Some fear that changes on the quays and elsewhere will reroute heavy traffic into residential areas. Actually, the traffic will likely just “evaporate”, writes DIT lecturer David O’Connor.
There is a wealth of evidence that urban greenways don’t dampen property prices. In fact, they do the opposite, writes David O’Connor.
Over the years, many transport experts have challenged authorities with visionary maps of how Dubliners might get proper access to the city they live in. This is a tribute to their ideas.
The council has begun to tweak traffic signals. The Luas should be testing ghost trains soon. And an iconic public space is finally being designed.
Compared to growth in overall traffic figures, public transport barely kept pace last year, writes DIT transport planning lecturer David O’Connor.
The decision to wind down agencies such as the Temple Bar Cultural Trust and Ballymun Regeneration Limited was questionable, argue David O’Connor and Odran Reid.
As traffic levels continue to grow in the Dublin area, the NTA appears to be realising the increasingly urgent and pertinent role of the “Core Bus Network”.
We should be able to transfer between buses, the Luas, and the Dart, without being charged more, writes DIT transport planning lecturer David O’Connor.
Planning rules are not behind the housing shortage, writes DIT lecturer David O’Connor. We need to look elsewhere.
For the new Luas Cross City to run smoothly, we need to have a workable city-centre transport study pinned down. We are in a race against time to make sure that happens.
The council estimates that the Liffey Quay Cycle Route will carry up to 1,500 cyclists per hour along the north quays. That’s far more people than private cars could carry along that route.
Dublin Bus wants more productivity out of its workers. That will require less congested roads, and an updated route map, says transport lecturer David O’Connor.
