Limerick improvement projects

Right so you are just assuming he is talking about that part of the road.

The way you were getting all worried about it I thought you knew about some plan for there.

Definitely more than needing repainting as the spots where they were on the tarmac is all disturbed. All I can think is it's either vandalism or they are correcting the stupid but common mistake of having bike lanes go the opposite ways to normal lanes.

Those lanes never took up any usable road space anyway so no reason to get rid of them.

I don't see a huge problem there tbh,space off the road and just cause you have a lane doesn't give any cyclist the right to cycle madly (i cycle quiet a lot also,but do take care of myself rather than expect everyone to give way to me),it passes a crossing ,so like everyone else they should be slowing down for pedestrians anyway. i really think people get overworked on these cycle lanes for a whole cohort of reasons but just take them for what they are a safer place to cycle along ,not a hyper invinciblity corridor !

Firstly it's not a pedestrian crossing so road users do not slow down whereas you are saying the bike should slow twice in that instance. Second when those types come to a road junction you are again expected to stop to let the road user turn which goes against standard practice on a road.

I dont know the junction, but from the pic above it sure as hell looks like a pedestrian crossing with the dipped path and lights with push buttons and whatever those things are called.

"The slowing down twice" this is not a really an issue it should be common self preservation instinct to take caution coming to a junction ,I see it with cyclists quiet a bit on the road where they plough on regardless and don't or won't yield again "you have to look our for yourself" there is enough bad road users with cars, bikes,pedestrians that none of us should be taking anything for granted, i still stand by above ,i dont see a huge issue with the lane above (it could be better ) but having cycled everywhere for years it better than sharing a small road space with a car and been forced into the kerb.

anyway does anyone have a picture of this rosbrien location as i can't picture it ? is it a case that they are reducing down to 1 lane for cars ? or is it two way ? just trying to pinpoint the location !

Yes it has lights so therefore road users only stop when the light is red and plough on full speed otherwise. The bike user has to keep yielding.

You might think it's better but many cyclists don't. The problem is it would be very very very easy to build something which would have suited both. We have the means and blueprints to do it properly so we should not let councils off with doing it substandard.

As far as I know the short section of cycle lane on the Rosbrien Road is just to link up with the new one being built through the Baggott Estate so it gives connectivity to Ballinacurra Road.

They were the "right way" (as in the same as every other dual cycle lane I have seen in Limerick) which is actually backwards. Everywhere else I have been in Europe cycle traffic will pass you the same side as regular road traffic lanes.

Maybe they want to install traffic lights on the cycle lane?

Maybe get off the internet if you don't want to hear others opinions?

My traffic light comment was tongue in cheek but if we want to play Mr. Serious it's highly likely they are just being repainted

Its an opinion on how a cycle lane down the rosbrien road or the greenfields road to meet up with the proposed one through the baggot estate could work. I'm not sure how you consider it irrelevant. Perhaps you have an opinion yourself on how it might work?

I know generally you don't like my opinions on other matters so if you'd rather not hear them there's a mute function in boards you can try out instead of making comments such as the above

Some say it's the full length from Childers Road to Old Crescent. Some call the whole thing Greenpark road, I think officially it's Greenpark Road as far as the level crossing, then Rosbrien Road to Old Crescent. If you look at Google maps it has both Rosbrien Road and Greenpark Road listed for the section between Childers Road and the level crossing.

I can’t find the plan anymore online but it seems to cycle out the dock rd, up the side of the motorway, cross bagotts field and finish on rosbrien rd. I

Rosbrien rd is dreadfully narrow for cycle lanes. I used to run it 3/4 times weekly and never once saw a bike ( or barely ever a runner) on it. No lights on the most of it also. I got caught once running when the dark came on fast. It was like running inside A closed wardrobe.

no the road marking show it extending to finish in the middle of ‘nowhere’ on the Rosbrien rd and not meeting with the end of the risd

All I can remember from viewing that last year was new paths within Baggot Estate park. It essentially turns dirt paths into tarmac and joins to Rosbrien road.

I don't remember any mention of cycle lanes on Rosbrien road and your link above doesn't mention them either.

I've cycled it a good few times and it's fine. Feels a bit country for a road that close to the city alright but it's not the only one. And any cyclist who isn't trying to win a Darwin award will have good lights before going on a road like that.