Cycle infrastructure planned for north Dublin

The ‘already existing’ infrastructure barely exists. The cycle lane at the park is a joke, and causes nothing but bottlenecks especially around the footbridge, there’s constantly kids and others walking in the lane.

You take the bus lane and you’re almost guaranteed to have some arsehole in a bus or even worse a taxi right up your hole, or trying to squeeze past you because of how narrow the lane is plus the cars half hanging off the path and the parking spots.

It’s a temporary redirection to put some well needed infrastructure upgrades in place, so they can suck it up for a couple of months.

Also, has it been announced that they’re closing off any of the above for 14 months to all car traffic or is it just an assumption you’re making?

but they don't have any meaning.

"Watch out for cyclists" - as opposed to what? close your eyes, put your foot down and run them off the road?

In relation to the North Strand construction start date, I received the following from Dublin City Council:

The construction start date will be communicated as soon as it is available, and details will be provided in relation to the traffic management plan and the construction program.

Residents and businesses who will be directly or indirectly affected by the works will be contacted shortly.

Not very specific, but at least it sounds like it is definitely going ahead, and quite soon.

I had already filed this one away with all the other DCC plans that'll never happen like a safe liffey cycle route or a pedestrianised college green. Is there some movement on this?

The big bike symbol means cyclist may adopt a defensive position in the centre of the road to avoid being aggressive overtaken where there is no room for overtaking. But this will only mean more cars beeping and throwing things at you in Ireland.

I cycle Glasnevin to up by the airport a few times a week. The cycling infra is poor to say the least, but I picked a route that on paper has almost 100% cycle lane. On paper alot is supposed to be shared space but not an ounce of paint to identify it as a shared space.

I contacted FCC and was told "it's pencilled in for painting"....zero dates given.

Up the Ballymun Road, then across by the Sports clinic / Crown plaza, and onto the swords road. Bike line all the way by going that route. By the Omni it gets pretty hairy so I avoid that.

I’ll be amazed (but pleased) if the proposers get this one through. Very difficult to get residents to sign up to limiting their own access. Even obvious parallel one way systems line Iona / Lindsay get shot down because, ultimately, it’s hard to get individuals to inconvenience themselves for the common good, as I’ve seen in my own area in Fairview. The only thing people tend to rally behind is permit parking.

But neighbours could look out for the elderly; pharmacies could deliver (this used to be a thing, before everyone had a car. I had a friend who delivered all over Dublin 1/3/7/9 on a bike, for a Dorset St chemist in the 70s).

I wish this project the best of luck all the same.

"cycling is religious persecution" - that's a new one to add to "cycling increases pollution" and "cycling is anti-disabled"

You forgot "ageist".

No doubt in the fullness of time it'll be sexist, racist and transphobic as well.

If the congregants were getting paid a thousand euro a head for each car they managed to fit into that car park every Sunday I'd say they'd manage to get about 20 cars in there.

At 5 people per car (Covid won't be forever) that's a hundred people. I'm sure some Christian souls would be happy to collect anyone who wanted to attend but wasn't one of the lucky hundred.

EDIT: the church capacity is 150. As the proposed cycle lane would "block accessibility to worship for 99% of the congregation" that's 1.5 persons who can get to the church by some means other than driving, so that's 48.5 persons who would have to be collected.