Clontarf to City Centre Cycle & Bus Priority Project discussion (renamed)

Funny thing about cycling lanes, and I see it often, is that one cyclist doesn't like the speed others are going at or it just gets too full for their liking and they go into the bus lane or regular car lanes. And hundreds of commuters can follow their ass for the next 20 minutes.

This scenario doesn't ever happen in Dublin never mind on the route this thread is discussing

My reward for taking the bike to town in this weather, there were 2 more after this inside the old wall too ffs.

They could easily have pulled into the street beside cusacks too

Is it time to start sending any of these photos to some person or department in DCC (preferably with the licence plate) for action? I know they'll probably just ignore them but if they were getting them all the time at least it would make a point.

Streets look a lot nicer if there aren't endless rows of bollards on them but if the result of that is that cycle lanes are rendered unusable because of idiots like this then the whole purpose of segregration becomes pointless. There's been a lot of money and time spent on this link (irrespective of people's feelings about it) and it's wasted if there isn't a change in attitudes.

I say this as a complete non-cyclist so no agenda here.

Put it under the remit of Parking Enforcement?

You complain to the council and the council direct you the gardaí. The Gardaí then direct you back to the council.

The Irish state has built a, dare I say very impressive, Web of responsibility loops. Nobody is actually responsible for anything through a complex set of arrangements that pushes problems around until the complainant disappears.

If you are forceful enough you'll get the privilege of going to a garda station to give a statement which will be hand written on paper, signed by you, and then promptly discarded. I have found the garda with the pen is the 'final boss' of complaining about how horrific rule enforcement is. If you feel you weren't listened to you can contact the ombudsman but then they'll only send you back to loop 2.

Best of luck with that, that truck would be like a ship in the Panama Canal going down there. Plus, the garage usually has all the spots taken up.

You can go around them. It's not hard. Cyclists seem to think they have privileges they don't have. Start paying the same in cycle tax as motorists pay in motor tax then we'll chat.

Until then I'll play the world's smallest violin

Update on C2CC: (Clontarf to City Centre) Most of work will be finished in Sept. And traffic restrictions will end in Sept. Should see a lot of progress in next few weeks as they have night shifts from 12 to 4 most nights. But section along Marino Mart from junction at Joeys to Malahide Rd junction has thrown up problems with utilities underground. This section won’t be finished until October. 2 pedestrian crossings will be installed. One near Cadogan Rd & one at Marino Mart at driving school. Boulders in front of park near bus stop are temporary and will be replaced by railings.