Public transport in Dublin. Chaos - close to breakdown?

peemac said:
Utterly crazy that a "protest" like this is permitted
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Completely agree.

And it could have had serious consequences given that (presumably) traffic was blocked in the tunnel itself. No doubt there'll be more about this in the media tomorrow but I'm already hearing that there was distress involved for some. There would have been elderly people and some young children stuck in that jam and I know a few people who get mild anxiety/panic attacks when travelling through the Port Tunnel. (Where's Joe Duffy when you need him!)

I can imagine the Gardai had no choice but to physically remove this protest before anything really serious occurred:

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Garda public order unit physically remove Gaza protesters blocking Dublin Port amid major traffic disruption

Members of the Garda public order unit have physically removed protesters who were blocking the entrance and exit of Dublin Port for a number of hours today.
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Gardaí were holding position between the protesters and disgruntled truck drivers but a Garda representative then announced that protesters have "gone beyond the reach of a peaceful protest" before they were moved from the entrance and exit.
 
Presumably this protest was linked to the Israelis removing those publicity loving "activists" off their boats as they approached the Gaza coastline?

If Mary-Lou is willing to get involved in infantile stunts like this when she's leader of the opposition, then God only knows what antics she'll get up to if she's elected Taoiseach. (The only thing that can definitely be ruled out is her going on a hunger strike!)
 
Leo said:
Crashes and delays are nothing new, reporting on same is nothing new. Now, you may well be reading more about it, but that's your choice. There's nothing to suggest a deterioration in the punctuality of public transport here overall. We compare well with our European neighbours
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I remember it being much, much worse in the late 90s before they finished the M50. I had colleagues who were taking 2 hours to drive from the northside to the southside to work even then, and that was everyday, not a couple of days per week.

Capacity issues depend on the service though, the 90m ticket has brought a lot of passengers back to Dublin Bus and Irish Rail that they had lost in Dublin.
 
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Salvadore said:
If the S6 route in Dublin is typical of the bus network generally then we really do have a crisis.
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I work in Blackrock. I've a colleague who lives in Tallaght and when we started in 2016 together he still had an annual ticket so he tried getting in by bus. At the time, he was getting one bus to Donnybrook and then changing to I think the 118, which has itself been superseded by the S6 (mostly). It took him 90m, even at 6am. Anyway, I looked up the S6 timetable to see how long it would take him on that route, which is almost identical to his old route minus the bus change - turns out its also 90m.
Some of these are useful extensions to existing services to go a little further, others seem to be basically rebranding. There's a bit of tweaking of where bus lanes begin and end, and moving around bus stops which to be fair is overdue - there's a lot of oversupply of stops and undersupply in other cases. The biggest issue I see is that a lot of areas that are withing 7km of the city are served by multiple overlapping services and there sheer number of stops to pick up and drop off severely delay services mainly catering for people coming from outside the M50 area on the northside and from south of say Stillorgan, on the southside. We are trying too hard to provide for both groups on both services at the same time.
That's why for example, Swords Express has been such a success. So much time spent on the 33 or 41(b/c) is spent picking up passengers in Santry, Whitehall, Drumcondra. The latter move pretty well once they get past Northwood in Santry.
 
Once again, condolences to anyone caught up in Dublin traffic or heading to/from the airport today thanks to a Taxi protest which will no doubt choke up the city on what is the busiest day of the week. (It's apparently been horrendous for the last few weeks - with a LUAS/Bus crash the other day, DART failures for all kinds of reasons and of course the inevitable crashes on the M50.)

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Dublin taxi drivers protest Uber fixed fare system

Hundreds of taxi drivers took part in a protest in Dublin City Centre, with two groups slow driving across the city towards Merrion Square.
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Taxi driver protest may bring Dublin to standstill | Newstalk

Major disruptions to take place as taxi drivers stage a rush-hour protest against a new feature introduced by Uber.
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Major delays across Dublin after debris on train line

There is major disruption to train services in Dublin this morning due to debris on the line.
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But...don't worry if you're late for the show - the headline act is just as likely to be delayed these days!

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‘You have a traffic problem,’ Hans Zimmer tells Dublin before a mesmerising evening with the movie maestro

At 3Arena, Hollywood’s favourite composer performs some of the most moving scores in cinema history
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Anything to be said for a few more cycle-lanes, no left/right turns at major junctions or even some more pedestrianisation / "living streets" schemes?
 
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It took my an hour and a half to get from Glasnevin to Terenure on Tuesday evening. I could have walked it in under two hours.
 
Laughahalla said:
If only the technology existed that made it possible for people to work at home.
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Yea not much technology for the who work as shop assistants, warehouse staff, delivery drivers, those who work in manufacturing, farmers, meat processing, building, healthcare, cleaners, utilities, those who work in restaurants, etc. to work from home.

In fact the vast majority of people who work do not work in offices. Many people who do work in offices have to work on site.

It always struck me during Covid how myopic the whole "get back to the office/work from home" thing was by government officials and TD's who, unlike most people, all worked in offices.
 
Purple said:
In fact the vast majority of people who work do not work in offices. Many people who do work in offices have to work on site
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Can't wait for the result of the consultation to come out.
Another drive that will increas the division in society and push people towards careers where they can wfh and away from jobs that are hands on. The jobs that really matter most.
 
Yea not much technology for the who work as shop assistants, warehouse staff, delivery drivers, those who work in manufacturing, farmers, meat processing, building, healthcare, cleaners, utilities, those who work in restaurants, etc. to work from home.
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The point being that you could take a lot of traffic off the roads and from public transport thus easing congestion for everybody. Especially those who need to get to Glasnevin to Terenure on a Tuesday.
 
Can't wait for the result of the consultation to come out.
Another drive that will increas the division in society and push people towards careers where they can wfh and away from jobs that are hands on. The jobs that really matter most.
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The thread is about public transport in Chaos around Dublin. If people can work from home that will ease the problem. Not about the jobs that really matter. People working from home would make life easier for those who need to be on the road.
 
JoeRoberts said:
Another drive that will increas the division in society and push people towards careers where they can wfh and away from jobs that are hands on. The jobs that really matter most.
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Only if you believe there are enough jobs in the sectors allowing WFH. Those most valuing the ability to work from home tend to be people of a certain age!

For as long as there has been jobs there have been trends on new entrants to the jobs market chasing whatever roles are currently perceived as prestigious or desirable. And sure AI will reduce the numbers of people in a lot of the sectors where people can WFH, and that will likely move the needle in the other direction.

I think we should dispense with the 'jobs that matter most' nonsense too. All jobs matter, and there are plenty of jobs that contribute significantly to society that can be carried out from home. Unless of course you think someone selling junk food that is poisoning our kids is more important than someone keeping the financial systems running. Or that trades working to build a house matter while those who design it or lead project planning and procurement don't.
 
Leo said:
I think we should dispense with the 'jobs that matter most' nonsense too.
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Jobs that produce and deliver power, water and food matter the most. Construction, healthcare, education etc are all significantly less vital.
 
Prime Time Special tonight on RTE1 at 9.30pm.

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'We've done all we can do to fix M50,' warns TII

Transport Infrastructure Ireland says there is almost nothing it can do to address traffic gridlock on the M50, while accepting that the road has reached capacity
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And of course more traffic disruption in the City Centre and beyond today. (Hope the deranged Paddystinians don't find out that Zalensky is Jewish or they'll be mounting more flag-waving protests.)

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Road closures, traffic disruption due to Zelensky visit

Gardaí have warned the public of road closures and potential traffic disruption stemming from the visit of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to Ireland.
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It never ends....

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Further traffic disruption likely as taxi drivers schedule Uber protest for Wednesday

Drivers campaigning against company’s new fixed-fare model set to affect evening rush hour
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