Council's 'Be Sound' campaign shows authority created 'outright dangerous' shared spaces
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Dublin City Council has created "outright dangerous" spaces in an attempt to roll out cycle lanes and shared spaces as fast as possible, it has been claimed.
The council's "Be Sound" campaign encourages cyclists and pedestrians to look out for each other when using roads and pathways, to greenways. The campaign tacitly acknowledges the lack of foresight that's been afforded to proper spatial planning for everyone, according to Fine Gael TD Meave O'Connell.
Deputy O'Connell said the council created impractical and some "outright dangerous" spaces in an attempt to roll out cycle lanes and shared spaces as fast as possible.
Deputy O'Connell said: "Two months ago I called on the Minister for Transport to commence a review of the Design Manual for Urban Roads and Streets. This document sets out the primary guidelines for local authorities, and rarely gives any consideration to people with visual impairments.
"In their earnestness to roll-out cycle lanes and shared spaces as fast and as widely as possible, local authorities created spaces that are not only impractical, but in places are just outright dangerous. It is ludicrous that in places around our city, older people and those with visual impairments have to step off buses directly onto cycle lanes."
Deputy O'Connell went to say that the council should focus on how its work has impacted some of our most vulnerable road user instead of telling road users to "Be Sound".
Dublin Live has contacted Dublin City Council for comment.
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