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    • March 27, 2003 at 10:02 am #706108
      Sue
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      This morning at the KCR I passed two bus shelters with their glass smashed out, and scattered in tiny fragements all along the pavement. It got me to wondering – how come Adshel and Dublin Bus cannot create a gouger-proof transparent glass for bus shelters?

      Anyone got any ideas? Surely there’s some sort of unbreakable plastic that could be used in these bus shelters instead of glass?

    • March 27, 2003 at 10:21 am #725522
      Anonymous
      Inactive

      Originally posted by Sue
      Surely there’s some sort of unbreakable plastic that could be used in these bus shelters instead of glass?

      The problem with plastic is that the shelter will be set on fire causing an even bigger problem. Irish Rail have tackled this problem by installing crude metal shelters at some stations, but these would look completely out of place on any streetscape.

    • March 27, 2003 at 12:01 pm #725523
      Anonymous
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      most stops that have been continually vandalised have had their glass replaced with plastic, looks crap, but is fairly vandal proof …

    • March 27, 2003 at 12:38 pm #725524
      Rory W
      Participant

      I was speaking to someone in Adshel about this a few years ago – and it works out cheaper in the long run to have vanalisable glass – strange eh

    • March 27, 2003 at 12:46 pm #725525
      Anonymous
      Participant

      so the plastic is a lot more exspensive then ? pretty strange alright …

    • March 27, 2003 at 2:16 pm #725526
      LOB
      Participant

      Originally posted by Peter FitzPatrick
      most stops that have been continually vandalised have had their glass replaced with plastic, looks crap, but is fairly vandal proof …

      Usually “Lexan”
      easy to melt -even with a cigarette
      Also UV breaks it down over time (turns cloudy)

    • April 4, 2003 at 12:47 am #725527
      Aken
      Participant

      I wish they would put more thought into where/in what direction they put them, as many offer little protection from the wing and rain.

    • April 4, 2003 at 9:21 am #725528
      shadow
      Participant

      Adshel

      It is not about shelter for people it is about shelter for advertising.

    • April 5, 2003 at 7:06 pm #725529
      Aken
      Participant

      SO what is the roof the seat and the large plate of galss for? Why not just put up a billboard

    • April 6, 2003 at 12:46 pm #725530
      kefu
      Participant

      That’s the trick: They have to pretend it’s for people when it’s sole purpose is really advertising. They would never get planning permission for a billboard or hoarding on the side of the road otherwise. In many other countries, the shelters are actually shelters and face out the other direction so vehicles don’t splash you as they pass.

    • April 7, 2003 at 2:00 pm #725531
      -Donnacha-
      Participant

      DCC doesn’t seem to spend much time thinking about where these shelters go either. There’s one really busy stop at Drumcondra Station with big, opaque phone boxes stuck right in front, in the direction the traffic is coming. Loading bays make it even worse.
      So you get gangs of people leaving the shelter and standing out in the road trying to see around the phone boxes!

    • June 6, 2003 at 10:36 am #725532
      Rory W
      Participant

      There is a new bus shelter similar in style to the taxi shelters (but is definitely a bus shelter) going up outside the eircom HQ on St Stephens green – the shape of things to come? Lets hope so

    • June 6, 2003 at 11:04 pm #725533
      Aken
      Participant

      whats it like i ownt be in town for a while, any pics?

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