irish commuting: not quite getting the concept of "integrated"

[waider]

Since I will need to figure out a regular means of getting from Chez Waider to (approximately) the Guinness Brewery, and more immediately from Chez Waider to the Life Bar, I've been poking at the various websites of Dublin Bus and the DART to see what my options are. For the latter trip, the DART is closed this weekend due to the ongoing upgrade scheme, and is being replaced with a bus service. In my case, a special bus service as opposed to a beefed-up version of the regular service. The DART site helpfully fails to provide any information about this service; the Dublin Bus site doesn't immediately appear to do so, either, but after digging around a bit I found the press release for the service in their news archive which tells me I can catch said bus from outside the Post Office in Dalkey "every hour, on the hour between 7am and 9pm". First problem solved, at least, although it'd be nice to know if I could catch the bus any closer to home. The work commute led me to look at what passes for multi-mode transport tickets, as there's not a single bus or rail route that will get me to the office. The DART site appears to have the better version of the shared ticket information; apparently you can get an unlimited Rail ticket, an unlimited Rail/Bus ticket, or an unlimited Rail/Luas (tram) ticket, but you can't get an unlimited City transport (i.e. Rail, Luas and Bus) ticket. I'm no stranger to the skull-bursting idiocy of the commuter services here, but it still astounds me how close they can get to The Right Thing without actually getting there - or even being aware that there's anything wrong.

Comments

[merde.livejournal.com]

with a commute like that, you'll end up driving most of the time anyway. maybe you should just move back over there?

[waider.livejournal.com]

Unlikely I'd end up driving there; it'd be more frustrating than the public transport commute, due to Dublin's "every lane's a car park" traffic flow. I figure I can do well enough with a walk to Glenageary, DART to Connolly Station, Luas to Heuston(ish) and walk from there to the office. Or maybe DART to Tara Street, walk to Aston Quay, then bus to the office. Either way I'm gonna need an umbrella...

[waider.livejournal.com]

With respect to moving back there, no, no, and no. It's cleaned up some since I lived there, but I'd still fear for the safety of my car while I'm abed. Especially since I've got a much nicer car than when I last lived there, and the old car had its doorframe bent out of shape one night.

SSC

[eejitalmuppet.livejournal.com]

My first thought was "If only you still lived at the flat near the dodgy estate with the "no drugs" graffito." IIRC, your default comment about that scrawl was, "Around here, that's a complaint."

[apologies for multiple comments: one day I'll learn to proof-read before posting, but don't hold your breath]

[tongodeon.livejournal.com]

I will need to figure out a regular means of getting from Chez Waider to (approximately) the Guinness Brewery

I assume this means you've moved? Cos if not, "walk out the door" is a pretty easy commute.

[waider.livejournal.com]

I'm about ten miles away from where I was when you crashed; I've moved three times since your visit. My current gaff even has a guest room, should you feel like paying another visit (with matrushkaka in tow, natch)

[tongodeon.livejournal.com]

You and whatever DSPs you can round up are welcome to attend Santacon Europe 2006, stopping through Dublin in 18 months.