Speaking from experience or you made it up?

easier but they still wouldnt do it, what is it, 8km-15km? anywhere people cycle they cycle on average 3km a day. They tried it on the n11 all the way out a bike lane, and people still get a bus to ucd instead of biking, and they are young students who need the money.. to put it in perspective RTE is 1km away from UCD and Donybrook stadium is 1.5km away. 1km the other way gets you to radisson blu hotel, 1.5km gets you to the top of booterstown road... So people in Stillorgan are already put off, its 3km, 6km return, double what the dutch expect. Basically if you built all the student accomodation for ucd within 1.5km and put cycle paths to them all, the cycle paths would be jam packed.

Have they decided on which side of the canal it will run between Castleknock and Coolmine bridges?... I recall that on one side there wasn't enough space between the canal & railway for an upgraded path .... and the other side would have meant taking space off back gardens in Roselawn

@@kevinindublinthe canal path is already over capacity

Japan has the safest roads in the world but cyclists use the path. Difference? they cycle short distances less than 1km, in netherlands they only cycle up to 1.5km, they potter along as there is no rush. Irish people are expected to do an 8km cycle from blanch? 14km? Such big distances cause people to cycle as fast as they can, not wait at reds, etc. I have been shouted at by comuter cyclists when I cycle for holding them up. They have a 45 minute miserable cycle to and from work, they are not in the mood to potter about.

Cyclists wouldnt build it. They tried a 15km long one to shankill, no one uses it. In netherlands people cycle 3km a day on average. A commute to shankill and back on bike would be 10 times that. Cyclists admitted the key to getting everyone cycling is getting them living 15 mins from work, not building 15km long cycle tracks for no one to use.

It’s not as bad as Clondalkin tho that’s a waste of your life

@@timmurphy4844 They think I'm the one that can bridge the gap, heh, I came to LA to work, but first, where the bitches at? They're telling me Tao or The Highlight Room. If you wanna go through you gotta bring the strap. No way could I trust these hoes, I'm taking their phone if we bring them back, I don't wanna get done, like, nah

plus its 8km - 15km, and people naturally only cycle 1km trips.

The canal is a longer route, plus isn’t paved between castleknock and clonsila and very narrow, it’s actually quite simple for fingal to improve the network by designing bike lanes to the canal and the phoniex park but the main problem is both of those are managed by waterways Ireland and opw who won’t work well with fingal to develop better plans.

@@timmurphy4844the deep sinking is a problem but capacity is also. The canal path is; busy at peak times, used by many delivery guys on electric bikes doing big speeds, narrow in places, and has a series of odd sections where “cyclists dismount”, or there are gates, or awkward rail crossings.

Or maybe they don't like to cycle because theres inadequate infrastructure, and by improving the quality of cycling infrastructure we can increase that figure, while alleviating traffic for those who prefer to drive. Every person who chooses to cycle is one less car to get stuck behind, so increasing the number of cyclists makes the lives of drivers much easier

@@brianholmes1812 yes the more who cycle, the less cars. However, if you’re removing car lanes then you’re making the problem worse. I can speak for myself and those I know, I like cycling but to say the reason I don’t cycle everywhere is because the roads aren’t safe is rubbish. I need to be able to collect kids, bring stuff, go to work. It doesn’t matter how safe it is for cycling because this won’t change. They ruined the Phoenix park with the cycling lanes and still it’s rarely used

@@thomasd2796 common misconception there, but expanding car lanes will create more congestion. Seems counterintuitive but car infrastructure but between inducing demand and creating additional bottlenecks, congestion tends to get worse in areas with additional lanes. On top of that, ultimately extra lanes actually add much less road capacity than a bike lane, due to the inherent space inefficiency if cars. I understand you don't seem to have a cargo bike and would prefer to drive, but even still, by inducing cycle demand we can eliminate far more congestion than an additional car lane would carry

@@brianholmes1812 I didn’t advocate adding more car lanes so not sure why you’ve talked about that. I said about removing current car lanes and how it’s nonsense to do so when only a tiny tiny percentage of people will use it and you’re doing so in order to try to push people away from cars who in some cases aren’t able to cycle everywhere. If you want to cycle that’s fine, just don’t demand infrastructure is changed to suit you when you’re a tiny minority

The car brain is strong in this one.

Hi, creator of the video here. Believe it or not, I'm actually temporarily living in Belfast at the moment. Unfortunately from my experience Belfast is fairly poor for cycling, with the city centre having a single proper cycle path to the city centre. Yes, just one half-protected cycle path starting near Botanic. There's a nice protected cycleway by the river but I wouldn't consider it city centre. Belfast city is still incredibly car-centric with wide multi-lane roads and even five lane one-way roads in the most extreme cases. Dublin city in comparison has a maximum of three lanes at a time, if you count the bus lane. And Dublin has many more cycle lanes, especially more protected ones. On the positive side Belfast has a traffic calmed inner-core, with many pedestrianised streets and bus gates, so cycling in that part is generally easy, even at rush hour. Also Belfast's much wider footpaths are great if you're not confident enough cycling on the roads. Dublin lacks both of these. It's fair to say both have room for improvement 🙂

but in the netherlands people only cycle 3km a day. Its 8km to the m50 alone, thats a 16km round trip a day, but lets go further, lets go to the edge of his circle, thats 14km from the city.. 28km a day vs 3km a day... Every single area already connected to the city does not cycle in beyond a certain limit and it goes beyond all known knowledge that they will. Shankill has a cycle path all the way to town, its 15.6km long, and no one cycles from shankill to town.

There is no legal requirement to wear one. Personally I do if Im cycling especially around city centre. I guess with dublin bikes you would need to be carrying a helmet around with you beforehand 😀

No such thing as road tax.

Your caps lock is stuck and on top of that there is no such thing as road tax. I do pay for your unhealthy car addiction though through healthcare premiums.

Dublin City is basically 15min city already. Very accesible with public transit in most areas. Making improvements to active travel infra is good mate. Touch grass❤

Yes of course but in Poland we have different infrastructure 🤷

Before the 1970s, The Netherlands wasn't the cycling paradise we know it as today (granted it was still safer than anywhere else at the time). But it really wasn't until the 70s when the Dutch government saw too many pedestrians and cyclists being killed by cars on their roads. Their government then made a decision to legislate for bike lanes and footpaths to be wide, and protected by curbs. They were motivated by reducing fatalities - not by worrying about the status symbols of the middle class. And it has paid off beautifully imo. I visited Amsterdam for the first time this year and I've never felt so safe as a cyclist. It was like a dream. But back to Dublin. Once cycling becomes more accessible to everyone, I'm sure the bike market will naturally blossom in proportion. Not to mention that you can already buy multiple new bikes for the cost of an average car. (Also without the added cost of fuel, road tax, insurance, getting a license, etc.) If people can afford a gas guzzling car, they can afford a bike. No question. I understand cars can be useful for longer journeys sometimes, but there's really no excuse for so many cars in the city centre, this video really gets that point across too. And yes, I respect your opinion. While there does seem to be a stigma around cycling in Ireland, there won't be if it becomes the norm. Peace ✌️