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Drivers braced for more speed limits - Evening Herald
By Cormac Murphy
Monday April 26 2010
MOTORISTS are to be hit with further speed reductions in Dublin city centre.
Dublin City Council has signalled its intention to bring down limits on roads where there is a high concentration of cyclists.
The information was revealed in the council's Cycling Action Plan 2010-2015. It comes following the controversial 30km/h limit on the quays.
One of the stated aims of the cycling plan is to "reduce vehicular speeds in the city centre core".
The document adds: "Where high volumes of cyclists mix with motorised traffic in the city centre, we will seek to improve safety by reducing the speed differential between modes."
Other aims include introducing "a system of automated real-time counting of cyclists".
This data will be fed into the traffic control system and then displayed publicly, thereby notifying drivers of places where there are large numbers of cyclists.
The council also intends to "increase the number of on-street cycle stands in the city centre".
It will provide cycle stands at suburban retail centres as well.
"In addition, Dublin City Council will work with other agencies to deliver high-quality cycle parking at new public transport interchanges planned under Transport 21," the plan says.
Further proposals include constructing 'green routes' around the Grand and Royal Canals and Dublin Bay "to facilitate leisure cycling and encourage cycling tourism".
The council has already revealed it is to impose a 30km/h driving zone on Long Mile Road.
The lower limit will operate during the morning peak time between 8.15am to 9.30am and in the afternoon between 12.45pm and 4.15pm.
The council plans to have it enforced "from a point 70m west of (Long Mile Road's) junction with Walkinstown Parade to a point 80m east of its junction with Slievebloom Park".
Earlier this year, the local authority was embroiled in controversy when it introduced a 30km/h zone on the quays.
The limit brought in last January applies from Bolton Street in the north inner city to Kevin Street Lower and St Stephen's Green on the other side of the Liffey. It also extends from the Church Street and Bridge Street areas in the west to Gardiner Street, Tara Street and Dawson Street on the east.
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