Best Means of Transport in Dublin

ravindrak01

What is the best means of transport in Dublin, Ireland? Bus, Luas, Drive or Bicycle? Let's share the experiences to back up an opinion.

Charlie19

ravindrak01 wrote: »

What is the best means of transport in Dublin, Ireland? Bus, Luas, Drive or Bicycle? Let's share the experiences to back up an opinion.

Well it will depend on the destination and where you're starting from.

Charlie19

You're not a fan of the Dart?

Charlie19

Charlie19 wrote: »

You're not a fan of the Dart?

Poll is discredited.

Whatever gets me out quickest.

ravindrak01

Charlie19 wrote: »

You're not a fan of the Dart?

Well, probably I meant to say Luas/Dart combined for Luas.

ravindrak01

Deleted User wrote: »

Whatever gets me out quickest.

Of course, by the way, which one is the quickest most of the time, in your mind?

Duke O Smiley

Obviously it depends on where you live and where you’re traveling to, but for me it’s the Dart. Five minutes from the house, I’m in town in two stops and depending on where I need to go there is a stop that will leave me generally within walking distance (Connolly, Tara, Pearse, GCD). It’s fantastic

Stephen15

Bus does the job for me

Sonny noggs

The DART, I can be in the City Center in 15 mins, one of the reasons I chose where I live.

ravindrak01

ravindrak01 wrote: »

Of course, by the way, which one is the quickest most of the time, in your mind?

I prefer driving as I don't have to be in the company of others.

Nothing worse than being stuck with an idle chatterbox on the train. Or that insufferable yahoo halfway down the carriage whose every syllable uttered you can hear. And you have to be there at least half an hour beforehand to actually get a seat.

Luas is fine, harmless, I'm usually only on it for a couple of stops.

Never been on the DART.

Bus is worse than train. Id thumb a lift and take me chances before I'd get on a bus.

Peregrine

It really depends on the journey. Cycling for most short trips. Luas, DART or Commuter if you live along those lines and your destination is also along those lines or an easy transfer away. Bus for most other journeys. Car for certain longer trips that public transport currently doesn't accommodate and is too far to cycle.

odyssey06

Going in an out of Dublin city I would say bus.
There are certain places where LUAS or DART quicker, but generally the bus have more coverage and is more robust.

If you are on the line and coming from further afield, DART.

I voted for Bus ahead of LUAS because each LUAS line has too many single points of failure.
One bus breaks down, or one set of traffic lights out, a few bus routes are affected but 95% of the network OK.
With the LUAS it's 50%.

Finally, if you are trying to get from suburb A to suburb B, almost certainly car or bike - unless you are lucky enough that they are on same spine towards city centre.

GRACKEA

In terms of network and route coverage definitely bus. Though if there was more investment in trams and the routes expanded then I'd probably prefer that.

Auguste Comte

E-BIKE is the best imo. Drop a few quid on good rain gear and off you go, exactly where you want, whenever you want.

Gaspode

I would prefer if it were not, but car is still the best means of getting around Dublin. Especially if you drive down the defunct DART lines.
My preferred method is DART or LUAS but their destinations are limited, busses are just awful (unreliable & slow) so car wins most of the time.

Muahahaha

Poll doesnt have the best option- motorbike/moped. Cycling a close second, especially if the journey is under 5 or 6km.

GBX

Motorbike

bladespin

Motorbike

Reisers

Charlie19 wrote: »

Well it will depend on the destination and where you're starting from.

Depends on the destination and where you're headed

r93kaey5p2izun

I like the Dart the best. Then Luas. Of course, living and working around Lucan/Clondalkin neither are of much use to me. The bus is my only viable option and it is not great and getting worse.

Goodshape

Feet. Or bicycle.

whiskeyman

Once you're in the city, walking is best.
Dublin is a relatively small City, and you can hit most places within 30mins on foot.
You could spend that waiting for public transport or stuck in traffic anyway.

odyssey06

whiskeyman wrote: »

Once you're in the city, walking is best.
Dublin is a relatively small City, and you can hit most places within 30mins on foot.
You could spend that waiting for public transport or stuck in traffic anyway.

Very true, of course, bu the challenge once you are in the city is can you get from A to B without making a detour into one of the lovely pubs you will pass... to paraphrase James Joyce.

Zipppy

Walk or motorbike ...

There should be a big push to get people into motorbikes / scooters like other European cities...

Muahahaha

whiskeyman wrote: »

Once you're in the city, walking is best.
Dublin is a relatively small City, and you can hit most places within 30mins on foot.
You could spend that waiting for public transport or stuck in traffic anyway.

yeah but a 30 min walk would be about 2.5km. You could cover that distance in about about 8 minutes on a Dublin bike, its far more efficient than walking

odyssey06

Muahahaha wrote: »

yeah but a 30 min walk would be about 2.5km. You could cover that distance in about about 8 minutes on a Dublin bike, its far more efficient than walking

But you could spend 8 minutes trying to find somewhere to dock one

What about Bleeper Bikes, they any use?

neris

Luas is probably the most efficient and quikiest for getting in and out of city centre if your close to it. The dart is probably the worst especially for those in bayside, Sutton, howth, portmarnock and malahide.

Anus Von Skidmark

Bicycle, by a country mile.

The buses are slow, overcrowded, and often horribly over-heated on board. You're forced to share your space with the dregs, from playing videos out loud on their phones and facetiming on the bus, to using heroin and smoking on board (special shout out to route #40!). The bus is way too expensive and finishes way too early.

The Luas is grand time-wise, but is running way past its capacity and only covers a limited area, plus you have the security / scumbaggery issues on the red line (it is colour-coded red to indicate danger). You've got the same dregs factor as on the bus.

In the car you at least don't have to share your space with scum, but the traffic in Dublin is horrific and any accident anywhere (or even a bit of rain) tends to cause everything to grind to a halt. You definitely don't have a reliable journey time.

With the bike you can typically bypass all the traffic (there are bike lanes all over Dublin), use it whenever you like, and once you've bought the bike and some puncture-resistant tyres (essential, as the streets around Dublin are peppered with broken glass everywhere) you have bugger all running costs. You can zip by all the bus ****, feeling wonderfully smug!

bigar

Bicycle when you stay within the canals. Larger Dublin: motorbike for sure.