Re: Re: college green/ o’connell street plaza and pedestrians

@missarchi wrote:

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2010/0129/1224263355833.html

next luas stops with humps?

I don’t know about Luas stops with humps but I do believe there is a reasonable argument for the traffic calming measures you highlight above in certain areas at certain times. DCC in their defense argue that such speed limits have been successful in a number of cities on continental Europe.

However they failed to examine the fact that such limits in these cities only apply in residential areas at different times of the day.
DCC in their (cack handed) wisdom have applied the 30 kph limit across vast tracts of the city centre 24 hours a day in non residential areas.

Expect penalty points for doing 35 kph along the empty quays at 3 in the morning whilst the boy racers in the residential suburbs continue to let rip with one hand on the steering wheel and the other hand raising a middle finger at the rest of us.