BUSRAGE Discussions: Forum: Car Free Day

BUSRAGE Discussions: Forum: Car Free Day - Recent Posts http://busrage.com/forum/ BUSRAGE Discussions: Forum: Car Free Day - Recent Posts en Thu, 21 Aug 2008 18:58:45 +0000 Anonymous on "If you think Dublin City Council's bad.." http://busrage.com/forum/topic/1655#post-4354 Thu, 22 Sep 2005 13:38:22 +0000 Anonymous 4354@http://busrage.com/forum/ and the train? [posted by: a2000] Irene Delaney on "If you think Dublin City Council's bad.." http://busrage.com/forum/topic/1655#post-4353 Thu, 22 Sep 2005 06:52:18 +0000 Irene Delaney 4353@http://busrage.com/forum/ Just to let you know that i have tried 3 times this year to leave my car at home the last day being last Tuesday when the 66X bus flew by me in Dawson Street. I had to race down to Westmoreland Street to catch a Maynooth bus and i had to stand the whole way to Leixlip. There is "no" adequate bus service for the people of Captains Hill at peak times. Leixlip and Maynooth are cater for but not Captains hill. At peak times the Maynooth buses are dangerously overcrowded. i have no choice but to take my car to work until there is a proper bus service for Captains Hill. The service that is ther is dangerously overcrowded especially on the 7.50 bus from River Forest. With the population now up Captains Hill/Confey you would think there would at this stage be an adequate bus service. I am speaking specifically about peak times when people are going to and from work. dave jones on "If you think Dublin City Council's bad.." http://busrage.com/forum/topic/1655#post-1655 Sat, 03 Jan 2004 10:58:57 +0000 dave jones 1655@http://busrage.com/forum/ If you think Dublin City Council's response to European car free day. Cork City Council decided to cancel the event completely on the grounds that it would cause too much disruption to traffic :) Al on "Three hours" http://busrage.com/forum/topic/1352#post-1364 Sat, 27 Sep 2003 01:45:39 +0000 Al 1364@http://busrage.com/forum/ Progress is measured in resultsand what seems to be reported here is that there was little to none, if not regress in many ways. Now, if they had truly been into the whole car-free-day business, then they would have scrambled (or properly pre-planned) to set up remote park/ride lots for cars to park at so that buses or trains could get them in and out of town and around/through the car-free zones. Maybe even some bicycle-renting setups could have been appended to such efforts, if applied that isbut all of this is past tense, and on to next year Richard Barrett on "Three hours" http://busrage.com/forum/topic/1352#post-1360 Thu, 25 Sep 2003 14:48:55 +0000 Richard Barrett 1360@http://busrage.com/forum/ Perhaps the fact that car free day was on a weekday, not a Saturday, means there has been some small element of progress? AlekSmart on "Three hours" http://busrage.com/forum/topic/1352#post-1358 Mon, 22 Sep 2003 19:03:38 +0000 AlekSmart 1358@http://busrage.com/forum/ You are so Right,Al my man....and yes the thrust of LUAS was altered some time ago to one of Competing with BUSES rather than having any meaningful effect of private CAR usage. The man is in trouble,along with his party and its leader.....Why do you think he has suddenly gone quiet on the breakup CIE business. Also there is only so much of the "Hey...Im a polititian not an engineer" pahlavah that the proles will take before they smell a Bum...and yes Al,it`s that kinda Bum too ! Al on "Three hours" http://busrage.com/forum/topic/1352#post-1357 Mon, 22 Sep 2003 13:18:12 +0000 Al 1357@http://busrage.com/forum/ would#&146;nt you like to get the bums on seats Problem is, the worse definition of bum would also apply, meaning the drug-addicted, unsavoury type, and that would not encourage too much car-free travel Or maybe theyll ask why Brennan is planning to get DB to cut back on bus services along Luas routes, even though the Luas was meant to replace cars not buses An tUasal Brennan seems to me to be very, very confused. Is he not also engaging in turning all of the Luas into a heavy-rail metro at present? And did nobody tell him that such systems are never meant to replace buses either? (Hey, what about my old home town Leixlip with its two railway stations, but nobodys looking to replace the 66/66A/66B with the rail service, right? that is because the rail service is a good supplement to the buses, not a replacement.) Will it take another civil war to straighten out the status quo?? I hope not admin on "Three hours" http://busrage.com/forum/topic/1352#post-1356 Mon, 22 Sep 2003 07:51:16 +0000 admin 1356@http://busrage.com/forum/ If they expect to be reimbursed then who actually made the decision to allow free travel during the 'dead zone'? Brennan? 59 O'Connell Street? DOT? DCC? DTI? Even asking these questions makes you wonder how *any* decisions get made in this town, let alone this one! Speaking of being reimbursed for free journeys, are CIE still going to dock part of this months pay packet to cover the cost of the last (and it seems final) industrial action? I heard they had their eye on not paying the wage increases due under the latest partnership agreements, in order to cover their costs. Sounded like a red herring at the time, but if I worked for them I'd be looking closely at my payslip at the end of September. Dublin must now be a total laughing stock, we have officially some of the worst traffic in the world, and yet there is no will to take even simple steps to reduce the number of cars on our roads, they've even gone to the trouble to fly in foreign lobbyists to argue against congestion charges! As far as Brennan goes, he's been lucky with the weather (and the media) so far, the moment the bad weather arrives and we are back to wet car clogged trips to work I firmly belive his honeymoon with the "meedja" will come crashing to an end. Maybe somebody will actually ask him why his PD collegues are so eager to get more motorists onto our roads... Or maybe they'll ask why Brennan is planning to get DB to cut back on bus services along Luas routes, even though the Luas was meant to replace *cars* not *buses*. I doubt that though, but we'll see. AlekSmart on "Three hours" http://busrage.com/forum/topic/1352#post-1355 Mon, 22 Sep 2003 07:11:38 +0000 AlekSmart 1355@http://busrage.com/forum/ Exactly Watson.......If you were a marketing manager and you had a "Valley" period,would`nt you like to get the bums on seats......PLUS.....Do not forget BAC expect to be reimbursed for these "Free" journeys...... admin on "Three hours" http://busrage.com/forum/topic/1352#post-1354 Mon, 22 Sep 2003 06:37:47 +0000 admin 1354@http://busrage.com/forum/ That is nothing short of shocking. We were told it would be six hours by DB, obviously that is not the case, I will amend the news article accordingly. Three hours though, sure what's the point in bothering? 10-1 must be the quietest time on the buses all day (for cash fares anyway, what with all the free-pass people getting on around 10am). AlekSmart on "Three hours" http://busrage.com/forum/topic/1352#post-1353 Sun, 21 Sep 2003 19:26:00 +0000 AlekSmart 1353@http://busrage.com/forum/ Three hours it is pet...and be thankful for it....Take a look around the other EU public transport sites and pick the best offer.... All available funding is now going into Seamuseens "Stilton Fund" so therefore there is nuttin available to pay for "Free" promotions ....sad but true.... Trish on "Three hours" http://busrage.com/forum/topic/1352#post-1352 Sun, 21 Sep 2003 19:00:54 +0000 Trish 1352@http://busrage.com/forum/ According to Dublin Bus' website there are three hours of free buses on "Car Free Day"? Is that a joke? Wasn't last year's one 6 hours? Anonymous on "Singing on the bus" http://busrage.com/forum/topic/44#post-72 Thu, 03 May 2001 16:14:32 +0000 Anonymous 72@http://busrage.com/forum/ Poor Stephan get some lessons would u ever [posted by: Bre] Anonymous on "Singing on the bus" http://busrage.com/forum/topic/44#post-71 Thu, 03 May 2001 16:14:22 +0000 Anonymous 71@http://busrage.com/forum/ Poor Stephan get some lessons would u ever [posted by: Bre] Anonymous on "Singing on the bus" http://busrage.com/forum/topic/44#post-58 Wed, 25 Apr 2001 14:34:22 +0000 Anonymous 58@http://busrage.com/forum/ Stephan,,,,,,Lets face it.... and I did not want to tell you,,,,,But You can not sing!!!! [posted by: MICK] Anonymous on "Singing on the bus" http://busrage.com/forum/topic/44#post-44 Mon, 09 Apr 2001 17:08:46 +0000 Anonymous 44@http://busrage.com/forum/ After a Brilliant Xmas party I was on my way home a on a north bound nitelink and I started singing...."Mr Bus Driver Won't Stop To Let Them On"....to the tune of Mr Cab Driver by Lenny Kravitz when the bus driver pulled over outside Liberty Hall and told me to get off. Even their security was called to get me off....For f**king Singing!!! The Bus driver was about 25/26 and he told me to get off because I was singing........I even had a few other people singing with me. The annoying thing was that it was Xmas and he expected everyone to be normal and drab [posted by: Stephen]