This may be stating the obvious, but a website won't solve our traffic problems. The first issue would provision of an appropriate park-and-ride facility - the website can come later.
Obviously the website can't direct us to Park and Rides that don't exist. But on another thread you seemed to be against Park and Rides as a first step. I think you were in favour of the DTO approach of walking or cycling to the nearst Public Transport. Are you coming around to the Park and Ride idea?
Will you pass the word onto to pedestrians to keep out of the cycle lanes?
I'm not sure they'd listen to me as I drive by. Perhaps if more cyclists used the cycle lanes and told pedestrians to get out of they way pedestrians would be less inclined to walk in those lanes.
If there is a problem with pedestrians driving cyclists back onto the roads then let's get rid of the cycle lanes. And leave the Footpaths for pedestrians.
Er - that's the point. It is a walking and cycling route planner. It's not a public transport or car journey planner. Also - it's not supposed to be some panacea to transport issues around the city as some people seem to think.
If they built a wesite that helped people plan their journey using all methods of transport, most importantly the link between bus routes, Dart Routes and Luas routes. This it might be useful. If their mission is to get people out of cars then a site like that might make an impact.
This site is preaching to the converted. It will be of most use to people who have already reduced their car use and are walking or cycling. The market they need to hit if they want to reduce dependance on private cars is the people who use cars who might be enticed to use Public transport.
The site is a good idea in itself, but I don't see it making much of a contribution (any contribution) to the DTO's stated aim of reducing private car use.
I wonder when they funded this project did they set any targets. E.g. that 1% of car journey's would be planned using this tool and walked or cycled instead. Or did they just build it as a gimmick that sounded like a good idea at the time.
So we can expect that you won't complain if you get stuck in gridlock or can't easily find parking at your destination because others think the same way?
Absolutely, no complaints on that front. Like I say, I'll take the overall most comfortable and quickest journey. If I can switch to public transport for part of the journey I'll do it, but only if it speeds up the journey enough to justify parking and waiting. The only complaint you'll hear from me is if I'm stuck in traffic with no viable public transport option.
In the 10 years of driving in Dublin I've managed to get around quite well.
Im more concerned with things like pointless Tolls and incorrect speed limits than with gridlock
You get stuck from time to time, but I'm fortunate that I rarely travel at peak traffic times. And I never have a problem getting parking at the other end.
I am perhaps also unusual in that I don't mind a 1 hour+ drive to the city center (I find it rarely takes me more than 30 minutes, but I can live with longer). As long as I'm warm, dry and comfortable and there's something decent on the radio, I'm happy. Perhaps it comes from 10 years of driving a 200 mile round trip virtually every weekend.
-Rd