A group representing cyclists in Dublin has expressed "outrage" at plans to allow buses to use hard shoulders on approach roads to Dublin.
On Tuesday, the Minister for Transport, Mr Brennan, said he would consider allowing vehicles other than buses to use the hard shoulder depending on the success of a pilot project.
The move is designed to ease chronic traffic congestion entering the capital.
But the Dublin Cycling Campaign (DCC) described the proposal as "bad planning at its worst".
DCC PRO Mr David Maher said the group "are very much in favour of improving public transport", but asked why "it has to come at the cost of safety". He said the group's concerns have fallen on deaf ears at the Department of Transport and at the Dublin Transportation office (DTO).
"While combined bus and cycle lanes have worked well in the city the new plan is very different," Mr Maher added.
"The main issue is that many of the hard shoulder routes will have speeds of 60 mph which makes the plan a disaster from a safety view point. We have received no assurances that the plan will only be implemented on hard shoulders that are sufficiently wide to allow a bus to overtake a pedestrian or a cyclist".
Mr Maher said: "The DTO's priorities seem to be cars first, add in public transport as an afterthought and finally remove pedestrian and cyclists safety from the agenda".
