Comment & Analysis: In the blink of an eye, a near-130 metre section of Jervis Street was made two-way to appease some car park owners about making Capel Street car-free.There are some exceptions (mainly during Covid and a few recent bus lanes linked to BusConnects changes), but few traffic changes this large are implemented without public consultation and debate. If you Google two-way Jervis Street, youll find details not on the city councils website, but on the websites of car parks and on the business group DublinTown.According to Dublin Towns website, the car park enhancement plan on Jervis Street was apparently a trial.At this stage or from the start, some people reading this might already be thinking: Sure, cycling is allowed on Capel Street, so why bother with allowing it two-way on Jervis Street? Theres a few reasons:Dublin needs a cycle network, not just single routes.Jervis Street is a primary route in the GDA Cycle Network PlanHaving parallel routes means that the volume of people cycling is more split between the two routes, with people who are in more of a rush maybe choosing Jervis Street instead.In the old GDA Cycle Network Plan, Capel Street was the primary cycle route, and Jervis Street was a secondary route its likely that should be switched around, but for the other reasons listed above, its still useful to have Jervis Street as a solid link in the cycle network.This is an outline of the traffic layout currently on the street:The changes allow people driving out of the car parks on the street to get back to the quays without going around and down Church Street, etc. The changes also allow for people using the DublinBikes station or the general bicycle parking on the street to also use this route towards the quays westbound Ive used it while stopping off on the street on the way to Heuston Station:Jervis Street does not go the full way to the quays; the last bit between Great Strand Street and the Quays is Swifts Row:Swifts Row is likely the most difficult section, as far as I can see, there are two options:;Remove/relocate the loads/parking on the east side (left of this photo) and insert a contra-flow cycle track.Remove it and put in a two-way cycle path (it only works well with a two-way path in the mid section, see below).Allow contra-flow without lanes it might seem like a hard call to allow it here with how busy it is, but allowing contra-flow here would be better than having people cycle around a longer way with more risks. Width-wise, it should work, and an exit treatment could be put in place at the quays.The latter option above can be implemented more quickly than the other two. If the council cannot give space to cycling, some action is better than none.For the middle section, the two options are: Leave it as two-way for general access traffic and cycling.Install a two-way cycle path on one side of the road.As shown below, there is not enough space for two-way car access and any kind of cycle path:North of the entrance/exit to Jervis Shopping Centre car park, theres space for a two-way cycle path, and theres little reason not to install such:Theres really no reason for action not to be taken. There might be some difficulty, including how to design the junction with Parnell Street, but theres nothing that cannot be overcome if there is a will to get it done quickly.