Galway traffic

I would have thought they were talking about the path on the other side of the river on the college grounds, and for once, I would agree if this is the case.

It is easy access this route coming from Tirellan direction ( isn’t there access both sides of the road at the bridge?) And it’s a much safer route than dyke road is currently.

So your response to kids having their lives endangered by drivers is to tell them to stay off their local road and instead take a longer route on a dual carriageway, through two of the worst junctions in the city; one of which has pretty lights for people on bikes to press which have never even been switched on since the junction opened half a year ago, and the other which involves crossing five lanes of traffic with constant red light breaking? And they should do this because there is a cycle lane which covers a quarter of the route, and has a lethal conflict point with a left turning slip lane, and which abruptly disappears, spitting people on bikes into the main traffic flow at the entrances to two shopping centres?

Well, at least you've shown your true colours, I guess.

For all your talk of "It is cyclists that want stop others from doing something not car owners..." and "they don't give a crap about the humans" you're really not giving a good impression of your own attitude towards your fellow humans who don't happen to be behind the wheel of a car.

He referred to it being 200 yards to the left in response to pictures of kids travelling inbound on the Dyke, so I think it's clear that he was referring to the Headford Road (while also making it clear that he doesn't really know what he's talking about).

I don't know that I would describe access to the bridge from the Dyke Road as 'easy'. You have to push your bike up steps to get onto the bridge. It's a pain in the hole to be honest and when I've done it with my youngest I've had to push their bike up too. Then, when you get over the bridge, you either have to struggle down the steps by the Kingfisher to stay within the University grounds or mix it with impatient drivers on Newcastle Road.

For the kids doing the school journey in the pictures I posted it would add 50% to their journey time, and involve crossing the river twice, including over the Salmon Weir bridge. It would also add another dangerous junction to the mix that isn't there now.

At the end of the day all those dangerous passes on the Dyke Road achieve nothing except putting other road users in danger. They don't get the drivers to their end destination one second quicker. The drivers just get to sit in the queue at the end of the Dyke Road for a few seconds longer. They still get back out onto the Headford Road at exactly the same time they would if they drove safely instead. I know you weren't suggesting that kids on bikes should have to cross the river and take a much longer route, but I think it's worth pointing out that it would be totally unreasonable for them to be expected to do so just so that a certain percentage of drivers can continue to behave like clinical sociopaths.

I think this is a bad idea... I seriously object to it... I think it will put Cycle lanes back not forward...

Dr. Mannix Rd is far more sensible and use the 1 million this will cost to link Millars lane to Threadneedle rd...

That is the most heart breaking thing when cycling. People risking your life with dangerous passes all to sit in a line of traffic 5 yards up the road.

Incorrect, have heard the Senior Engineer in Galway City say they had to do it regardless of the ring road on local radio. it will be delivered probably a full decade before any possible Ring Road, so it is been done regardless. Maybe when they started planning a decade ago they had this mentality but certainly in the last 4/5 years this has flipped. It took em long enough. Still they are painfully slow implementing the Salmon Weir changes.

Making it harder... Half the traffic from the prom will be shoved up Kingston Rd... This will clog up Threadneedle Rd and Kingston Rd itself... It will also cause problems in the turn off before Joyces, which will give them another excuse to bring in those disco lights... Someone is making a killing on traffic lights in Galway...

Then we will find it harder to access our own local village...

Try and come up Threadneedle road. It is very limited in the amount of traffic it can handle especially coming up the hill...

The truth is, did anyone who came up with this actual plan actually come from Salthill?

Senior Engineer, elected by who? How is getting on with the Bypass considering he has been working for them for 15 years?

This is the guy who came up with the Kirwan Junction lights system? Great.....

Sorry but the executive of Galway City Council seem to think they are a law into themselves after abject incompetence... These are the guys who have over the years given us Eyre Square refurb...

You better coming with someone else...

The M50 is the exact reason why the Galway City Ring Road will not work. Induced demand will very quickly see the road saturated, so much so that the genuine people looking to bypass the city cannot do so, as they'll be stuck in traffic.

The only solution is to use denser forms of transport within dense area (cities) - its the only solution that works, worldwide. More roads is not a solution.

How are people still coming here banging on about how essential this bypass is, despite the fact that no bypass is on any plan anywhere? How can they continue to fail to understand this but still be so convinced they're right? It's mind-boggling stuff. And some other lad had decided he knows what defines a Ring Road better than the professionals because he's read a basic maths book (and he's probably thinking of a circle, rings have a different meaning).

I'm taking some time off from this thread. Don't forget to submit to the Public Consultation https://galwaycity.ie/gccapps/index.php/619865

The M50 actually has a use case as a bypass because there is sufficient traffic that actually bypasses Dublin city.

This is not the case for Galway. The amount of traffic seeking to bypass Galway city entirely is less than 2% of all journeys in the city. You are advocating building a €500m+ road to address a problem that effects less than 2% of traffic through the city. Insane.

The solution to Dublin traffic is a metro, more buses, more trams.

The solution to Limerick traffic is buses, trams.

The solution to Cork traffic is trains, buses, trams.

More roads does not alleviate traffic in the long-run. Again this has been proven to be the case all over the world - why can't you face the facts?