Work has just commenced on new segregated cycleway in Dublin 15. Looking forward to completion of scheme in the next couple of weeks @Fingalcoco @Fingal_Cycling @AndrewNolan5 @DarraghOBrienTD pic.twitter.com/RJUQawCZkz
— Dave storey (@davestorey18) October 28, 2020
This afternoon.
Mountview Road, Dublin 15.
Bit of a squeeze, but progress spose.
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Is this really progress ?
They will look nice under our new drone craft I suppose?
The people who design these cycle lanes in Dublin have never sat on a bicycle in their lives.
Or tried to overtake on a bike..
I suspect that lane is too narrow to fit a street cleaner.
I’ve never been overly enamoured by cycle lanes. In the 90s, I cycled in central London, the cycle lanes were the bus and black cab lanes. Cycle couriers, who clearly had no regard for their own life/safety would weave in and out traffic and hop onto side-walks with people having to move aside. Not a great optic for the regular cyclist. In Brighton’s expansively wide and extensive seafront promenade, there’s a clearly marked cycle lane, yet pedestrians/tourists who are eating their fish ‘N’ chips/ice-creams, who battle with the swooping, marauding sea-gulls mill about in the cycle lane. I got my HGV1 licence nearly 20 years ago. The number one safety rule whilst driving a 65ft long vehicle, was look out for cyclists. There’s an additional mirror on every HGV vehicle – it’s called ‘The Cyclist Mirror’. There are so many blind-spots of a long vehicle – cyclists can be alongside the truck – beside the kerb, I promise you, it’s not a good idea. Also, anyone driving behind an artic – occasionly the truck will display the rear sticker on the trailer – “If you can’t see my wing mirrors – I can’t see you!” THIS IS COMPLETELY TRUE – YOU’RE TOO CLOSE! In 2010ish I drove a truck for Westlife on their UK tour – after completing a two week tour with David Gray – I wasn’t that great at following bridge weight restraints in Oxford. I went over a 3.5T bridge in a 18.5T Artic, I couldn’t reverse – it was a one way, someone called the cops – it was a palaver, altogether. I think my point is, cycle lanes aren’t respected, however wide. I hope this new scheme works out.
Have the psycho seagulls been around that long..!!!
It’s very weird that the single most useful device for saving pedestrians and cyclists is seldom used: transparent doors on trucks.
It’s also strange that giant trucks are allowed to drive through highly populated areas.
And speed – Amsterdam has just legislated to make the whole city a 30km/h zone, That would save so many lives in Irish cities and towns.
Correction: the 30km/h limit is throughout the Netherlands https://ecf.com/news-and-events/news/30-new-50-dutch-reduce-default-speed-limit-nation-wide
Yes, I believe @ 20 years – the psycho sea-gulls – Hmm,…
a 2.5 foot wide bicycle death trap