Against a backdrop of policy shifts, Ukrainian refugee children embrace their Irish life
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In other jurisdictions, residents count many upsides from such a streetscape design, but maybe not those intended in this case.
On the contrary, apartments have limited parking to nudge people away from cars – and the council should hold the line on that, and introduce other nudges too, some transport committee members suggested.
"As you can imagine, you've got 20 parking spaces, and we come along and say we're going to take out two of them or something like that to give spaces for people on bikes, it doesn't go down particularly well."
Longtime city clampers DSPS, after losing a competition for the council's new contract to rival APCOA, had challenged that decision in court. It's not over yet.
The roads are so blocked that a fire truck, headed to an emergency, couldn't get through a few weeks ago, said a councilllor at a recent meeting.
The council increased fees at a car park near the station, and some councillors worried it'd push people to drive into town instead of commuting by train.
Dublin Street Parking Services has had contracts to clamp or tow illegally parked cars for the council since 2004.
Residents have assigned parking at the moment – but Dublin City Council may look to end that.
A new contract, with new terms, should kick in from August.
Fingal County Council's "Operations Department has no plans to review or amend the recently adopted Parking Control Bye-Laws", was the response.
But while the concerns have piled up, the way forward is less clear.
Drivers would also be limited to leaving their cars in spots on the road for a maximum of three hours.