Cyclists

[Hank Scorpio]

I'd have no problem at all in saying each and every one of those transgressors deserve a parking ticket. TBH I just can't understand their complete disrespect for other road users.

The big difference seems to be though, while motorists that I know agree that those who break the rules and throw their car where they like deserve to be fined, cyclists don't seem to want cyclists who break the rules of the road to be fined.

From the horses mouth

https://twitter.com/x/status/1659845175030558720

No one is using them.

 

[Hank Scorpio]

By-passed East-West North Ring - oh spot the loony who hasn't an idea of Cork City traffic flow. Good luck trying to move from the western suburbs to the eastern suburbs using the "North Ring" road

Wellington Road/St Lukes is going to be a nightmare by the time they've finished ballsing up MacCurtain Street.

 

[SoundMan]

Also correct. It crosses the river at the Christy Ring Bridge and nowhere else. At no stage is it connected to the South Ring Road. We need a proper Ring Road starting at Ovens and ending at Dunkettle.

Coming in the western road and down the dyke you're funneled into a single lane that snakes along Prospect Row and Bachelors Quay. You can go left over NG bridge but that just brings you up Shandon Street and is pretty unsuitable for heavy traffic. Alternatively it's on up past the bridewell and OpraHouse Quay over CR Bridge and eventually up into the North inner-ring road which is a dose. Traffic from say the Kingsley in the West to Silversprings in the East could take you anything from half an hour to an hour using the North Ring Road.
In fact, if you use google maps the suggested route from the Kingsley to Silversprings is to use the south ring and come back in from the dunkettle roundabout - that's how much of a mess travelling West-East on the North Ring is!

 

[Stacky]

By-passed East-West North Ring - oh spot the loony who hasn't an idea of Cork City traffic flow. Good luck trying to move from the western suburbs to the eastern suburbs using the "North Ring" road

North ring to Silversprings and tunnel or East/West via South ring

 

[PROCNA2018]

From the horses mouth

https://twitter.com/x/status/1659845175030558720

No one is using them.

Did he really say - cycle lanes are not for those cycling now? like they are some kind of gateway drug equivalent for new cyclists? that is a staggering level of entitlement and I am more of a fan of Mr Boyle than most.

 

[Hank Scorpio]

Did he really say - cycle lanes are not for those cycling now? like they are some kind of gateway drug equivalent for new cyclists? that is a staggering level of entitlement and I am more of a fan of Mr Boyle than most.

If you build it they will come ?

 

[Stacky]

Did he really say - cycle lanes are not for those cycling now? like they are some kind of gateway drug equivalent for new cyclists? that is a staggering level of entitlement and I am more of a fan of Mr Boyle than most.

The thing is that the State is planning ahead for once and future use and capacity be it road/rail/light rail/cycling/active travel etc. via public transport rather than more failed parking and city centre traffic jams etc.

 

[Hank Scorpio]

lol

 

[timmyjimmy82]

Coming in the western road and down the dyke you're funneled into a single lane that snakes along Prospect Row and Bachelors Quay. You can go left over NG bridge but that just brings you up Shandon Street and is pretty unsuitable for heavy traffic. Alternatively it's on up past the bridewell and OpraHouse Quay over CR Bridge and eventually up into the North inner-ring road which is a dose. Traffic from say the Kingsley in the West to Silversprings in the East could take you anything from half an hour to an hour using the North Ring Road.
In fact, if you use google maps the suggested route from the Kingsley to Silversprings is to use the south ring and come back in from the dunkettle roundabout - that's how much of a mess travelling West-East on the North Ring is!


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I've just searched your exact trip right now just before 8:30am on a Tuesday morning. It takes 24 mins to go through the city and 25mins to use the tunnel according to google maps. Also it takes 24 mins on a bike through the city.

Here's an idea, maybe the city centre isn't a thoroughfare for those who want to go east to west?

 

[Hank Scorpio]

Lol