Little changes we can make to normalise cycling and encourage its uptake

Then you quite obviously don't cross the road with the green man. I can testify that anyone who does wait for the green man with any regularity will encounter incidences just like this with sometimes 2 or 3 cars still traversing the junction after the green man is lit. I have literally had to physically restrain my kids from walking out in front of oncoming traffic due to this very behaviour. The innocence of children thinking it is safe to walk once the green man lights up Utterly outrageous the carry on from motorists these days and a blind eyed is turned to all of it because as a nation we are so conditioned to the behaviour. Meanwhile,the big scary middle aged entitled cyclist who actually causes negligible damage in comparison gets all the vitriol from the usual privileged quarters. At least we have confirmed one more aspect of your conformity to traffic laws. You are likely a jaw walker to boot.

I think if you want to encourage cycling people need to be shown other people's routes and how much quicker they are. also how to pick better routes not just the shortest ones.

Yes, allocating more road space to the the one of most efficient and one of least polluting forms of transport at the exceedingly minor expense of the motor car. Oh, the humanity!!! Basing our transport on the motor car to the degree we have has destroyed the fabric of our urban centres and filled them with pollution at the same time. But fear not, nobody is coming to take your car by force. An fair allocation of road space is to everyone's benefit including motorists. Have you ever driven in bike friendly cities like Copenhagen or Amsterdam. They are an absolute pleasure in comparison to gridlocked Dublin. Hmmm, I wonder why.

A story about cycling seems very much on point in a thread about encouraging cycling.

I'm just pointing out your doing exactly what you're complaining about.

Exclusive cycling structure is growing because sharing doesn't work. It encourages more cycling. So seems appropriate for the thread.

All you've done there is added a whole load of inefficient tasks together.

None of it has anything to do with encouraging cycling.

Just in case you have missed it the last three times I directly addressed it to you. Nobody is forcing anyone to cycle against their will. If it is not practical for a particular individual that is totally fine. But that is no reason to withhold progress that would benefit the rest of the country. Enjoy your car and please drive carefully 😉

Whovever makes (or likely imports) and maintains these plastic bollards is probably in or heading towards the rich list. Probably asking AGS to enforce road traffic law is pie in the sky (they certainly don't, like seeing people looking down on to tablets or phones going on to roundabouts is common, instead they serve themselves first and then the political class), but at least they can try to improve the standards of design for cycle routes, particularly interfacing with roundabouts and whatnot.