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Public Area => Taxi Talk => Topic started by: Justin Time on April 28, 2021, 11:57:22 am

Title: Merrion Row consultation
Post by: Justin Time on April 28, 2021, 11:57:22 am
DCC have put out a consultation with regards to making Merrion Row pedestrianised .

IMO this will have a huge impact on drivers wishing to ply for hire and to get around the city.

If you wish to fill out the form, the link is below

https://consultation.dublincity.ie/traffic-and-transport/merrion-row-consultation/consultation/intro/
Title: Re: Merrion Row consultation
Post by: silverbullet on April 28, 2021, 12:16:11 pm
DCC have put out a consultation with regards to making Merrion Row pedestrianised .

IMO this will have a huge impact on drivers wishing to ply for hire and to get around the city.

If you wish to fill out the form, the link is below

https://consultation.dublincity.ie/traffic-and-transport/merrion-row-consultation/consultation/intro/
We'll end up circling the waggins. 8)
Title: Re: Merrion Row consultation
Post by: markmiwurdz on April 28, 2021, 03:07:29 pm
Sure why not agree and soon we will have one road in and one road out we can drive on,the rest for those heavily taxed cyclists to have to themselves.
Title: Re: Merrion Row consultation
Post by: Shallowhal on April 28, 2021, 04:02:04 pm
Consultation = foregone conclusion.
Title: Re: Merrion Row consultation
Post by: Bob Shillin on April 28, 2021, 04:24:04 pm
How will the routes change, 2 way on SSGE, Hume ST, and Ely?
Title: Re: Merrion Row consultation
Post by: vandriver on April 28, 2021, 04:51:43 pm
Why would the green need to be 2 way?
Title: Re: Merrion Row consultation
Post by: Bob Shillin on April 28, 2021, 05:16:37 pm
Why would the green need to be 2 way?
Access to Hume St via the bus contra flow? I don't know what the proposals are beyond pedestrianisation of Merrion Row.
Title: Re: Merrion Row consultation
Post by: Shallowhal on April 28, 2021, 05:18:24 pm
Well we can't use the contraflow on the Green from the Merrion Row junction so i can forsee other changes.
Title: Re: Merrion Row consultation
Post by: Rat Catcher on April 29, 2021, 03:36:45 pm
Excellent idea. There must be 4 or 5 bars/restaurants that could reopen sooner rather than later with adequate outdoor accommodation.
Title: Re: Merrion Row consultation
Post by: Bob Shillin on April 29, 2021, 04:20:43 pm
Well we can't use the contraflow on the Green from the Merrion Row junction so i can forsee other changes.
. They might change that?
Title: Re: Merrion Row consultation
Post by: Rat Catcher on April 29, 2021, 07:29:25 pm
I made my submission identifying myself as a "taxi driver operating up above in Dublin". I commented "excellent idea" on the proposal and answered "No" in every other comment box, selecting the in favour of proposal option at the end.

It only takes a minute or two so I would urge everyone to click the link and help get Dublin eating and drinking outdoors as soon as, and as much as, possible.
Title: Re: Merrion Row consultation
Post by: silverbullet on April 29, 2021, 11:43:52 pm
I made my submission identifying myself as a "taxi driver operating up above in Dublin". I commented "excellent idea" on the proposal and answered "No" in every other comment box, selecting the in favour of proposal option at the end.

It only takes a minute or two so I would urge everyone to click the link and help get Dublin eating and drinking outdoors as soon as, and as much as, possible.
We used to deride those who ate outdoors and drank in fields and also lived in mobile housing. Who's laughing now? 8)
Title: Re: Merrion Row consultation
Post by: Rat Catcher on April 30, 2021, 04:13:24 pm
All the pubs that are currently open are supposed to be takeaway only... yet you don't see m(any) walking the streets with pints in the hands.
Title: Re: Merrion Row consultation
Post by: silverbullet on April 30, 2021, 11:49:09 pm
All the pubs that are currently open are supposed to be takeaway only... yet you don't see m(any) walking the streets with pints in the hands.
Pints are covered with paper coffee cups. At least down the Concorde they are, allegedly.
Title: Re: Merrion Row consultation
Post by: Rat Catcher on May 03, 2021, 08:24:15 pm
Why? The same rules apply to coffee as pints.