Cycle infrastructure planned for south Dublin

As has been seen with numerous cycling infrastructure projects, a lot of people seem to think it is the council's job to drop in for a cup of tea and personally explain on a one to one basis the plans to everyone in the vicinity (or anywhere else in the country) before proceeding with any changes.

Is there a reason that the delivery truck can't just stick on the flashers for a few mins and stay in lane?

It's a dashed white line, so any other road users can legally and safely pass them by.

oh... wait.... it would be unthinkable to block a 'road' to traffic. Yet illegally blocking another route for 'lesser' traffic is ok?

I'd say if there wasn't so much path furniture along there, you'd be saying it's grand for him to pull up on the pavement, sure the pedestrians can walk around. The subtle hard pressed motorist cant be inconvencied prejeduce shines again!

The issue of delivery trucks and cycle lanes is across the city so argue all you like about illegal parking until a solution/compromise is found this is not going away anytime soon. I cycle to and from work every day and come across delivery trucks and construction trucks parked on cycle path, it's a fact of life, in most cases I don't see any other way for these trucks to go about their business without parking in cycle path but maybe you all live in areas where there are alternatives.

Until somebody who actually works in Transport with Musgraves posts then I'll reserve judgement on the responses. I don't recall saying cycle lanes are 'the problem' again another case of reading into a post what you want to read into it.

Correct, I do have a benign attitude to cycle lanes being blocked by delivery trucks and construction trucks and even by taxis if they are stopping to pick up or drop off passengers, there you go, in my book it's part and parcel of living in a city and no I don't feel in any way inclined to make representations about delivery trucks outside Supervalu or wherever but each to their own.

I've been to many of these so-called liveable, progressive cities. They bored the arse off me.

I'm not saying Dublin couldn't handle improved cycling priority, but many who are advocating throwing the baby out with the bathwater are putting Dublin's unique character at risk.

I prefer to get information from sources who are actually involved in the disciplines they are talking about otherwise everyone is an ‘expert’.

In relation to your second retort - the loading bay across road is not a viable ‘alternative’ for Musgrave truck deliveries to Supervalu Ranelagh.

They don't deliver by boat or plane either because there isn't appropriate infrastructure for them. Same applies to the large trucks, if only there was such a thing as smaller delivery trucks.

I got the distinct impression that after the wands went in members of staff there, probably on their own initiative, took to social media to defend the destruction of the wands. Some passionate defence, followed by deletion of tweets.

In fairness you can't beat the thrill and exhilaration of being forced out of the cycle path in front of a following car and wondering about what sort of person the driver of the 2 tonnes of metal behind you is.

Are they a mentally stable person who will treat you sympathetically?

Or an angry frazzled NewsTalk listener who thinks you're not paying your way on the road and is going to start blasting their horn at you?

Or a borderline psychopath who will speed up and drive on on top of your back wheel to teach you a lesson for being in the way ?

Everyday is different!

Have to say, the rule about facing oncoming traffic when walking is sometimes inappropriate. When you're approaching a blind bend that veers away to the right, you're better off to switch to the other side until you're round the corner. In my experience anyway.