Re: Re: O’ Connell Street

StephenC: Exactly…what happened to that cyclelane?

I read in the paper recently that O’Connell Street was designed with the provisions of a cycle lane but that it wasn’t included initially since the cycle lane would end abruptly at either end of O’Connell Street; there’s no continuation of a cycle path at either O’Connell Bridge/the quays or Parnell Square.

Frankly this is somewhat of a cop-out really because it implies that even if there were cycle lanes on O’Connell Street cyclists still shouldn’t be using it as they don’t lead anywhere at either end of the street. It’s putting pedestrians, cars and busses before cyclists.

From looking at the street now what I don’t understand is that if, and when cycle lanes are included they would obviously be incorporated into the main road, but why wasn’t the cycle path designed in such a way as to be segregated from the main road and the footpaths like on the Continent? It’s not as though O’Connell Street was lacking in space.