Dublin city traffic centre reveals astonishing attitude to cyclists

Dublin traffic management reveals attitude to cyclists

The mask slips at the Dublin Traffic Management centre; a statutory agency charged with keeping traffic moving safely in the Irish capital. They dismissed safety concerns from an advocacy group, suggesting that because a cyclist had jumped a train level crossing in Kildare this week no other cyclists could question their record.

 

Dublin traffic management reveals attitude to cyclists

 

We all know people say things on social media they don’t really mean and which they instantly regret.

But sometimes the mask slips and people’s real attitudes emerge in the heat of the moment.

Enter Dublin Traffic Management centre this morning, Friday.

The I Bike Dublin campaign took to Twitter to challenge the centre, which oversees the control of traffic in Dublin and is part of Dublin City Council.

The I Bike Dublin group made the point in several tweets that when it contacted the Garda and National Transport Authority with some of its safety concerns for cyclists in the city, they pointed the finger at the Dublin Traffic Management.

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For example, the Garda and National Transport Authority had told the group that it is Dublin Traffic Management who were:

  • Responsible for allowing buses park in cycle lanes on Customs House Quay.
  • Had directed the segregated two-way cycle lanes on Alfie Byrne Rd – between Clontarf and East Wall in north Dublin – be used as a bus parking area when concerts are on at the 3 Arena.

I Bike Dublin made the point that it wanted to meet with the Dublin Traffic Management to discuss these problems.

And clearly the cycling group was pressing them in public in order to embarrass them into action.

However, Dublin Traffic Management responded in a very unusual way.

It sent back a link to an unrelated story about a cyclist jumping a Co Dublin railway crossing, as the gates were closing this week.

It essentially told I Bike Dublin because of the actions of this one cyclist in the clip, any cyclists’ criticism of cycling safety around Dublin were irrelevant.

“Let he without sin cast the...,” it said.

Understandably those looking at the Twitter exchange were astonished.

Many pointed out that simply because one cyclist had done something stupid in another part of the country in recent days; that did not mean Dublin Traffic Management could disregard cycle safety.

To us on stickybottle, the remarks by Dublin Traffic Management were astonishing. It may have been a one-liner but it was a remarkable insight into their thinking.

They send out a very worrying message that cyclists and cycle safety don’t need to be taken seriously because of the actions of some cyclists on the streets.

We’ve included the Twitter exchange – as it was at the time of writing - just below.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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