Residents with Fingal County Council as their local authority may know about their often bad road design and brutal signage. The Roads Department isn’t good at implementing pedestrian or cyclist facilities in thoughtful ways.
There is a gem of an example on Blanchardstown Road South, behind Power City. There is a nice footpath and off-road cycle track that brings you from the nearby Renault garage to … well, that’s it, it doesn’t go anywhere. A little after you turn the corner and pass the pedestrian crossing, the footpath and cycle track just end. How bloody hard would have been to continue to Clonsilla Road, a mere 200 metres. The area is reserved for Metro West so ownership of the land would not have been a problem. Pathetic.
Not even nearly line up
Looking at the pedestrian crossing points at a nearby roundabout it looks like the Traffic Engineers at Fingal County Council have a wonky ruler.
The dished parts of the pavement on either side don’t even nearly line up. Even a kid would draw a more straight line freehand.
This was designed by the department whose policy is:
to provide appropriate traffic measures to ensure efficient and safe transportation for all road users.
Smoking affects dexterity
I was walking through the business park on the way to work and saw proof that smoking affects dexterity. Most businesses just have the tall, thin bin for cigarette butts. The smokers at this company obviously have difficulty fitting their cigarette butts into the holes in the bin top. I must come to the only conclusion possible – smoking effects dexterity.
Now, the issues at Oracle Ireland seem to extend beyond the dexterity of its smokers, cyclists seem to be either in danger or accident prone. At the car park barrier is a sign directing cyclists to walk to the bike shelter.
Unfortunately the conclusion is not obvious this time – either cyclists (who have managed to cycle to the business park) have difficulty safely making their way past a car park of about 30 cars to a bike shelter – or – the drivers of the cars have a habit of driving into the cyclists who have made it this far.