Cities around the world that are reducing car access

Is there anything planned for the junction between Clare Street, Lincoln Place, and Nassau Street? At busy times cars block the junction trying to turn from Clare St onto Lincoln Place and buses then get blocked, causes massive issues for public transport all the way back up Nassau St, and Merrion Square/Mount St in the other direction.

Would be great to see some positive changes which cut this out, similar to the quays discussion above.

Lincoln Place is to be fully pedestrianised by end of 2025

The bus gate on the quays should have been done in advance of luas Cross city and indeed that was the plan and the modelling scenario carried out as part of the luas bxd project but then dcc bottled it and the opening of bxd became a shitshow. They then fudged a busblane cross over ofln bachelors walk that made it slightly less of a shitshow. Now they've grown a pair.

good idea for pedestrianised areas in ireland

Wonder why they didn't make it transparent, looks a little dark down there. Other than that it looks great, should be in many other places. Shop street in Galway is washed out of it 300 days a year it could really benefit from something like this. Plunkett street in Cork maybe. I don't think it'd be much use in Dublin tbh, its pretty dry generally and the streets are quite wide, maybe henry or capel street would be good candidates.

My only cencern is that it's retractable and how that is controlled. Will it be open while spilling rain because some lad in the council lost the keys or something.

I seem to remember there was talk of roofing Henry St in Dublin years ago but it was treated like a joke, in the same league as the sort of cocaine fueled, celtic tiger hubris, that somehow ended up in the public sphere of debate like the artificial Island city in Dublin Bay, the Suas or the Midlands Airport

I wonder is it envisaged that the quays bus gates will be operated with camera enforcement in August?

If so expect the Irish state to become richer than the combined gulf states over night. Followed by an overwhelming volume of 'I didn't know' calls to whatever appeals office exists.

I think it only works for short stretches otherwise it's a bit much.

If it was proposed along an entire street length such as capel street I'd prefer waterproof sheets be placed at intervals along it like they do with sun stoppers on spanish and portuguese streets.

Well it was done sooner, Cavan installed similar canopies when it hosted the All Ireland Fleadh more than a decade ago, as can be seen in the background here;

They didn't extend along the full length of the street, just strategic points along Main Street. They were very much temporary (the uprights were set in barrels filled with concrete) but were clear to allow light through. The structure in Wexford is obviously a higher quality finish and the lights are a nice addition. I wonder did they choose to have the roofing material that colour in anticipation of it becoming stained over time (seaside environment being particularly harsh).

Something like the Meeting House Square umbrellas could be tried more widely. I'm not sure if they're still working as I haven't been through the square in a while but they were great and funnelled the rain rather than dumped it off the edges!

https://sha.ie/sha_projects/umbrellas-meeting-house-square/

It seems that Susan Hall's attacks on the ULEZ in London didn't do her any good, and may even have done her harm. Perhaps the silent majority are in favour of them:

https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2024/0504/1447349-mayoral-elections-uk/

As a fanatical motorist entitlement hater and ex Londoner I'm delighted with Sadiq's victory today. I lived in an LTN in Hackney and it was fantastic, about a 15 minute cycle from Liverpool St station and basically no traffic outside our flat. Will be interesting to see how people cope with the bus gates on the quays etc. in Dublin when they come in, and if they'll want to go back to normal service after it's been there for some time.

Apart from Sligo weaps in west of Ireland