BusConnects Limerick

Agreed and I love the determination you're showing and I guarantee you're not the only one, good luck with it 👍

Why would you bring a bike onto a city bus service? Where is it going to fit? Bringing bikes on inter-urban transport makes sense but not for trips starting and ending within the city.

Just because they do it in north America doesn't mean it's either a good idea or worth doing here. The majority of people will live within 400m of a bus stop and if you don't live that close, you'd be quicker cycling to where ever you're going rather than to a bus stop, waiting around for the bus to come, putting your bike (if not too heavy for you to lift) on the front rack of a bus (bus more than likely not capable of taking a rack), delaying everyone on the bus as you secure your bike, removing your bike at the stop nearest your destination before completing your journey by bike.

Before the 304A route people living on the schoolhouse road in Monaleen were up to a 30 minute walk or 3 minute cycle from the nearest bus stop to Raheen. I accept that is a niche case and no longer relevant though. A more modern example is anybody living between Castleconnell and Annacotty, it's even more niche though

As for the €10 each way charge, get a bike case and claim it isn't a bike. How it's free for trains but not for busses is madness

It's not like it's an added fuel usage charge... Most bikes weigh less than your average holiday suitcase... Most are lighter than the people cycling them

Had a look over my lunch break... It's worse again...From the Bus Eireann Website

What's the difference between a folding bike in a bag and one not in a bag?

I'm surprised the CoC are for full pedestrianisation. Whatever about people thinking it should be no cars it would be crazy to not use it as a bus route.

Also I assume they wrongly believe that pedestrianisation includes bikes.

Would you need a Raheen Business Park to NTP express bus ?

Surely very few people want to go to both on the same day.

No punctuation or grammar checks needed for that trip either ....

I would say your second suggestion is way better than the other one given that Raheen to Castletroy is already the best serviced routes in the city and is even due to go 24hr.

I think it would be great to have more than one route to Shannon given how important the place is. It's a far more manageable and realistic upgrade than all that tram/monorail shte talk.

Yes but the point is given we don't have unlimited resources why should there be an express business park to business park bus ?

If you route it through the Castletroy, Raheen and Dooradoyle it probably won't be express anymore so who does it serve ?

If we have a bus to waste on this project then it would be much better used linking one of the many many areas have no access to UHL or UL than an express to places that are already connected.

Where are those UL and UHL buses from and to. Each other that's where.

Cant get from Moyross to either. Currently can't get from Caherdavin to either (due to change for UL)

You and the plan above want to put another route to 2 already connected areas. Boo fukin hoo it gets stuck in traffic. Most of the city doesn't even have the luxury of a bus that gets stuck in traffic.

My thinking is it would remove cars from the road which would otherwise be used by people going to/from work using that same road. The current service that connects those locations can take up to 90 minutes in rush hour due to the added traffic in the city

I'm not saying for a minute that buses from the Northside to UL or Raheen shouldn't be tried either, I'm making the point that we have a road linking 2 heavily populated parts of our city, each with a large industrial zone... The traffic that is shared between these locations could be moved to public transport if the right route was put in

An express bus going from the city to UL or Raheen every hour sounds good in theory but you're still talking about the city traffic slowing them down