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Re: Collage green
« Reply #15 on: January 11, 2024, 06:47:29 pm »
To muddy things up more taxi does not appear on the new "bus" green lights but we are expected to go on the bus green.

I rang up someone in the corpo office who told me this but it wouldn't surprise me if some insurance company decides to contest it in the event of an accident.

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Re: Collage green
« Reply #16 on: January 11, 2024, 08:22:21 pm »
To muddy things up more taxi does not appear on the new "bus" green lights but we are expected to go on the bus green.

I rang up someone in the corpo office who told me this but it wouldn't surprise me if some insurance company decides to contest it in the event of an accident.
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Re: Collage green
« Reply #17 on: January 11, 2024, 09:12:57 pm »
From Monday the 29th May 2023 the current College Green bus gate will be expanded to 24 hours 7days per week, prohibiting private vehicles from travelling through in all directions.

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That's good enough for me,private vehicles are excluded.

Most day lads  use it every day at all hours.

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Re: Collage green
« Reply #18 on: January 12, 2024, 01:26:15 am »
From Monday the 29th May 2023 the current College Green bus gate will be expanded to 24 hours 7days per week, prohibiting private vehicles from travelling through in all directions.

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That's good enough for me,private vehicles are excluded.

Most day lads  use it every day at all hours.

Agreed.  But they can get specific when they want to...  E.g., Top of North Frederick Street - "PSV" and not just "Buses" unlike College Green busgate.  BTW, I'm not trying to be argumentative, just curious/confused.

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Re: Collage green
« Reply #19 on: January 12, 2024, 05:30:17 am »
From Monday the 29th May 2023 the current College Green bus gate will be expanded to 24 hours 7days per week, prohibiting private vehicles from travelling through in all directions.

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That's good enough for me,private vehicles are excluded.

Most day lads  use it every day at all hours.

Agreed.  But they can get specific when they want to...  E.g., Top of North Frederick Street - "PSV" and not just "Buses" unlike College Green busgate.  BTW, I'm not trying to be argumentative, just curious/confused.


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Re: Collage green
« Reply #20 on: January 12, 2024, 05:38:29 am »
We are PSV's though.

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Re: Collage green
« Reply #21 on: January 12, 2024, 07:51:43 am »
Yeah, I know.  That's my point.  This implies that North Frederick Street ("PSV") is inclusive for buses and taxis while College Green ("buses") is exclusive so only buses and no taxis?

I know hundreds of taxis use College Green daily but the logic of those signs suggests they shouldn't be?
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Re: Collage green
« Reply #22 on: January 12, 2024, 08:18:08 am »
The College Green (buses, trams & bicycles) would suggest motorbikes are banned as well?
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Re: Collage green
« Reply #23 on: January 12, 2024, 04:48:26 pm »
We're agreeing 99% with other.  I'm just saying the word taxi does not seem to appear on the southbound traffic sign.

The old sign (from Google Earth) was:



and the new sign I saw today looked something like this  :P



No mention of taxis in either one!
I drove through last night out of curiosity [behind a stream of other taxis], and the second sign is currently the official one.

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Re: Collage green
« Reply #24 on: January 13, 2024, 01:23:37 pm »
From Monday the 29th May 2023 the current College Green bus gate will be expanded to 24 hours 7days per week, prohibiting private vehicles from travelling through in all directions.

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That's good enough for me,private vehicles are excluded.



Proves you can read so consciously chose to ignore relevant signage, I guess... although ignorance is no defence unless you happen to be a member of An Garda Siochana unfamiliar with the geographically imposed jurisdictional boundaries of the Free State as per Free State -vs- Hutch.
If it doesn't have a roof sign and door stickers it's not a taxi.

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Re: Collage green
« Reply #25 on: January 13, 2024, 01:33:28 pm »
However, I did see a sign last night that you could use in defence if necessary. As I approached College Green from D'Olier St or Westmoreland St (can never remember which is which buth the one that flows Northside to Southside) there was one of those digital information boards which stated that College Green is closed to all vehicles except "public service vehicles". While I suspect the legal effect of such a sign is either non-existent or negated by the sign at point of entry to the restricted passageway it could certainly be used to construct a valid argument i.e. a certain degree of forward planning is necessary in tackling city traffic e.g. if such an information sign told you there's 2,356 free parking spaces in Fleet Street car park you'd be justified in assuming you can park in one free of charge, right?
If it doesn't have a roof sign and door stickers it's not a taxi.

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Re: Collage green
« Reply #26 on: January 13, 2024, 04:41:25 pm »
I went out today  cause i was bored ...an got 1 job inta town an went by trinity .....
It says buses trams an bikes .....taxis are excluded by ther ommission.....why isn't ther uproar over this from the hotels an cripples ?.....seems the Greens are after pullin a fast one .....nuttin on the telly or nuttin about it
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Re: Collage green
« Reply #27 on: January 13, 2024, 05:03:35 pm »
Can't remember,but whats does the sign say for turning right on to Eden Quay from O Connell Bridge.
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Re: Collage green
« Reply #28 on: January 13, 2024, 05:03:35 pm »
I went out today  cause i was bored ...an got 1 job inta town an went by trinity .....
It says buses trams an bikes .....taxis are excluded by ther ommission.....why isn't ther uproar over this from the hotels an cripples ?.....seems the Greens are after pullin a fast one .....nuttin on the telly or nuttin about it

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Re: Collage green
« Reply #29 on: January 13, 2024, 05:07:02 pm »
I think the council are pulling these signs out of the parts bin! 

I went the other way today - from Dame St southbound towards Westmoreland St.
Right turn from Georges St onto Dame St:  Public Service Vehicles, Motorbikes, Bicycles
@ Pens Corner where private cars turn right: Buses, Taxis, Bicycles & Access
College Green @ taxi rank: Public Transport only.

And as a reminder:
Southbound from D'Olier St to Dame St, it's:  Buses, Trams & Bicycles
And RC spotted a mobile sign: Public Transport Only
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