Waterford becoming Munsters second city.

zulutango

That probably says more about you than the cycle campaigner.

yop

Lads take it to the cycling forum or another thread as this is turning into more of a cycling discussion. Thks

tototoe

zulutango wrote: »

That really was not my experience when I spent a week there this summer, with the exception of The Hague which was an unpleasant city full of cars.

I spent time in Amsterdam, Utrecht, Nijmegen, Rotterdam and The Hague and cycled from city to city (sometimes taking the train), racking up a few hundred kilometres. On only a handful of occasions I had to share the road with cars (in the Hague).

I lived in Venlo for a while, and spent a while in Eindhoven,. Plenty of car usage everywhere, a lot of people where I worked drove to work, because it was a good bit outside the town... and yes there loads of bikes, but as many drove.

However, as an extremely flat country, like really, really flat...it makes it all that much easier. Cycling in Ireland, is and always will be different....even taking cycle lanes and all that into account.

Try cycling Limerick to Shannon every day ( even traffic aside) its a complete pain in the ass..literally.

Mc Love

Mc Love wrote: »

No it just adds more traffic. More roads doesnt mean less gridlock. They need to encourage more people use public transport, provide safer cycling infrastructure and entice motorists to switch from the car to the bike as if improving your health isnt enticement enough.

This just goes to show that adding more lanes/roads doesnt mean less traffic

https://twitter.com/StreetsblogUSA/status/1065248476219523072?s=20

kilburn

Oh dear another train wreck thread in the Limerick forum which has descended into An Taisce brigade v everyone else......

damowill

yop wrote: »

Lads take it to the cycling forum or another thread as this is turning into more of a cycling discussion. Thks

should have been taken to the Waterford thread to begin with!!

Mc Love

Mc Love wrote: »

This just goes to show that adding more lanes/roads doesnt mean less traffic

https://twitter.com/StreetsblogUSA/status/1065248476219523072?s=20

Another great article that states what the motoring lobby can't see
https://www.citylab.com/transportation/2015/11/californias-dot-admits-that-more-roads-mean-more-traffic/415245/

WillieMason

http://www.munster-express.ie/business/ceo-north-quays-funding-is-safe/

Cookiemunster

WillieMason wrote: »

http://www.munster-express.ie/business/ceo-north-quays-funding-is-safe/

Still not going to make Waterford bigger than Limerick. Limerick has €180m in place for the Limerick 2030 plan which includes 3 pedestrian bridges!


Look best of luck to Waterford, but it's not going to overtake Limerick any time soon.