As long as cars remain the primary source of transport, then they get to use the majority of the roads - its that simple, really.I disagree strongly with this particular statement.
It's not buses, bikes or pedestrians that are blocking up our public roads (and paths) morning, noon and night.
It's our cars when we choose to use them instead of other options (and in the cities there often are other good options for a lot of people). We need to put suitable incentives/disincentives in place to change this usage.
Cars are not the primary source of transport, at least in Dublin city centre. cite: https://www.nationaltransport.ie/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Canal-Cordon-Report-2019-V3.pdfAs long as cars remain the primary source of transport, then they get to use the majority of the roads - its that simple, really.
Sorry - I don't understand your point here at all - could you explain a bit more? (e.g. what's "liberty commute times"?)Bicycles are only a very small part of the overall solution, and as things stand, it looks to me like we are spending a small fortune (both directly on infrastructure, and indirectly, in terms of loss of productivity through liberty commute times), in the hope that large numbers of additional cycle journeys will occur, in the future.
Great point. We were in Zakopane in Poland during the mid 2000s and there was a network of local shuttle bus services there that operated exclusively via minibuses. Basically if you wanted to go somewhere, you went to a bus stop and more often than not there was a minibus waiting for you, otherwise one would arrive shortly. And they would move minibuses from low to high demand routes at very short notice. It was ingenious.I also think they should get mini-buses for routes that don't have high-volume, and run them more regularly as well, rather than the current situation of using the full size buses going only once every hour or so.
Nice report you linked!Cars are not the primary source of transport, at least in Dublin city centre. cite: https://www.nationaltransport.ie/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Canal-Cordon-Report-2019-V3.pdf
More people travel by bus alone than by private car during morning rush hour (7-10 am).
Sorry - I don't understand your point here at all - could you explain a bit more? (e.g. what's "liberty commute times"?)
Cars are not the primary source of transport, at least in Dublin city centre. cite: https://www.nationaltransport.ie/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Canal-Cordon-Report-2019-V3.pdf
More people travel by bus alone than by private car during morning rush hour (7-10 am).
There's a location down the country I used to travel to by bus regularly because buses went a few times a week. Low demand - only about a dozen regulars I'd say - meant they cut the service to only once a week.I think we need to be talking about all of Ireland here, not just Dublin.
Oh I remember those...very vaguely. How long ago was that?!As for minibuses , didn’t we have them ?, slightly bigger perhaps. Called city imps. Why weren’t they a success ?
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