N11 Foster Avenue Traffic Lights Questions

I noticed that the other day too. As a cyclist that junction has been a pain in the hoop for years. They've managed to go to the trouble of making it worse. I often used to take the main lane just to avoid left-hookers on the solid green light, this new sequence is even more of a reason to ditch the bike lane.

Why can our road engineers get nothing right when it comes to cycling infrastructure? IT'S NOT THAT HARD!!

If it's like the lights at the Leeson St corner of Stephen's Green there's an induction loop sensor in the road like there is for cars, so the green bike light only activates if a bike is at the lights. Even if you get a green bike light it doesn't last long at all, most of the time the bike light is going to be red. I've also found when I've stopped on the red light that (some) cars who are turning left slow or stop to let me go straight on, they obviously don't notice or understand the red bike light.

Why is the cycle lane even on the left of the left turning lane instead of moving into the middle of the left turn and straight lanes in advance of the junction, really bad design, nevermind the lights adding to the stupidity

Because that would be the right way to do it!

Contact DLR, that's ridiculous

Just to say the old design wasn't great at this junction - rather than a bike red light and a green left light, it perhaps should've been a flashing amber for both when vehicles were allowed to proceed left? Cautions the cyclist going straight on while not ceding priority, doesn't give automatic "right" to the vehicle turning left (and also signals caution).

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Another one for the Ignore List.

that's the same arrangement as Temple Hill/Monkstown Road on the Rock Bypass and it's a PITA (it's probably worse there as straight on and left turn are green for the road at the same time and get 90% of the green time). I'm not sure how else you can do it though, as they have to give green time to left turning traffic and they have to make the cycle lane red to accommodate it.

If it was in the Netherlands the cycle lane would swing left and cross Foster Ave back from the junction at a zebra crossing, but even there if it was a very busy junction they'd have to use lights.

I notice on the opposite side of the road, outside the hotel, they have introduced traffic lights for the cars at the pedestrian crossing. This is a help, I have been cycling south in the past and gone through this just as pedestrians have stepped out in front me (sorry, no pic)

Never heard that term before in my life and there are a huge number of them over here in my locale that work perfectly well, I've never felt unsafe using them on a near daily basis. (In NZ)