Comments on: Canals Cycle Route

By: john morris

john morris — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 22:39:57 +0000

To 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!!

By: Jonathan mills

Jonathan mills — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 21:57:15 +0000

In 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.

By: Eddie Daly

Eddie Daly — Sun, 17 Apr 2011 14:18:46 +0000

I 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

By: KEVIN LANGLEY

KEVIN LANGLEY — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 09:18:47 +0000

I 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

By: Cian Connaughton

Cian Connaughton — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 15:21:44 +0000

I 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?

By: Graham

Graham — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 10:33:38 +0000

Totally 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.

By: mark

mark — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 11:51:50 +0000

As 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.

By: Domhnall Ó Muirí

Domhnall Ó Muirí — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 15:58:11 +0000

A 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

By: Petition against cycle route goes missing | Dublin Observer

Petition against cycle route goes missing | Dublin Observer — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 12:25:08 +0000

[...] permission was already approved for the Dublin Canals Cycle Route project. Funding of €10m has been secured from the Department of [...]

By: John Power

John Power — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 22:23:35 +0000

If 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.