Clontarf to City Centre Cycle & Bus Priority Project discussion (renamed)

I am in very regularly during the morning peak and for the last 15 years have wondered why and who the people were going bumper to bumper taking literally 45 minutes to do 1.5km to the city centre? It’s really crazy stuff.

This diversion will cause delays, but merely move them onto a different route which was somewhat quieter before this.

Nobody I know from D5 drives into town at peak hour, you’d be mad to before this and mad to after this.

I’d love to see a congestion charge put in next for the canals to only enter if you are a resident or carrying out a specific duty or public transport. Time for our city centre to be rid of people driving a single person to a parking space in town bypassing all the public and active travel options.

like who are these people? even my anti cycle lane friends I grew up with in D5 are all saying it's crazy etc but none of them ever drive to town. My parents never did. Yet we'll have angry gobshites all over the media saying it's causing mayhem for residents.

Many posters here seem to have led very charmed lives. No need for repair men who by their trade have to drive vans not bicycles to access their homes and carry equipment; no dependent relatives with disabilities who need to be transported by car; no jobs as carers with definite hourly commitments to look after the elderly living at home. No. Instead we have to spend 60million euro so some hipsters can get faster into town to sit on closed off streets eating sriracha chicken wings on the pavement.

That last point is such a stupid take. If they were having pints would it be better? And the few closed off streets in Dublin city centre have been a massive success so far. To be honest it feels like there's a resentment that goes far beyond the private vehicle diversions...

You do realise that the thousands of people who use the bus along this route will also benefit from this project through faster journey times as a result of buses and cyclists no longer sharing the same space?

Cyclists = hipsters. That's the best one I've ever heard. Ffs. Any infrastructure upgrade to this city is to be welcomed and a step in the right direction to get those who are taking unnecessary journeys away from their cars. Although I certainly disagree with how it's been handled from a communication standpoint.

I live in Dublin 5. If I need a plumber or electrician I call a local one. Why would I ring a plumber based in Rathgar and ask him to come out to me, when there's plenty between based locally to me?

From the latest Irish Time article - complains that there's no metro link and demands more public transport options.

With the project scheduled to continue into early 2024, commuters like Carol McCluskey will have to find a new route to work. Ms McCluskey and her partner live in Coolock and commute to the Five Lamps via North Strand Road.

“The closure will impact us massively. We’re moving to Swords in the next couple of weeks, which will probably make it worse because there’s no metro link and only private bus routes,” said Ms McCluskey. “If they want to get people not commuting into town via car, they need to give more public transport options, because what we have right now is not viable.”

https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2022/08/04/north-strand-road-closure-i-havent-gotten-any-flyers-in-the-mail-i-was-not-aware-of-this-at-all/

I was about to ask where you are getting arancini, but then remembered it's probably Da Mimmos.

Down the M1, left on Dorset St. and down to the five lamps. Not that hard.