An end to free parking?

Put the transport system in place 1st then implement this.

Doing this 1st is totally lazy, all it does is pisses people off when there's no alternatives.

Public transport is in place for many. If they won't use it that's their choice.

It will never reach everyone or suit everyone. That's an unrealistic expectation.

The main picture in this article says it all about the residents in Sandymount and how they want to get around the area (hint: it's not in the big yellow thing with all the commoners)

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/environment/sandymount-residents-seek-change-to-busconnects-route-1.4741141

So cars are not a large carbon footprint? they need a space to park them in at home, a space at work, a space when you go out socially. The car doesnt just fold up-it takes lots of space, the production of cars, especially as they have gotten bigger, creates lots of waste.

Are you suggesting that people now add a gym to their house, when accommodation is in short supply, and especially in urban areas where houses etc are tight already? Or is it a good idea to drive to work, then get in your car and drive to a gym, to ride a stationary bike, so you can get the physical and mental benefits of cycling to work etc.?

So now, not only are you adding to traffic congestion by driving to work, but then adding to it again by going to and from the gym-that makes no sense. I live in a town, there are 2 of my neighbours that live 1.5km from their workplace, one leaves at 8.30 to get there at 9-it's a 5 minute cycle, in the school she works, there is also limited parking. The other guy leaves 20 minutes before work.

They add to traffic and its an inefficient way to travel-this car-centric mindset is unhealthy.

Not sure how e-Scooters were ever a "solution" considering they've never been legal.

Ok look, a lot of tinkering around the edge solutions being discussed here.

Like many other modern cities, you will not change a car-centric mindset without convenient, cheap, safe, frequent, clean and reliable public transport. In other words, until you hear the familiar refrain 'theres really no point in owning a car in Manhattan/London/Berlin/Paris/Tokyo/Singapore etc'

Big public transport is the only game in town. Light, metro and heavy rail based trunks and buses linking up the network.

Not bikes, not scooters, not LTNs, not random parking removal, not pedestrian plazas, not cutting off vehicle access from places that people want to be.

The Exchequer in this County has more money than God, but we aren't nearly ambitious enough for the good of our Cities.

There is, as we speak, no rail being built in Dublin. None. How can the Govt Depts and their agencies justify not having a continuous supply of projects ready to go, ready to provide big contracts to global level builders who knock this stuff out for fun?

Someone complained about their being no indigenous tunnel builders with the kit to get stuck in. Why would there be, theres no steady supply of work for them?

If we had a proper planning and contracting authority for public transport - and by that I mean not ones that fanny about at the edges like the NTA and TII, we'd have two or three contracts underway at all times, two or three more in procurement and two or three more in design and consultation.

Why are the Luas lines to Finglas and Lucan not already under construction? Why isn't the Metro? Why isn't the Metro being actively extended to the south-west from Charlemont? Why is Metro West not revived? Why is the DART interconnector tunnel not revived? That could be built in a single mega project with the Metro, using strategic tunnel boring locations and having all the big makers on site with a decade of guaranteed work.

And not just Dublin. There should be light rail going in all over Cork and Limerick and Galway.

Waste is a fact of life. Manufacturing creates waste, the provision of food does, everything practically.

Add a gym ? If they want, not a crime…but not a requirement….just buy some exercise equipment… go up to Decathelon, McSport… lots of home gym / fitness equipment….

the treadmill I have folds, the weights, suspension trainer, resistance bands, gym mats are in a drawer when not being used…

bosu ball is in the washroom hanging on the wall mount until it’s to be used….the only thing that is not easily conveyable or retractable is the bike but that’s not in my way.. I don’t consider that a home gym, I do consider it everything I require to continue attaining my fitness goals…

yes I go to the gym. Where I can use 15% more equipment I’d never be able to kit out at home, space restrictions and I don’t fancy the extra expense ....I go there in a private automobile as living in a democracy enables me to do so. :)

also :

congestion -“ an excess of vehicles on a portion of roadway at a particular time resulting in speeds that are slower”

simply no congestion on the route I take, ever, I go as in today and return as in today at off peak times :)…. The first set of traffic lights I’m car #4 of 5… only one other set of lights and I don’t recall but certainly no congestion… my journeys were efficient, comfortable, safe and enjoyable.

Parking ? Free gratis to members.

Public transport here is a joke it’s ridiculous, I used to work in the city centre, I’d travel up from north Wexford to greystones, took me about 45 minutes, I’d park the car and get the train in, it takes 1 hour 11 minutes to get from greystones to Connolly 22km absolute nonsense, the equivalent journey in London on the train is from Harlow it takes 30 mins. To drive from greystones to Connolly takes 34 mins. But what’s that you say early in the morning the traffic is hell so you couldn’t do it in that time frame, fair enough, but if you have to work late for whatever reason, and you leave at 7 instead of 5.30 it’s still going to take you an hour and 11 minutes to get to greystones on the train if you drove it’s going to take you 34 mins.

It’s fair if you’re talking about public transport and time to destination, and the reasons why public transport is a viable alternative in other jurisdictions and why it isn’t in Ireland, while Harlow may have a population thats 5 times that of Greystones, you’re failing to take into account the hinterland around Greystones who drive to Greystones and get the train or dart from there into the city, trains from Greystones at that time are packed.

Harlow has high speed trains? Fair enough so why doesn’t Greystones? Do you not see the point here make public transport viable and people will use it, that simple.

the point still stands that if travelling outside of peak commuting times on the train that 1 hour 11 minutes is an unacceptable timeframe to travel 22km, its unacceptable at peak commuting times too, public transport isn’t fit for purpose.

Oh while we’re on it Tamworth to Birmingham 21mins train

rochdale to Manchester 40min

Warrington to Liverpool 38 min

livingston to Edinburgh 26 min

so there you go

I have a 71km commute to the office, thankfully since the pandemic I am probably 98% working from home, I would guess I have been in the office a maximum of 5 times in the last 12 months. Around 12 months before the pandemic, I finally got a parking space, we had around 10 spaces for 70ish employees.

If Public transport was a viable option, I would gladly take it. With traffic, my drive to work is usually 90mins each way, less when schools are off. With public transport, its just over 2 hours.

Reminds me of when I used to do Dublin to Shannon every month or so. Trains to/from Limerick were OK but the final leg to/from Shannon Town was a serious PITA.

You gave ridiculous examples and comparisons.

Wexford to Connolly is your journey. You might have normalised it, but it's not a normal commute. Statistically its on the extreme end, nationally.

Saw a woman break her wrist on the train a couple of months ago. Train stopped at a station, some people got on. She stepped back and fell over a scooter and landed on her wrist. I suspect there is a claim coming. Not the first time i saw someone fall over a bike or a scooter on a train either. Theres even one guy who sits down with his scooter beside him and if someone wants to use the inside seat they have to climb over both him and the scooter, not to mention people tyring to stand in the aisle tripping on the scooter. Every day its the same. Scooters and bikes on trains now getting to dangerous levels as the crowds have increased on the trains.

A few more injuries and a few claims and they will be banned again.