New Advertising in Dublin
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Is there any truth in the rumour that JC Decaux have teamed up with Aircoach to produce a new version of the Metropole…….The prototype is located on Merrion Square adjacent to the American College….Check it out for location,location and…..Location ! 🙂
Pictures please Merrion Square must be off limits and progress for me would be to see Clare Street busses diverted down to Pearse St or from Leinster Street travel Great Cumberland Street
On the Ecocabs I would have very strong reservations on cyclists being allowed into Stephens Green; we all remember Robert Handy being mown down on a Baggot St pavement by a courier and as we know cyclists don’t require third party liability insurance which is fair enough for law abiding commuters but in the case of PSVs I would be reassured to hear that the operatives have received full health and safety training and that passengers have the benefit of adequate public liability insurance.
@ctesiphon wrote:
So I was walking down the street today in Chicago, looking up at the tall buildings, and before I knew what had happened I bumped into something. When I stopped to check, guess what? It was a JC Decaux Advertising Display Unit! 🙂
Bloody Decaux. Bloody tall buildings. 😀
It’s OK, ctesiphon, it seems the forward-thinking people of the city of Chicago have since installed these in strategic locations. Dublin might be next.
Comic relief . I think.
This little vistor is now on my doorstep for the next 15 years .
Objection – €20
Appeal fees – €300
Oral Hearing – 3 days off my holiday allowanceFinding this erected this evening………F***kin B******s
Sorry for the qulaity…hands shaking with rage…
@Smithfield Resi wrote:
This little vistor is now on my doorstep for the next 15 years .
Objection – €20
Appeal fees – €300
Oral Hearing – 3 days off my holiday allowanceFinding this erected this evening………F***kin B******s
Sorry for the qulaity…hands shaking with rage…
why don’t you apply to have your own sign 300mm in front on each side and see what happens.
Or apply to have a plant on either side…Or just find one of those learner drivers for hire;)
Some clearer images:
Sharp edges to split foreheads of careless pedestrians (ever walked into a pole) the blind and young children
Closer look – this really is 90deg – no bevel whatsoever…
Guidelines for Accessibility of the Built Environment
http://www.ncbi.ie/information-for/architects-engineers/guidelines-for-accessibility-of-the-built-environment
3. Routes must be kept clear of obstacles to avoid unnecessary hazards
5. Street furniture should have rounded edges.
5. Street furniture should have rounded edges.Decaux apparantly consulted with NCBI and promised ‘a high stabdard of design’ – they clearly never said what the criteria for the design was.
😡
Wait until you see the one in rathmines, it is in the middle of the f**king pavement! it blocks about 3/4 of the available path. Doubtless, this will cause pedestrians to absently step into one of the busiest cycleways in the city. It’s all so unnecessary and makes my blood boil! If DCC wanted to support cycling in th city why not make it safer for cyclists to move around, this scheme is Sooooooooo counter productive.
The city also does not have a leg to stand on when countering illegal signage and the continued growth of temporary signs. I never realised I could be so enraged by street furniture!
Any chance you could snap a pic, CM00?
And anyone else- I’d be keen to see what these yokes look like in situ, particularly the larger roadside ones.
On which subject, I got this in my inbox this morning, taken yesterday evening by The Brother:
is there a case for “enforcement by the people” here? Is it our civic duty to take a hatchet, petrol and one of these guys to these pieces of urban vandalism?
@CM00 wrote:
Wait until you see the one in rathmines, it is in the middle of the f**king pavement! it blocks about 3/4 of the available path. Doubtless, this will cause pedestrians to absently step into one of the busiest cycleways in the city. It’s all so unnecessary and makes my blood boil! If DCC wanted to support cycling in th city why not make it safer for cyclists to move around, this scheme is Sooooooooo counter productive.
The city also does not have a leg to stand on when countering illegal signage and the continued growth of temporary signs. I never realised I could be so enraged by street furniture!
blocks about 3/4 of the available path. – there is probably a planning permission condition that says that the footpath width may not be reduced below 1.8m – could anyone get out there with a tape measure??
They’re everywhere … strangely enough, the streets are so cluttered already that it’s difficult to say they actually make things worse. Where are the bikes though?
bikes won’t arrive til the Spring. In a seemingly sensible move, kinda, they are holding off launching them in the autumn or winter. The question of why not Spring 08 before the bloody ads came in, although a valid question, is presumably answerable with a barrage of guff from officialdom
bikes won’t arrive til the Spring. In a seemingly sensible move, kinda, they are holding off launching them in the autumn or winter. The question of why not Spring 08 before the bloody ads came in, although a valid question, is presumably answerable with a barrage of guff from officialdom
The true answer is that Decaux then get between €5 and €10 million in ad revenue before they have to provide the service.
They’re everywhere
Any other locations spotted appart from Smithfield, Parnell St and Rathmines?
Plus most of the advertisements in them are currently for a water conservation project by Dublin City Council. Please God they’re not paying for them.
I would be very curious as to the strength of conditions the board puts on metro north and interconnector projects…
I hope the airport parnell ocon the green are ad free 😎
would they ban forever? audio, projections , light displays, everything???
other wise it would be a bit hard to call it architecture???I quite like the units. They are very stylish and complement alot of other street furniture quite well. They are very large though. And the ones I have seen are definately in the most ridiculous spots! Check out the one blokcing the pavement and sightlines from the side street near Rathmines Church. Madness.
When’s the wayfinder signage arriving?
Agreed, they’re not the worst designs in the world, but that was never really my problem with the smaller units.
In addition to my general opposition from the perspective of the pedestrian, there are two basic problems with them from the specific point of view of blind/partially-sighted pedestrians. As noted by Smithfield Redi up there, the corners should be rounded. In addition, as submitted by the DTO to An Bord Pleanála, the full extent of the sign should be detectable on the ground by white stick users. These fail that test.
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