Hi All,
Shane Ross on the back of last Sundays Independants Business Section spoke briefly about the idea of making all public transport, particularly in Dublin, free. No charge to use either Dublin Bus, the Luas, DART, trains from Maynooth, Dundalk etc. If they doubled the fleet of buses tomorrow it might be a brilliant idea.
Disadvantages - kids travelling five hundred yards on a bus because that aren't bothered walking - tax system paying for all of the services as opposed only paying for half of it now (Dublin Bus definitely get a subsidy €600M plus, I think the LUAS is operating without one, I don't know about the DART or other trains).
Advantages - It would probably eliminate gridlock in Dublin immediately - No costs would be borne associated with integrated ticketing - no cost of counting cash/lodging fees/administration etc.
Any thoughts? Any other advantages/disadvantages?
Past30
Shane Ross on the back of last Sundays Independants Business Section spoke briefly about the idea of making all public transport, particularly in Dublin, free. No charge to use either Dublin Bus, the Luas, DART, trains from Maynooth, Dundalk etc. If they doubled the fleet of buses tomorrow it might be a brilliant idea.
Disadvantages - kids travelling five hundred yards on a bus because that aren't bothered walking - tax system paying for all of the services as opposed only paying for half of it now (Dublin Bus definitely get a subsidy €600M plus, I think the LUAS is operating without one, I don't know about the DART or other trains).
Advantages - It would probably eliminate gridlock in Dublin immediately - No costs would be borne associated with integrated ticketing - no cost of counting cash/lodging fees/administration etc.
Any thoughts? Any other advantages/disadvantages?
Past30