BusConnects Dublin - Bus Network Changes Discussion

this is along the same lines as the muppet in the Metro thread proposing to rip up the Luas, it's a stupid idea that wouldn't get past a single council meeting and isn't even worth debating. Xmas break is obviously the real silly season, time to update the ignore list.

The current route that is in place for the L25 already takes the much quicker route in my mind when going from Stillorgan to Dún Laoghaire.

And I say that because I live along that bus route which also includes the S8 in Newtownpark Avenue. If you had changed the L25 route to go down on the bike lanes on Carysfort Avenue. All of the bus stops along that road actually have detachable ramps to allow passengers to board the 114 bus when they are going down to Blackrock. The cyclists are allowed to pass over them when people are waiting for their bus.

The BusConnects route through Carysfort Avenue; the L26 from Kilternan to Blackrock does terminate at the Dart Station. Any bus passengers using that route can then be to transfer onto the Dart to get to Dún Laoghaire. The L26 will be more frequent with a bus every 30 minutes. The 114 is a bus every hour when the route is between Blackrock & Ticknock/Rockview in Ballinteer.

There is also the issue of the row of cars parked outside people's houses on one side of the road when you drive down after the traffic lights at the UCD Business School at Carysfort Avenue all the way to the traffic lights at Blackrock by-pass. The amount of road space available for passing traffic along that section of Carysfort Avenue is already a huge challenge for any vehicle to pass through it when you have heavy traffic passing on it every day.

If you put a bus, a lorry or a truck on that road; it can take up a lot of very limited road space for other vehicles to go past it. The Executive Express buses also pass through Carysfort Avenue every weekday when going from Blackrock to Central Park in Leopardstown Road.

like no one cares if you haven't seen many people on it, it's not going anywhere, so suck it up

What this is telling me is that cycling is a 'fair weather' mode of transport and is being used most extensively during the summer holiday period and during the times that the significant traffic generated by schools and third level colleges is lower or non-existent. All other modes of transport have higher usage in the Autumn and winter period - more cars, busier buses and trains - but fewer cyclists. So I do agree and have posted before that the congestion caused by the cycle lanes is impacting traffic significantly and will impact the success of the new BusConnects routes if they too cannot give priority. I share the view that a lot of the new cycle lanes are not extensively used and it's reasonable to query why cycling space is being prioritised over bus space.

(Incidentally, it seems that the the March/April 2021 Cycling Counts were higher for some of those routes that the equivalent period in 2022 - you would expect this to be going up YOY if it was successful)

i do not think we should plan our city around the fact that some elderly people might want to drive to places, no. none of my grandparents ever had any cars, how did they ever cope I wonder?

anyway this is so off topic even though it's mildly entertaining.