KATHRYN TRACEY,
Sir, - Having driven through Dublin city centre yesterday, I reckon that two key accessories are required to master the new traffic routes:
1. A navigator, for spotting the little signs which suddenly pop up before a junction only to flash by in a blaze of colour.
2. Binoculars: God bless the eyesight of the designers behind the layout and scale of the signs!
This system could make Dublin unique in Europe as the only city where residents need to stop visitors to ask directions. - Yours, etc.,
KATHRYN TRACEY,
Cherryfield Avenue,
Ranelagh,
Dublin 6.
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Sir, - "Quos Deus vult perdere, prius dementat." Should one fear, then, for the fate of the director of traffic? - Yours, etc.,
JAMES G. LACY,
Rathfarnham,
Dublin 14.
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Sir, - I agree with your Editorial of August 24th that "things will probably get worse before they start to get better", but as someone who tries to use public transport whenever possible, I am delighted that these overdue changes are starting.
It is ridiculous to wait, as I did on Saturday afternoon, laden with shopping, for over 30 minutes in O'Connell Street for a bus, delayed by traffic which had no need to be in the city centre. This kind of wait is not unusual, as any bus traveller knows. The scandal is that the situation has been allowed to continue for so long.
I hope Dublin Bus will now end the apartheid system by which many southside buses stop south of the river, and many northside buses stop on the northside - when some passengers on these buses actually want to travel to the other side of the city.
Good luck to the City Council! I hope it will listen to constructive comment and amend its plans if necessary, and that by Christmas we will have cross-city buses running on time and a much less congested city. - Yours, etc.,
ENID O'DOWD,
Moyne Road,
Ranelagh,
Dublin 6.
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Sir, - Action is finally been taken on a traffic signpostingsystem for Dublin after decades of nothing. Unfortunately, what is being produced is both incomprehensible and, due to its size, illegible.
I note from your columns that the City Council designed the new signs in-house. It is a pity that those responsible did not venture out of house to a few European cities to see how they have done it successfully for decades. Dublin is not so different that it required the City Council to re-invent the wheel. - Yours, etc.,
MARK ADAMSON,
Woodley Park,
Kilmacud,
Dublin 14.