Parking and traffic in Phoenix Park

Link to strategy https://www.phoenixpark.ie/draft-parking-strategy/

"...The route was originally supposed to run from Heuston Station, through the park's Cabra Gate and continue on to Broombridge Station. However, this was put on hold due to the historic gate being too narrow for buses to pass through safely..."

(Click the ad infested link at your own risk...)

https://www.dublinlive.ie/news/dublin-news/new-phoenix-park-dublin-bus-27458749

It’s good that there’s a bus servicing the Phoenix Park but surprised it seemingly is not going any further west than the Phoenix monument roundabout for the likes of Farmleigh. The Castleknock roundabout is pretty small so presuming the bus can’t circle that for its return leg. Operational hours look to be every 30mins between 09:00 and 18:00 but haven’t read of what scope applies to extend that 18:00 during DST.

That said the platforms/ramps installed over the cycle lanes and constituting as the bus stops are seriously stupid and even dangerous. Can’t understand why they didn’t have the bus going to the kerb and taking over the cycle lane like for the existing Hop On/Off sightseeing bus as well as every other bus stop in the city. Presume that was the OPWs suggestion/making so I guess it shouldn’t surprise me.

When the bus stop is in use, no one can proceed, cars can’t overtake trans-versing the solid median line and the platform/ramp will have potential passengers embarking/alighting the bus. For the approximately 94% of the day when no bus is stopped then there is a large ramp and obstacle blocking an otherwise nice and efficient cycle lane.

Maybe im missing something, but whats the big hype

Surely a few feet extra and use the Luas/Train station (shops, toilets etc) as the termus would be better than where it is (outside a abandoned dirty factory), then be able to push the leap card 90 fare and get passangers on two services

Getting to Heuston station would be messy - it would have to past Croppies Acre Park to Rory O'More Bridge, to the station front entrance, turn left to get onto Frank Sherwin Bridge and then to Parkgate Street. It's much quicker to do the u-turn on Parkgate Street.

The tweet seems to say it is covered by Leap 90 fare.

The 26 goes along Chapelizod Road and has always had a stop labelled "St Mary's Hospital".

the policies of O'Gorman 

?? The Minister for Children like?

Presumably Greens generally.

O'Gorman is the local face of them in Dub West.

Cars and pedestrians have to yield at junctions depending on the situation, why are bicycles so special that they don't have to yield?

It is not for this forum, but my problem with cyclists is the lack of respect for pedestrians. It is a bit like a food chain where articulated trucks have no respect for cars who have no respect for bicycles who have no respect for pedestrians.

Just in from walking my dog for an hour, three times cyclists on paths nearly knocked us down.

The same could be said about drivers, not all drivers had a meeting and decided that would be their policy towards cyclists. However, there is no doubt that a large number of drivers have no regard for cyclists, and that a large number of cyclists have no regard for pedestrians.