Cunts on Ghost Bikes

[Little_Lord_Fauntleroy]

Guerin filleted her

the reason she was against New st was because wheelchair access to the health centre yet she has no concerns for it here. He called her a populist

[TheUlteriorMotive]

I think lads need to reflect on the casual misogyny this morning. It’s not cool.

[Fagan_ODowd]

@Little_Lord_Fauntleroy

Guerin filleted her

the reason she was against New st was because wheelchair access to the health centre yet she has no concerns for it here. He called her a populist

He hit the nail on the head. She’s a chip off the old block.

Bill here at 18 minutes.

Stephen Roche David Walsh Late Late Show 2002 part2

[Locke]

Hey, careful now.

@Julio_Geordio

That’s the protestants for you

[Fagan_ODowd]

@Fagan_ODowd

As churchgoers gathered inside Howth Presbyterian Church for Sunday Service, outside a cyclist moved towards the middle of the road as cars of congregation members were parked along the white-lined cycle lane.

Here in the north Dublin suburb the right to worship has collided with the right to cycle as plans to install a segregated cycle lane with bollards on the Howth Road have caused “distress”, according to minister Alastair Dunlop.

The installation of the bollards will prevent illegal on-street parking in the cycle lane which runs for several kilometres on the Howth Road.

Churchgoers say Fingal County Council’s plans to install bollards will prevent people – in particular the elderly – attending the church, as no alternative parking has been provided and public transport is “not adequate”.

However, Fingal Cycling Group, which supports the segregated cycle lane, says it will prevent the illegal parking that has created “unacceptable danger” on the road.

‘Major problem’

Margaret McKenna, the church’s clerk of session, says there will be a “major problem” if parishioners cannot park outside the church as the majority cannot physically walk or cycle the distance from Howth.

Ms McKenna (74) says travelling by car is the “only alternative”, and a request for a 200m space without bollards was declined by the council.

“My husband had a stroke so he can’t come on the bus, he can’t cycle and he can’t walk. For us, the only alternative is the car.”

She says if bollards are installed, she will no longer be able to attend services, which goes against her right to worship.

“I have no problem with the cycle lane and I agree that they [cyclists] need to be facilitated and kept safe, but if we could just have a 200m space with no bollards for two hours on a Sunday, that would solve the problem,” she says.

Mr Dunlop says the insertion of bollards outside the church is “very distressing”.

“To think that they might not be able to get close to the church, especially if they have young kids with prams and older people,” the minister says.

He says people travel from a wide area to attend the church and “our ability to grow and attract new people in the community will be hampered”.

Churchgoer Micheál Bolger, who travels from Finglas by car with two children, says if parking is unavailable they will have to consider “other [church] options”.

“I think there just needs to be a common sense approach . . . This is one hour on a Sunday morning, offpeak,” he says.

Mr Bolger, who commutes to work by bike, says walking from Howth to attend the church “with two young boys, that’s just very difficult”.

Dissatisfaction

However, other cyclists have expressed their dissatisfaction with a lack of segregated cycleways in the city. Alan Kelly from Oldtown in north Dublin, who frequently cycles on the Howth Road, says the cycle lane is “literally just painted on the road itself. It’s a white line and it’s basically ignored and used in every shape and form.”

Mr Kelly says “a white line is not a barrier”, and cycle lanes in Dublin are “not fit for purpose” because they are largely unsegregated.

Vinnie Meyler, secretary of Dublin Cycling Campaign, says cyclists are “very much at the mercy of motor vehicles”. He says a lack of properly constructed segregated cycleways is preventing people from feeling safe.

In a statement last week, the council said the installation of bollards was “intended to improve road safety and create a safe environment for vulnerable road users and children to safely walk or cycle”.

It said parking was already prohibited along both sides of the Howth Road, as cycle lanes were in place, though not protected. “There is also car parking available within the church grounds,” the council said.

Fingal County Council have faced down these zealots and Aoibhinn Tormey and her Fine Gael buddies and have put up the bollards outside the Presbyterian church

[Little_Lord_Fauntleroy]

gov.ie - Ryan plans for acceleration in active travel post covid (www.gov.ie)

[Little_Lord_Fauntleroy]

Projects in Dublin Fingal to receive funding:

FCC/12/0001	Donabate Estuary Walking and cycling route, Broadmeadow way	€400,000
FCC/13/0001	S2S Extension Sutton to Malahide large scheme	€200,000
FCC/18/0001	Harry Reynolds Road Cycle Track	€1,000,000
FCC/19/0001	Swords Cycle Network – sustainable swords	€100,000
FCC/20/0001	Donabate Bridge	€100,000
FCC/20/0008	Churchfield Roads (co fund)	€2,500,000
FCC/21/0004	Donabate Green Routes (Hearse Rd/Main St/Portrane Rd)	€100,000
FCC/21/0011	R132 Design (junctions)	€100,000
FCC/22/xxxx	St Cronins Road	€1,750,000
FCC/22/xxxx	Rathingle/Rivervalley Rd Swords”	€1,200,000
FCC/22/xxxx	R132 Ministers Road to Blakes Cross + Kilhedge Lane (Quite Route)”	€550,000
FCC/22/xxxx	Seatown Roundabout to Estuary Road (Swords to Malahide)”	€1,225,000
FCC/22/xxxx	Donabate to Portrane (R126) – Distributor Rd to Portrane Avenue	€1,225,000
FCC/22/xxxx	Balbriggan – Coney Hill
From Devlin Bridge to Bremore Cottages	€925,000
FCC/22/xxxx	Skerries – Harbour Road
(Footpath build-outs)	€925,000
FCC/22/xxxx	Rush – South Beach

(Bawn Rd across carpark and out to S Shore Rd)
New footpath & cycle path|€500,000|
|FCC/22/xxxx|New Street Permanent Scheme|€500,000|
|FCC/22/xxxx|Local connections to S2M and Broadmeadow|€200,000|
|FCC/22/xxxx|Permeability Links North County|€500,000|
|FCC/22/xxxx|Skerries Active Travel Plan|€100,000|
|FCC/22/xxxx|Balbriggan road mill street and Drogheda st|€100,000|
|FCC/22/xxxx|Balrothery Active Travel Review|€185,000|
|FCC/22/xxxx|Seamount Heights to Old Golf Links Park|€300,000|
|FCC/22/xxxx|Broomfield to Paddy’s Hill via Naomh Marnog GAA|€20,000|
|FCC/22/xxxx|Chapel Road to An Teagasc Building|€20,000|
|FCC/22/xxxx|Scoil an Duinninigh to Waterside footpath and cycleway|€20,000|

[Spidey]

[flattythehurdler]

I don’t think it says cyclists should ride two abreast.

[balbec]

That’s mental

[TheUlteriorMotive]

5ft. John Bull loves all things Imperial

[glasagusban]

Take that cagers!

[LionelRitchie]

Why wouldn’t they be obliged to use a cycle lane that’s purpose-built for them?

[Little_Lord_Fauntleroy]

sometimes they arent fit for purpose

[MountLeinster]

Because they can’t be arsed.

[caulifloweredneanderthal]

That’s the problem. Huge amount of debris, broken glass, potholes, etc. in them. When maintained, they’re fine, but most of the time, they’re in bad nick.

[caulifloweredneanderthal]

No 5 is bonkers

[LionelRitchie]

And where they are fit for purpose? Obviously cyclists/people of the bike need to come off it if taking a right hand turn or possibly overtaking.

But doesn’t seem right saying they’re not obligated to use a facility purpose built for them without specifying suitable occasions. Otherwise reads like they can ignore cycle lanes entirely and ride in the middle of the road as per other image

[balbec]

Best of luck with that one

[Fagan_ODowd]

@LionelRitchie

Why wouldn’t they be obliged to use a cycle lane that’s purpose-built for them?

It’s very hard to achieve a personal best in a cycle lane. Too many slow VRUs.