Brendan Burgess
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The cyclists continue to be unregulated & some regularly break the rules of the road, often putting lives in danger. No doubt some of you have read my comments on this elsewhere, so I won't go any further on this thread for now
I don't understand why people keep bringing this up in cycling infrastructure threads (both here and elsewhere). .
In Dublin there is a good deal of hostility towards cyclists. “This doesn’t exist in European cities where there are far more cyclists. In terms of relations between cyclists and other road users, it’s time to grow up.” The Dublin city engineer and director of traffic, Michael Phillips, agrees that there is a certain hostility from pedestrians and motorists towards cyclists in the city.
“There is a lot of anger out there at the moment towards cyclists and a feeling that they are not paying due respect.”
Walking from Castleknock on the left hand side towards the gates is quite exciting.
The amount of cyclists who use this path both entering & leaving the park as a matter of course is phenomenal , you can at least see those approaching you but the real excitement is on a dark winter morning when the only warning you get from a cyclist approaching your rear is a sudden " whoosh "
Gets the adrenaline pumping I can tell you & gets the vocal chords up & running as well !
Olivia Kelly has shot a nice video here of the problems of cycling on the cycle lane in the Phoenix Park. Despite the wonderful footpaths for pedestrians, they insist on walking in the cycle lane.
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She films it with a Dublin Bike at a leisurely pace, but try cycling it at ordinary commuting speed or on a racer. It's very dangerous. ...
I didn't notice any bikes in the bike lane using bells to try and get the pedestrians to move out of the way. Does anyone ever try that? Would it even work in Ireland? It's mandatory here in Germany to have a functioning bell and people are not shy about using them if you stray into the bike part of a double use path.
Would have been really interesting if they had interviewed some of the walkers in the cycle lanes and asked them;
- did you know it was a cycle lane?
- did you see the signs?
- did you notice the bikes?
- did you notice the other path with lots of people on it?
Just to try to identify the root cause....
Walking from Castleknock on the left hand side towards the gates is quite exciting.
The amount of cyclists who use this path both entering & leaving the park as a matter of course is phenomenal , you can at least see those approaching you but the real excitement is on a dark winter morning when the only warning you get from a cyclist approaching your rear is a sudden " whoosh "
Gets the adrenaline pumping I can tell you & gets the vocal chords up & running as well !
Normally people just move out of your way when you ring a bell. It normally not a big deal. It mainly only hassle if its a fine day on a summers evening, as you get loads of extra people in the park and on the cycle path.
If driving a car and there's loads of pedestrians around, you slow down accordingly. Should be the same on the bike. There no excuse for reckless speeds when there's load of pedestrians around.
[tinkling my bell] Works really well for me about 90% of the time.
I'd guess the main part is obvious. Its beside where they park. The cycle lane should be the one further in (if they improve the surface). But that makes rejoining and crossing roads a little bit more tricky.
in the city centre you get people walking on the road all the time. Especially at peak. You've never seen this? Seriously?
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