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Tag Archives: dublin
Hand sketches: The buildings of the Phoenix Park
Hand sketching remains a very important part of the engineers skill set. Its a quick and easy way to communicate complex building details and concepts. Now that we can scan and e-mail sketches it means that little of the detail … Continue reading
Posted in Technical & Discussion
Tagged artist, buildings, dublin, hand drawings, sheelagh duff, sketches, The Phoenix Park
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Extension to Dublins Luas red line open, but is it too long?
Last Saturday saw the opening of a new section of the Dublin’s light rail system. The extension is 4 km long, runs between Belgard and Saggart Village and contains five new stops. Two of the stops contain park and ride facilities. I went along on the free open day to try it out. Continue reading
Posted in Infrastructure
Tagged dublin, ireland, Irish rail, luas, Railway, red line, Train
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Road markings for merging traffic
I took the following photograph at the junction between the M50 and M1 outside Dublin, Ireland, traveling South bound. As you can see the traffic has to merge from two lanes to one lane before joining the M1 motorway. But my question is, why does the slower inside lane traffic have to move into the overtaking lane Continue reading
Posted in Infrastructure
Tagged dublin, ireland, m1, m50, markings, overtaking lane, roads, slow lane, traffic
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