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Updated 25/07/2017
DUBLINBIKES STATIONS ARE all operating as normal this morning after an issue yesterday that left many cyclists unable to use the system.
Yesterday the company said ”a significant number” of Dublinbikes stations had been disconnected from the network due to the faulty connection.
A total of 36 bike stations were affected by the fault.
This morning Dublinbikes said there was an issue with an “external communications provider”.
“Our data communications provider resolved this issue earlier this morning and all of the Dublinbikes stations are now operating,” it said.
The Dublinbikes scheme has 66,000 long-term members.
In total this year, over two million journeys have been taken on the bikes, which are stationed around the capital.
Since their launch in 2009, over 19.8 million journeys have been taken, with 95% being short enough to qualify as free.
- With reporting by Michelle Hennessy.
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As a daily Dublin bike user I can’t praise the service highly enough. These glitches happen, I still managed to find a station that wasn’t affected.
Great value for money and a brilliant amenity for the city.
@Andy Fleming: Get out of here with your positivity, we’ve no time for that round these parts.
A great day for pedestrians in the capital city.
@Atheos Euripides: there’s an article in the papers today by a journalist who has been knocked off his bike twice recently by pedestrians. Why do you assume there are only bad cyclists? There are of course, but there are just as many if not more, bad pedestrians and bad motorists.
@Jimmyjoe Wallace: An article in the papers you say? By a journalist? The only people who don’t despise cyclists are cyclists themselves.
@Atheos Euripides: cyclists are a discriminated against group, a group who it is ok to marginalise and abuse on social media. That bias doesn’t stand up to any serious scrutiny. There are bad cyclists, yes. There are just as many bad motorists. Studies have shown that motorists and cyclists break the rules of the road at roughly the same rates. You have made a broad sweeping statement there, tarring all cyclists with the same brush. If you did that against any other group in society it would look just as ridiculous, but because of anti cyclist bias in the media, it ok to say it and get away with it. You have no evidence to back up what you say, you are just another brainless sheeple going along with a dangerous, biased group think.
@Jimmyjoe Wallace: Lol! Get help son.
@Atheos Euripides: despise, haha Jasus you’ve alot to be worried about.
@Bilbo Baggins: Tell me about it, swarms of the law-breaking eejits every Mon-Fri.
@Jimmyjoe Wallace: Sher we’ll all use the road, bikes cars trucks pedestrians…and we’ll all just keep an eye out for each other. We’re all entitled and twill be grand
@Atheos Euripides: so no evidence then, I was right.
@Jimmyjoe Wallace: Your hyperbolic rant isn’t evidence, it’s just indicative of the rage most cyclists express daily on our roads and footpaths
@Atheos Euripides: I never said I was presenting evidence, I asked where is your evidence to back up your claims about ‘swarms’. It’s trendy to slag off cyclists at the minute, and I’ll informed idiots like yourself are happy to jump on the bandwagon and discriminate against a group of people without informing yourself of the facts.
@Dermot Lane: Looks like you mixed up your accounts their bud.
@Atheos Euripides: yeah sorry. On My tablet I have to log in with Twitter for some reason posts don’t go when I use Facebook. On my phone I use Facebook. Keep meaning to sort it out it’s not the first time I’ve done it.
@Jimmyjoe Wallace: bad motorists don’t attempt to run you over on the pedestrians footpath. However bad a driver I never seen one do that . But I have been nearly killed by a cyclist who didn’t even look back at my sorry self and my bag sprawled across the floor
@Atheos Euripides: I’ve been hit by a cyclist zero times. I’ve been knocked off my bike by entitled pedestrians walking into the road twice.
@WilhelminaMCallaghan: I really don’t get how people can peddle the same subjective comments and believe they are indicative of one form of transport. I could give the same amount examples to the opposite. Fact is people are people most cyclists drive all of them walk. So if you see an idiot. He/she will be the same on foot or on wheels. I reckon about 30% of people are careless in general and the rest are careless about 30% of the time. Yes that’s from my point of view too. But this attitude of ‘despising cyclists ‘ (I know you didn’t say that) ends up in serious injury or death which is insane. If everyone had little more respect things would be a lot easier
@Atheos Euripides: your are so right!
http://www.thejournal.ie/poll-phone-usage-while-driving-3513152-Jul2017/
Dublin City Council probably still running Windows 95 with a 200mb hard drive!
@Dub_Right
“issue with an “external communications provider”.
I always love it when someone doesn’t read the article before commenting.
@Dub_Right: that would be better than some of Microsofts more recent versions
Happened to me with the Cork system. It’s actually more annoying to not be able to return a bike, I went from taking a quick cycle shortcut to having to drop the bike off further from my destination than when I started!
@John Considine: great exercise for ya though !
@John Considine: Should have took it home like I did. Was a great birthday present for the niece.
Great service however the refusal of Dublin City Council to allow the Dublin bike trucks to use the bus lane stifles the device hugely. Most mornings (from about 8:00) in the D7/D1 area there isn’t one bike @ most of the stations. Consistently.
@Peter McGlynn:…. Because it’s a bus lane!
@Ian Breathnach: That many other vehicles can use. It is really not just for buses
@Kal Ipers:
What other vehicles? Taxis must have a fare paying passenger in order to use them
First world problems
@Anthony Edward Healy: Well, we are a first world country…
@Trevor: Visit your local A&E tomorrow.
Has all the hallmarks of a cyber attack by SPECTRES insane leader George hook.
It was noticeable driving around the city. No red light breakers.
@Paul Matthews: As someone who was nearly knocked down this morning by a motorist breaking a red light, I can assure you red-light breakers are still out there.
@Brian O’Sullivan: yeah cycliest
@Brian O’Sullivan: only cyclists break the road traffic laws, didn’t you get the memo?
Ah technology can really kick you in the butt if you don’t invest in it….
@Kerry Blake: Can kick you straight in the Bollox when you invest in it too!!
@Kerry Blake: Like water infrastructure
@Steve B: except this is more important than water
With the downtime, those that use the Dublin bikes could take a bit of time reading up on the rules of the road – it does exist!
Putin is after us. One db at a time
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