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Armageddon for Dublin City Businesses if people can't drive their cars into city

serfboard · 2015-08-10 10:22:03

As reported by RTÉ and The Irish Times. So, 60% of 40% (i.e. 24%) of high-end customers only would not come into town if they couldn't use their cars. Back to the same oul' bullsh1t - unless customers can drive right to the door of a shop, they won't come in. Any vested interest who commissions a survey, will only publish…

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#152 20-08-2015 9:50am
Carawaystick

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Spanish Eyes wrote: »

LOL. I get you, but that is only allowed at certain times I think.

If you drive a cash in transit van, you can go in either direction at any time of the day it seems.

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#153 20-08-2015 11:47am
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The current situation is abysmal. Just look at the junction of George and Same street. Tiny footpaths wedged with pedestrians and all of the road space dedicated to cars, no provision for buses and cyclists save the right turning bus lane on George's street, which is often full of cars and empty taxis anyway.

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#154 20-08-2015 7:31pm
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That junction at Georges St/Dame St is a nightmare, the footpaths on all sides of it are way too narrow to handle the volumes of people trying to cross there. At least one good thing there is when the pedestrian lights go green you can walk in any direction across, it wasn't always that way.

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