Galway Airport - mega merge

Storm 10

Yeah hop on the bus and join the long line of traffic inbound could never work without a bus lane you would be just as frustrated as in your car

youngrun

Storm 10 wrote: »

Yeah hop on the bus and join the long line of traffic inbound could never work without a bus lane you would be just as frustrated as in your car

Bus lanes work look at the 409 . No comparison driving v bus on that route

Dedicated bus lane would be useful OR Bus only road use at peak times might be a best option now eg Monivea Rd .

There is a permit for a Tuam Road bus lane this should be actioned

youngrun

youngrun wrote: »

Bus lanes work look at the 409 . No comparison driving v bus on that route

Dedicated bus lane would be useful OR Bus only road use at peak times might be a best option now eg Monivea Rd .

There is a permit for a Tuam Road bus lane this should be actioned

The problem would be the queue into town at Briarhill. Why get out of your car to then sit in the same traffic anyways?

what_traffic

zell12 wrote: »

Well P&R did not work in 2013, why would it now?

Good point - no significant bus infrastructure built since 2013, Council don't do slow and steady progress.

serfboard

Park n Rides without Bus Lanes are a waste of money.

That said, a PnR at the Airport could work if:

1. There was Bus Lane (inwards) on the Monivea Road. Towards the airport the road is quite wide, but as you get closer to the Parkmore junction, it narrows, and you'd have to CPO part of the front gardens of some of the houses there. I don't think the housholders there would be too happy about that, common good notwithstanding.

2. There was a Bus Lane on the Parkmore Road. This was planned, but has been held up, IIRC.

3. You could then route the service into town via Parkmore Road and the Tuam Road. This would also need a Bus Lane inbound on the Tuam Road. Again, this was planned but has been held up.

Anyone spot a pattern here?

DuckSlice

another thread about bus lanes :O

serfboard

etxp wrote: »

another thread about bus lanes :O

Thanks!

But as I said, without Bus Lanes, a P&R at the Airport is a waste of time and money, as was previously demonstrated the last time it was tried.

youngrun

serfboard wrote: »

Thanks!

But as I said, without Bus Lanes, a P&R at the Airport is a waste of time and money, as was previously demonstrated the last time it was tried.

Galway traffic not going to improve without radical changes to transport system and behaviour

This is in my view a great idea and workable with the buy in of Bus companies, City council and employers

A bus corridor ie buses only allowed use certain roads would be a simple solution , which could be a peak time measure.
Bus lane permanent solution

serfboard

youngrun wrote: »

This is in my view a great idea and workable with the buy in of Bus companies, City council and employers

A bus corridor ie buses only allowed use certain roads would be a simple solution , which could be a peak time measure.

OK, in the case of buses from the Airport, are you seriously suggesting closing the Monivea Road inbound to car traffic at peak times to facilitate the PnR buses?

Good luck with that ...

sgthighway

I don't think there is room for a Bus Lane from Briar Hill into the lights.

what_traffic

serfboard wrote: »

Park n Rides without Bus Lanes are a waste of money.

That said, a PnR at the Airport could work if:

1. There was Bus Lane (inwards) on the Monivea Road. Towards the airport the road is quite wide, but as you get closer to the Parkmore junction, it narrows, and you'd have to CPO part of the front gardens of some of the houses there. I don't think the housholders there would be too happy about that, common good notwithstanding.

2. There was a Bus Lane on the Parkmore Road. This was planned, but has been held up, IIRC.

3. You could then route the service into town via Parkmore Road and the Tuam Road. This would also need a Bus Lane inbound on the Tuam Road. Again, this was planned but has been held up.

Anyone spot a pattern here?

Galway City and County Council don't actually want to do these projects?

Mrs OBumble

sgthighway wrote: »

I don't think there is room for a Bus Lane from Briar Hill into the lights.

Which lights?

sgthighway

The first set of lights you meet as you travel from Airport into City.

The councils have finally put forward plans for the future of this parcel of land

https://connachttribune.ie/plan-for-world-class-campus-with-potential-for-10000-jobs-at-galway-airport/

Fools to rip up the runway, with electric aviation about to become a player as we divest from gas turbine tech using smaller aircraft in smaller airports. It’s guaranteed to become a feature in Galway anyways when the Aran islands aircraft get electrified, better to hold onto the infrastructire we have.

fergiesfolly

Surely there are many parcels of land around the city for new campus'.

Tearing out existing infrastructure that could have future uses in it's current configuration is hopelessly shortsighted.

A campus for electric aviation or drone development could work out there and still have a purpose as an airstrip for smaller aircraft and hobbyists.

They bought it with no intention of ever running it as an airport.

The airport is not viable without govt funding and that will not be provided as there are 2 international airports within a short distance.

A site that will house dozens of businesses, employing many thousands, is a better use

Storm 10

It was used weekly by US companies in Galway one of them can't name them was not happy as they use Shannon now where in Galway the plane landed in Galway and straight to their business premises, it's a big loss to the emergency services for refuel, only in Galway would they destroy an Airport.

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117907608#Comment_117907608

None of which made it viable.

Personally I would love if we had an international airport, same as Cork, Limerick or Dublin but it was only ever a tiny regional airstrip. Once it lost the govt supports it quickly collapsed.

Being realistic and pragmatic about it, it makes a lot more sense to convert it to a business / industrial park where it can be used to bring money into the local and national economy rather than being a drain.

Whatever about the terminal & hangars, it’d be madness to rip up the runway until we know how viable/unviable electric aviation becomes.