Dublin Journey Planner
Aside from the brilliant boards.ie, the Irish site I find most useful at the moment is the Dublin Journey Planner from the Dublin Transportation Office (DTO). I thought I had blogged about this ages ago but apparently not! You enter a start and end address in Dublin, and it will map out the route by foot or by bicycle for you. It will even let you know how many calories you will burn in the process. 
I had actually forgotten all about it for a while, but since I have been house hunting, it has come into its own. If the glossy brochure says a Luas station or village is a “short stroll” away, you can find out exactly how many minutes it will actually take. Yes, the mathematician in me loves the precise calculations, although I fear that they have not taken obstacles such as traffic lights and crowds into account!
This service is really handy when you don’t drive. If you are going somewhere you are not familiar with e.g. to go to a doctor or interview, you can see in an instant exactly where you need to go. The journey planner will also tell you the nearest Dart or Luas station to your destination. If Dublin bus routes are ever integrated into it, it really will be worth raving about!
April 26th, 2006 at 12:21 pm
That site sounds class………. maybe there’s a business opportunity to take their technology and implement the same for cities throughout the country - thinking Cork…. Limerick…. Galway….. maybe Waterford!!!!!!!!!!
Hmmm…. something to mull on for the afternoon!
April 26th, 2006 at 2:44 pm
Hi Janine
I´m travelling to Dublin, 2 weeks from now, and I would just like to know how´s the nightlife in Dublin..are Clubs open all night ?
My return flight is at 7 am Sunday and I don´t want to pay an extra nigth so I was thinking in clubbing until 5.30/6.00 am and then go straight to the airport
thanks in advance
May 1st, 2006 at 9:57 am
Hi Nuno,
Being the shy and retiring type, I ain’t the one to ask!
But I am reliably informed that most clubs shut at either 3.30 or 4.30 am.
Enjoy your trip to Dublin!
May 5th, 2006 at 12:48 pm
[...] WYSIWYG points us towards the Dublin journey planner, enter two street addresses and the journey planner will return the route to take. Nicely done, though it would be even nicer if it was done with google maps. http://www.dto-journeyplanner.ie. Send this post to a friend [...]
May 11th, 2006 at 9:26 pm
thanks for the heads up on the site, its pretty cool, is there something like that for cars? I guess they are pushing the walk or cycle thing, it gets you there quicker anyway.
BTW walking burns more calories than cycling?? who knew.
May 23rd, 2006 at 11:23 pm
So Janine, did you buy a house yet?
Or are you after applying for “I’m an adult, get me out of here!!!”
August 21st, 2006 at 11:54 am
Hi Janine,
Glad to have found this as I’m moving up to Dublin myself (& looking for web design work!). These things always seem to be implemented the wrong way, e.g. once you’ve got a route, there is no way you can forward on the url to a friend; your friend would have to go through the (badly designed) set of three steps to get to the same page. Also, you could build some really cool stuff onto this if it was also offered as a web service. Pity.
Eoghan
August 15th, 2007 at 8:04 am
love the site - looks fantastic!
And thanks for the info on the journey planner!