Liffey Traffic System To Be Overhauled

The completion next spring of a major study aiming to maximise facilities for cyclists and pedestrians while maintaining priority for buses could result in a radical rearrangement of traffic on the Liffey quays in Dublin.

The study, commissioned by Dublin City Council in association with the National Roads Authority, is looking at the Liffey corridor from Phoenix Park to the O2, including streets parallel to the quays.

Options being examined by consultants AECOM and Roughan O’Donovan include taking traffic off the north quays, limiting one side of the river to buses and cyclists and reversing traffic flows.

“The overall purpose of the scheme is to maximise facilities for cyclists and pedestrians, including mobility-impaired facilities, while maintaining priority for buses,” a spokesman for the city council told The Irish Times.

“The consultants will take into account all possible measures for the provision of cycleways and the improvement of facilities for all modes [of transport, including] reassignment of road space.”

Segregated cycle lanes, wider footpaths and optimising cycle, pedestrian and bus “wait times” at junctions, physical segregation of bus lanes, contra-flow bus lanes, junction priorities and turning bans are all being considered.

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