Comments on: Scrap road signs, save lives says Dublin Transportation Office http://busrage.com/2008/06/09/scrap-road-signs-save-lives-says-dublin-transportation-office/ It's time for an exact change Thu, 04 Dec 2008 05:44:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: armitage http://busrage.com/2008/06/09/scrap-road-signs-save-lives-says-dublin-transportation-office/#comment-50 armitage Fri, 20 Jun 2008 12:13:44 +0000 http://busrage.com/?p=79#comment-50 I can't see this working in Ireland either - we'd need suits of armour walking down Dawson Street! I can’t see this working in Ireland either - we’d need suits of armour walking down Dawson Street!

]]> By: Al http://busrage.com/2008/06/09/scrap-road-signs-save-lives-says-dublin-transportation-office/#comment-46 Al Sun, 15 Jun 2008 00:56:17 +0000 http://busrage.com/?p=79#comment-46 May John Henry die with his hammer in his hand, as per the American legend...well not really; this one is mad and megalomaniacal, it seems. Does he <i>really</i> want chaos to reign on Dublin streets?? Like it or not, optimisation of vehicle movement is the same as optimisation of movement of people, so unless you have another way to get people to get into buses and other public transport versus leaving their cars home, this is a recipe for utter disaster. The article is funny when they talk about trams coming out of Sandyford being "held up". Guess what: back when the Harcourt Street Line was still "heavy rail", the railway was <b>elevated</b> over Harcourt Road/Adelaide Road! and the trains would have been capable of carrying well over 200 persons. (There are plenty of <i>buses</i> that have 200-person capacity.) Shoulda rebuilt the Harcourt Street Line as DART, then? What is the level of enforcement in Drachten, Holland? Now that is not revealed, by <i>any</i> news source, which makes it very, very suspect. After all, road signs followed accidents, not the other way around. Drivers get more cautious around a higher police presence, not because there are no road signs, because a lack of road signs is an invitation to do what you want. Never mind the fact that Drachten has a mere 40,000 inhabitants while Greater Dublin has 1.7 million. Also never mind the chaos that would ensue when you're left guessing as to where to park. May John Henry die with his hammer in his hand, as per the American legend…well not really; this one is mad and megalomaniacal, it seems. Does he really want chaos to reign on Dublin streets?? Like it or not, optimisation of vehicle movement is the same as optimisation of movement of people, so unless you have another way to get people to get into buses and other public transport versus leaving their cars home, this is a recipe for utter disaster.

The article is funny when they talk about trams coming out of Sandyford being “held up”. Guess what: back when the Harcourt Street Line was still “heavy rail”, the railway was elevated over Harcourt Road/Adelaide Road! and the trains would have been capable of carrying well over 200 persons. (There are plenty of buses that have 200-person capacity.) Shoulda rebuilt the Harcourt Street Line as DART, then?

What is the level of enforcement in Drachten, Holland? Now that is not revealed, by any news source, which makes it very, very suspect. After all, road signs followed accidents, not the other way around. Drivers get more cautious around a higher police presence, not because there are no road signs, because a lack of road signs is an invitation to do what you want. Never mind the fact that Drachten has a mere 40,000 inhabitants while Greater Dublin has 1.7 million. Also never mind the chaos that would ensue when you’re left guessing as to where to park.

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