It’s not about increasing them, it’s about preserving them.But as a retailer, most of you revenue is coming from people who don't drive. There's no way of increasing the number of drivers; there's no room for them.
It is not proven what would happen if cars were banned....
I think eamon Ryan trying to open this up again, charging for public sector parking spaces. However this time he let the cat out of the bag when he said sure most of them re only working 2 days a week in office so no longer need them. I doubt that went down well down the zoom calls. However, the Public Sector stopped it getting implemented. Most of the cars and parking within the city centre (between the canals) are Public Sector employees.
Some business will be lost. Some will be gained. I don't know how it will balance out. And I have no idea how you can tell that many city centre retailers will be killed off completely.Are you actually serious?
People use their cars to transport both people and goods. If they go into town in their car, but various mid size to larger items, they put them in the boot of their car, or the back seat. They don't want to (or may not be able to) carry the goods to the bus stop, the train station, or put them in a small basket on the front of a bike.
Many city centre retailers are already under server pressure from online competition, who don't have to pay high rates, property prices, sales staff etc. This plan is going to kill them off, completely!
Well you will be delighted to know that in addtion to cycle lanes and lettuce growing, there are other developments which sound more to your taste including:You must be joking - the (Irish) Greens have proven, over the last few years, that they don't have the ability to think big, nor deliver big - they focus on a new dozen cycle lanes, and growing lettuce in widow boxes, when they should have been building enough wind farms, along the edge of the Atlantic, to power half of Europe!
I could go on, but it's more appropriate to a seperate discussion thread.
Together, all four farms will provide 3GW of renewable electricity, which is around 36% of Ireland’s electricity based on 2023 consumption levels.
How about the retailers just deliver the products once they have been bought? As they already do in many cases. Then we can have a nice car free city.If they go into town in their car, but various mid size to larger items, they put them in the boot of their car, or the back seat. They don't want to (or may not be able to) carry the goods to the bus stop, the train station, or put them in a small basket on the front of a bike.
It's a fair point but this plan is not a car free city.How about the retailers just deliver the products once they have been bought? As they already do in many cases. Then we can have a nice car free city.
Could this be Dublin / Limerick / Cork etc? https://www.politico.eu/article/pontevedra-city-pioneer-europe-car-free-future/
Oops. Eamon won't be happy with me letting that slip.It's a fair point but this plan is not a car free city.
I'd go in to Dublin more often if there were fewer cars and it was more pleasant to walk around. Dublin is a pain to navigate any great distance on foot, you spend so long waiting at pedestrian crossings that are timed to prioritise the movement of traffic.Which is a strawman argument. Banning cars from the City Centre won’t attract more people. The salient point is that car drivers spend more.
Times have changed, people aren't walking out of city centre shops with large bulky items these days. Most bulky items are delivered to the home, or people buy them from an out-of-town retailer where they can easily park at the door. Look at the concentration of retailers selling small high-value items close to the centre and you'll see what sells there.People use their cars to transport both people and goods. If they go into town in their car, but various mid size to larger items,
He's probably busy recruiting his secret police for the 15 minute city dictatorship.Oops. Eamon won't be happy with me letting that slip.
Depends how bulky. I wouldn't collect a fridge, but I walked away with a TV and put it in the car a couple of months ago. Which of course, I could still do in Jervis.Times have changed, people aren't walking out of city centre shops with large bulky items these days. Most bulky items are delivered to the home, or people buy them from an out-of-town retailer where they can easily park at the door. Look at the concentration of retailers selling small high-value items close to the centre and you'll see what sells there.
I was talking about the Civil Servants, the real government.
But would you spend enough additional money with city centre retailers to cancel-out their losses as a result if high-spending car drivers being effectively prohibited.I'd go in to Dublin more often if there were fewer cars and it was more pleasant to walk around. Dublin is a pain to navigate any great distance on foot, you spend so long waiting at pedestrian crossings that are timed to prioritise the movement of traffic.
High spending car drivers are not effectively prohibited. They can either continue to drive to places like Jervis, or they can choose not to drive and come in by other means of transport.But would you spend enough additional money with city centre retailers to cancel-out their losses as a result if high-spending car drivers being effectively prohibited.
The city center is not just for retailers profit. Every decision does not have to be based on whether businesses can survive. As a previous poster has said the proposed change may be bad for some but may be good for other businesses.But would you spend enough additional money with city centre retailers to cancel-out their losses as a result if high-spending car drivers being effectively prohibited.
How are they being prohibited?? I think you're making things up now.But would you spend enough additional money with city centre retailers to cancel-out their losses as a result if high-spending car drivers being effectively prohibited.
Unless of course there is a Deep State conspiracy to effectively prohibit them.How are they being prohibited?? I think you're making things up now.
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