Canals Cycle Route
Posted 23 Nov 2009 to News by Ciaran Fallon
The first stage of the Canals Cycle Route (Portobello to Alfie Byrne Road) is currently at public consultation. Documents can be viewed and comments made by following this link to the Council’s planning system.
10 Comments
John Power
- November 30, 2009 at 10:23 pmIf Priority is given to Cyclists at the Junctions and Cyclist do not need to stop at each set of Lights every 50 Metres then it looks Great, otherwise back to the Drawing board.
We need plenty of Covered Cycling Parking Stands as well along the way.
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- July 7, 2010 at 1:25 pm[...] permission was already approved for the Dublin Canals Cycle Route project. Funding of €10m has been secured from the Department of [...]
Domhnall Ó Muirí
- August 26, 2010 at 4:58 pmA chara,
Whilst the proliferation of cycle lanes must indeed be praised, the quality city wide is generally poor. Lanes adjacent to footpaths are useless and usually are badly maintained. Sharing space with pedestrians is dangerous to all and frequent road junctions defeat the purpose of a cycle route. Cycle lanes must be on the road, be maintained and clenead of glass and enforcement measures taken against motorists who insist on parking on them.
Is mise le meas,
Domhnall Ó Muirí
mark
- September 13, 2010 at 12:51 pmAs a regular Dublin cyclist it seems bizarre to me that this route is having so much money spent on it when it is rarely used by cyclists at all and hardly deserves a dedicated lane considering car traffic along the road is also minimal. Meanwhile routes that actually have high traffic are neglected and the cycle lanes are barely usable. For example a cycle lane should be put in Westmoreland Street way before any backwater canal cycle track.
It can be pretty much guaranteed the new route will be used as a handy bit of press PR for a few weeks and perhaps to fill some kind of EU remit for cycle lanes in a city but as a realistic cycle lane the council again doesn’t know what it is doing.
Graham
- September 21, 2010 at 11:33 amTotally agree that this seems little more than just a publicity stunt as the photographs look pleasant beside the canal. More police patrolled cycle lanes in the city centre are a necessity for commuters and tourists alike to negotiate a v hazardous congested city. Also, standardisation of cycle lanes is important: the one in the photos look pretty but I have not seen this “standard” dual-lane cycle lanes in other places.
Cian Connaughton
- October 13, 2010 at 4:21 pmI cycled by the stretch being constructed on Wilton Terrace, between Leeson St and Baggot St, this morning and I have to say it looked good. Looking forward to trying the route out and hope the toucan crossings along the route work out well. When is it scheduled to finish the route?
KEVIN LANGLEY
- April 12, 2011 at 10:18 amI THINK IF CYCLES ARE GIVEN CYCLE ROUTES,THEY SHOULD PAY ROAD TAX LIKE EVERY ONE ELSE JUST A P.R. JOB OPENING CYCLE TRACKS ALONG THE CANAL WHAT A WASTE OF MONEY LESS PARKING FOR THE CRUSIFIED MOTORIST
Eddie Daly
- April 17, 2011 at 3:18 pmI would gladly pay more road tax on my car to cover the cost of improved cycling lanes.I am quicker on my bike about 18km per hour than my car (average 12km) most of the time anyway. Add it to the petrol to make it fairer. Cheers
Jonathan mills
- April 19, 2011 at 10:57 pmIn Barcelona where cycling is huge they use rubber “bricks” to make a cheap,separation between roads,pavement and cycle path. This works really well and costs a lot less than all of this silly pavement painting which doesn’t enhance safety.
john morris
- April 27, 2011 at 11:39 pmTo Kevin Langley,I got my first bike in 35 years,all I can say to you is get a bike try it and you will be surprised how good it feels.
when petrol is 5 euro a litre,you won’t be using you can for small journeys.
As for road tax,i don’t think any country charges road tax for bikes,how would you inforce it with teenagers and children cycling!!