So the buses will all get stuck further down the road in all the traffic that can’t go into college green?
Lovely
I thought this was already the case?
Edit – ok, reading the article would help, already banned between 7 and 7 and now its 24 hours…what exactly does this achieve when it’s not busy anyway?
Personally I’d have liked to have seen a little more imagination on the bus problem and turn this into a nice plaza, seems a little pointless unless there’s an after hours congestion problem I’m unaware of? Are cars *really* clogging up the streets at 3AM?
I’ve no strong feelings on this, it’s no skin off my nose, I’m just scratching my head as to why this is being presented as some sort of game changer.
It’s 90% taxis and buses. So many bus routes use this area. Until we get some sort of underground rail there won’t be much change in the city centre
Is it just me or is this area still quite busy with all the busses bikes and taxis? Hadn’t passed through there in a while but was there last week and it still seemed pretty busy with traffic. Maybe I’m just misremembering it from before.
Should’ve been done 20 years ago! Along with the rest of the city centre!
Still a kip.
This won’t make any difference, its the definition of a plan that has a positive sounding headline to get good publicity but in reality there’s no detail or forward planning.
College Green is slow moving and buses & taxis are already the only things using it for the majority of the day. And those can’t be banned from using it because that will only create traffic chaos at already clogged junctions further up and down the quays.
Idiotic. Why change it when it was already the case during busy periods? What good does it do?
Several members of my family are mobility impaired wheelchair-users, calls for the widening pedestrianisation of the city will leave a significant chunk of the population totally alienated from the Capital.
What about motorbikes? It’s annoying that they never seem to get any consideration or any mention one way or the other.
Without an underground public transport system they are merely rearranging the deckchairs on the Titanic.
This change will have some but not much impact on rush hour traffic and public transport.
If they want to make a real difference to traffic they need to reduce the number of private cars on the quays.
Great, this just needa to be polices now. Cameras and automatic fines would do the job nicely
I used to own a camper van and loved taking weekend trips down to Kerry, then Kerry county council decided to discourage campervans, I’ve rarely visited Kerry since.
Now Dublin city center is choosing to discourage cars, think the best thing is to stay away. Plenty of other places to spend my money.
Who’s going to tell Google maps?
Bono might finally be able to graze his sheep.
I know if one eejit that bought a taxi plate just so he could drive on bus lanes in Dublin, needs to be way more regulation on when or even if taxis are allowed in these areas
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Good. Now do the rest of the city centres. 🙏
So the buses will all get stuck further down the road in all the traffic that can’t go into college green?
Lovely
I thought this was already the case?
Edit – ok, reading the article would help, already banned between 7 and 7 and now its 24 hours…what exactly does this achieve when it’s not busy anyway?
Personally I’d have liked to have seen a little more imagination on the bus problem and turn this into a nice plaza, seems a little pointless unless there’s an after hours congestion problem I’m unaware of? Are cars *really* clogging up the streets at 3AM?
I’ve no strong feelings on this, it’s no skin off my nose, I’m just scratching my head as to why this is being presented as some sort of game changer.
It’s 90% taxis and buses. So many bus routes use this area. Until we get some sort of underground rail there won’t be much change in the city centre
Is it just me or is this area still quite busy with all the busses bikes and taxis? Hadn’t passed through there in a while but was there last week and it still seemed pretty busy with traffic. Maybe I’m just misremembering it from before.
Should’ve been done 20 years ago! Along with the rest of the city centre!
Still a kip.
This won’t make any difference, its the definition of a plan that has a positive sounding headline to get good publicity but in reality there’s no detail or forward planning.
College Green is slow moving and buses & taxis are already the only things using it for the majority of the day. And those can’t be banned from using it because that will only create traffic chaos at already clogged junctions further up and down the quays.
Idiotic. Why change it when it was already the case during busy periods? What good does it do?
Several members of my family are mobility impaired wheelchair-users, calls for the widening pedestrianisation of the city will leave a significant chunk of the population totally alienated from the Capital.
What about motorbikes? It’s annoying that they never seem to get any consideration or any mention one way or the other.
Without an underground public transport system they are merely rearranging the deckchairs on the Titanic.
This change will have some but not much impact on rush hour traffic and public transport.
If they want to make a real difference to traffic they need to reduce the number of private cars on the quays.
Great, this just needa to be polices now. Cameras and automatic fines would do the job nicely
I used to own a camper van and loved taking weekend trips down to Kerry, then Kerry county council decided to discourage campervans, I’ve rarely visited Kerry since.
Now Dublin city center is choosing to discourage cars, think the best thing is to stay away. Plenty of other places to spend my money.
Who’s going to tell Google maps?
Bono might finally be able to graze his sheep.
I know if one eejit that bought a taxi plate just so he could drive on bus lanes in Dublin, needs to be way more regulation on when or even if taxis are allowed in these areas