into the left lane where the bus lane ended. Needless to say he got in! First time ever I'd seen that.
    Later at Dolphins barn bridge theres another bus lane beside Fatima mansions. Again this is never policed and always full of cars. Our driver waited until dropping off a few passengers before again going into the outside lane. He opened the door and shouted "its a bus lane" at some surprised car driver who obviously said something along the lines that everyone else was doing it. This was greeted by "so you think its ok because everyone else does it?"!
    Again went right to the top of the queue and cut back in to make a left turn. Anyone else ever see a driver do this?


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