Joan of Contention 😷#Rothar Question: What gobshite thought this was a good idea?
https://www.dublincity.ie/news/dublin-city-council-introduces-cycle-lockers
Infrapink (he/his/him)People who drive cars seem congenitally incapable of comprehending bike infrastructure.
@Infrapink I swear ta feck - very disappointing that it's Bleeper behind this; but then the Council engineers (motorheads) probably think an over-complicated idea like this is just swell.
Kieran Sweeney@clickhere I don't know. I know ebike people who are terrified to take their wheels into town especially at night.
The actual units in picture are a bit too much.
The actual units in picture are a bit too much.
@kieransweeney Yeah, I can understand that concern, defo, but I don't think this is the answer to that.
Ownoh@clickhere is everything done for us cyclists a bad idea? Like what's the problem here? @kieransweeney
(a) Not everything, but many things.
(b) https://mastodon.ie/@clickhere/116263493280655861
@clickhere @ownohmanny This service has been around for ages around town at stations and people use it. Dart especially. No harm... just not ugly
@kieransweeney Yes, I know. As well as everything else, they don't belong in the public realm.
@clickhere @ownohmanny Like parked cars 😄
@kieransweeney @ownohmanny Exactly - I said this about these things yesterday: they're about the same size as parked cars all over the place, and just as fugly.
@clickhere @kieransweeney is it that they take up too much space?
@ownohmanny @kieransweeney That's one downside, plus privatisation of public space, as well as everything I mentioned above.
@clickhere @kieransweeney I've got no skin in this game. I expect they'll last a few years.
@clickhere Why? What is better?
Joan of Contention 😷 (@[email protected])
@ownohmanny (a) Not everything, but many things. (b) https://mastodon.ie/@clickhere/116263493280655861 @kieransweeney
szakib@clickhere Have these people heard about Sheffield racks and cameras?
@szakib I swear to goodness. And indoor cycle parking - there's one just around the corner. That's what the Council should be working on, jfc.
Joe@clickhere
But they could just out-source thinking to private companies and earn a nominal fee. Not sure you're seeing the big picture
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(The picture presumably being the one from the pr shoot with Lord Mayor briefly looking useful)