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i’m thinking something like an irish bluestone if such thing exists?
with a irish whitish granite pattern irish marco polo style… marco polo marco

the key to planning this bridge is getting rid of the left hand turn lane into con st
getting rid of the right hand turn off the bridge towards liberty hall (which reminds me I need to join)
you can kinda see here the road level would be the same as the footpath all the lanes would become limited to 2

@SunnyDub wrote:

All trams don’t blast people out of it, most just ring their bell and go quietly by…

I fear your College Green Platz idea is hopefully unrealistic, at least in the short-term, I think it’s more Picadilly Circus than a quiet pedestrian zone.

The core issue to be decided first is bus or luas or both, and banning cars, it looks like they’re going for bus & luas and banning cars, I personally don’t see how you can run Luas through there and not significantly disrupt the buses, maybe tunnels are the right option, that’s long-term though and means shelving line BX, no harm really. or maybe bus tunnels and leave luas on the ground as it’s much less intrusive.

The plaza idea is pie in the sky at this stage!

Well the department of transport have had the plan since march.
The core issue is a transport/urban study to examine the options of having no luas bus…
and then decide… We don’t even know how many people are going to move from buses to metro norh inter connector yet..

The plaza is not pie in the sky just hire Jan… or make it a protected structure or make an amendment to the development plan

what does this remind you of???

gunter…

even if we don’t have grand central here its a 150m transfer big deal…
We also have the bus on the quays going east west we also have the red line and we will also have the interconnecter plus we can have a bus route past the tourist office towards merrion is that not enough???

anyway this is what im thinking right now when things are really dead cars cannot go on dark grey
there could be a single luas track east west for the grave yard shifts

It’s a start but its sad a civic framework plan would be prepared by the RPA…
It does no justice to the site st stephens green and all the other metro stations only go to prove this…
There is no detail and no passion no culture…
They have no grasp of the context however if the stop is made where suggested and does not continue it will be a very small start… I know the RPA are trying to keep things generic but with a PPP I would wonder what the results might be…

I would ask that the plans go on public display for 6 weeks by that time I will have another proposal…

the tricolor is no photoshop…

what I cannot fathom is how they propose to add thousands more…
from the green to the con its one big yellow snake at 5:30

where would you draw the line??

just one idea of many we reuse the railings but trim down the height or the trim the stone upstand…

@gunter wrote:

On the Luas, while I accept that it compromises the level of full pedestrianisation that can be achieved on a given street or square, to begin to reject the Luas on these kinds of grounds, for not doing enough to civilize the city, is just a step too far for me.

I don’t know which routes you’re suggesting, I can’t find good alternative routes, that’s the problem. Bearing in mind that if you pick a route that has a high loading of traffic, including bus traffic, already on it, like the Quays for example, the bulk of this displaced traffic will have to be accommodated on an alternative route and one travelling in much the same direction.

how about a compromise we lay the tracks and incorporate them into the hard landscaping design but don’t use them or don’t use them on weekends???

There are loads of routes!!! it comes down on how wet you wanna get and the metro route south of the green and other future rail options…

crayon time…
cscsb can you comment on the blue line impossible?
red line would be free city circle I know some of the turns are messy mini luas/bus ;)…
It’s so easy for CIE to connect into metro north… and we can get rid of that bridge

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@gunter wrote:

Even back in the days of it’s cobblestoned splendour, College Green was still more transportation hub, than pedestrian piazza.

no metro then!! maybe the the RIAI would organize something…
mr president you have nothing to lose;)
we just need a serious prize pool and a nice website…
all these people are lining up to see mamma mia
I hope dublin bus get first dibs as metro drivers…

@cgcsb wrote:

the railings around the old underground toilet at that junction are really lovely. I think that’d be a wonderful location for an enterence to the O’Connell Bridge metro station. It reminds me of the Parisian metro stations. I’m all for pedestrianisation but I still think there should be a bus lane or two and a reserved space for the luas

graham thanks for that barrage now can you just put it on the city architects to do list… and Mozart will be happy to sleep at night

we can have space for luas / road space but it would be highly controlled to put it lightly… bollards flexible nice and easy 123…

we just need the right brief now… as for those toliets down with them in the station with those blue lights so people cannot see their veins…

and dublins newest modified light railing… for the entrance…

your question about views into peoples offices may be able to be fixed with a reflection pond or a moat if trinity have security issues could also have a thin strip of grass but the railings should come down I would think…

gotta picture of the place but no time…