Introduce yourself

Victor

This is now an introduce yourself thread -- the need to declare conflicts of interests is now gone!


Given the recent rows, I have concerns that some users of this board are abusing it to unfairly promote their own business or other interests.

Consequently, I would like all users, whether involved in the transport industry or not to declare their conflicts of interest.

This means if you work for or have a material interest in or membership of:

• a transport service provider,
• a transport infrastructure provider,
• a council organisation involved in transport,
• a state, semi-state or QUANGO organisation involved in transport,
• a transport equipment (including vehicle sales) supplier,
• a construction organisation involved in transport,
• a road fitting supplier,
• a transport consultant,
• a public relations consultant,
• a politician or political organisation (formal or informal),
• a trade union, professional organisation or employer’s organisation or consultancy representing any of the above,
• a campaigning or lobbying organisation and
• any person or organisation unduly affected by the work of any of the above

that you should declare so here and/or at any point where you reach a conflict of interest.

Victor

Occupation:
Quantity Surveyor

Memberships:
Dublin Cycling Campaign (former treasurer)
Rail Users Ireland (Local Liaison Officer)

West Briton

Employment: Accountant in the private sector

Memberships:

Fine Gael (foot slogger and door knocker)
The Irish Railway Record Society (aspiring to write a suitably learned paper for the Journal at some point)
Light Railway Transit Association (read a nice magazine from them every month)

P11 Comms

Platform11 - Ireland's National Rail Users and Development Lobby.

Hi folks, and anything info you need on rail transport issues in Ireland just ask. Cheers. Please feel free to visit our website www.platform11.org.

Thomas Sheridan
Communications Officer - Platform11

bossman

Great to see someone praising our effeorts here in Dublin bus.I work in the maintenance dept. in Conyngham road.Have a look at Team conyngham road depot and you will get some info might be of use to you.

bossman

That should have been www.dublinbus.org then go to Team Conyngham Road Depot.

BendiBus

I'm in CIE.

P&L

I'm employed by the RPA, but am in no position to make any communications on their behalf, all my posts here are purely my own opinion.

AngelofFire

Employment:Aer Rianta part time administrator.

Currently a UCD arts student

Memberships:Labour/Labour youth

MDR

Work in IT in the city ...
Used to work for an IT & Transportation consultancy.
Fine Gael supporter ...

AngelofFire

Now that i know its relevant,Im also a member of SIPTU.

A Dub in Glasgo

Employment: Signalling Engineer for a UK railway consultancy company
(I am here purely to get some informed debate/opinions in a personal capacity) I may be moving back to Ireland in the future (if I can afford it).

Chartered Engineer and Member of the Institution of Electrical Engineers
Member of the Institution of Railway Signal Engineers
Member of the TSSA

robfitz

Robert Fitzsimons, I'm an active member of Dublin Cycling Campaign.

Trojan

I cycle commute.

WexCan

Welfare officer 2003-2004 and 2004-2005 for the Union of Secondary Students.

Trojan

I am a regular victim of CIE/Luas

Victor

I was about to say keep it relevant.

Genghis

I work in financial services in a capacity that has nothing whatsoever to do with transport.

I am not a member of any transport or public policy related organisations.

However, I commute 40 miles by train each day, cycle through Dublin and use Dublin Bus maybe once a week. I am also a motorist, but not for commuting.

*takes a bow*

daz42C

Occupation: Updating My Website, http://www.freewebs.com/daz42c/index.htm
Other Than That I Am Completely Neutral. :rolleyes:

robfitz

robfitz wrote:

Robert Fitzsimons, I'm an active member of Dublin Cycling Campaign.

Along with other members of the Campaign, i've been attending the Dublin Transportation Office, Cycle Forum meetings.

I've also just been accepted to represent the Campaign on Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council's, Transportation Strategic Policy Committee http://www.dlrcoco.ie/cllrs/Transport.htm.

MarkoP11

I'm the technical advisor for Platform11.

aka the guy who wrote the report

murphaph

I'm a member of Platform11, rail lobby group campaigning for better services to the general public. For more information please feel free to visit Platform11 , visit the forums at Hyperboards

Have a nice day.

SeanW

Well, I'm also a member of Platform 11, and a big believer in the Irish Rail Dublin Railway Plan.

Thomond Pk

I'm a regular visitor to the Platform 11 site, apart from guys constantly playing with crayons on maps they do run a good board. Their press releases are good not that it would be hard finding fault with the Irish Transport Investment record and resulting system.

PandaMania

Thomas Sheridan - PandaMania - P11 Rank and File member
Location Sligo
Occupation: Professional Artist/Illustrator and Part-Time Comedy Writer.
Birthsign: Libra
Favourite Bollywood Star: Monasisnfroguti Kahn. starring in the 1975 Blockbuster Musical "The Punjabi Connection" about a cop who infiltrates a Naan Smuggling ring.
AGENDA: skanger and professional West of Ireland whinger hater.

Sarsfield

I work in the CIE Holding Company.

My opinions are my own but the computer & Internet connection belong to the company!

MG

I am not a member of any political party, not employed by any transport body or company, not a member of any transport lobby group (except in terms of posting to messageboards where "membership" is required).

I speak for myself, my opinion are my own. I support the concept of rail as the future of transport in Ireland. I support the reopening of the WRC from Ennis to Athenry (definitely), Athenry to Tuam (very probably), Tuam to Claremorris (possibly) and Claremorris to Sligo (sceptical but open minded). I hope rail is the mainstay of transport development in Dublin but am not familiar enough with it to comment much. I support the Midleton and Navan Projects etc

dowlingm

Occupation: Network Admin.
Used to live in: Cork (and for a while Glasgow, Limerick, Dublin).
Now live in: Toronto

No political affiliations or memberships in lobby groups or other conflicts.

arrietty

I'm not a member or active participant in anything. I'm an ex-bus/dart-commuter who now cycles six miles each way to work through the city centre. That makes me an angry chick with a bike.

ambro25

"That makes me an angry chick with a bike"

And that sounds positively terrifying!

Occupation: Software Patenter (come ye Penguin-lovers, bring it on )

Affiliations: None that would interest posters very much...

Hobby: French

'Transport' issues: no official, semi-official or professionnal links whatsoever, but very opinionated all the same

Aquavid

Hello all.

I formerly posted here as Steve Conway, but wanted to re-align my identity to the one I am known by on other transport forums, for more transparency.

My connections or conflicts of interest are as follows:

Irish Correspondent for Coach & Bus Week (CBW) - a UK-based trade magazine, owned by EMAP. I usually contribute between 500-1000 words per week on the Irish transport industry, covering both public and private sector. Any opinions expressed on these forums are my own personal opinions, and not those of CBW or EMAP.

Founder of Bustravel Ireland - a non-profit website which aims to increase public transport usage by visitors to ireland, by giving them practical tips and ideas on how to get around by scheduled public transport, particularly in Dublin.

Founder member of Garaiste - a discussion forum for transport enthusiasts and those employed in the industry.

Also a lifelong observer of transport, and a passionate user of public transport!


Aquavid

Irjudge1

I'm a civil/ structural engineer invloved in road design.

I commute by car 37 miles in each direction from Drogheda to the South side of Dublin (God every time I say it out loud a little piece of me dies inside).

I formerly commuted by train for circa 6 years, got sick of the cattletruck feel and now leave at unearthly hours of the morning / night to go to work in order to get home at a reasonable time in the evening.

secret_squirrel

Work for an airline at dublin airport.
Regular Dublin Bus commuter.
Occasional Cylist and Motorcyclist.

Chopperdog

Quantity Surveyor.

Our company carries out alot of Infrastructural projects in highway construction for Government bodies.

spareman

Employee of Bus Atha Cliath.;)

corktina

drive a truck
collect classic cars
have loved trains longer than i have loved my missus..
have loved buses even longer
considering therapy

pork99

West Briton wrote:

Memberships:

Fine Gael (foot slogger and door knocker)

ditto

D'Peoples Voice

Affliations - None, apart from to myself:D

I hate government intervention in anything! I'm a free marketeer!
Oh and I detest socialists, pinkies, I could go on...

Maybe my view of government intervention will change when someone in the civil service gets sacked when projects underperform!

DerekP11

<snip at poster's request>

Transport21 Fan

Independent Bigmouth and not not connected to anybody or any group. I think Transport21 for the most part is a super plan. But the tragic lack of cohesion/vision between the RPA and CIE on developing a Metro/Commuter Rail interchange at Glasnevin Junction is only major fault in the plan.

After years studying public transport in Ireland, I have come to the conclusion that CIE are the greatest disaster to have befallen Irish public transport. The politically-appointed CIE management (including the Union reps) have no desire to develop integrated modern public transport in Ireland as it gets in the way of they heart's desire to be major players in big time property development.

• The entire CIE staff across all sectors (not all, but most) are not public transport employees at all and do not see themselves as such either. The whole set-up is a cushy arrangement between CIE unions and management to scratch each others backs while a few buses and trains travel here and there to give the illusion of being a public transport company.
  
• The RPA and Connex on the other hand to me represent the lesser of two evils and all future capital investment in rail transport should be channelled into the RPA and not be given to CIE so they can build more office blocks and luxury apartments.
  
• The bus market should be open to all players and bus stops and bus lanes should not be the for the exclusive use by CIE buses.
  
• I am also very much in favour of regional transport authorities for Leinster, Munster and Shannonside which will have statutory powers.
  
• The Western Rail Corridor is a joke.

darkman2

Absolutely nothing to declare. I would like to see CIE and its unions obliterated though for the good of all the ppl who use public transport:mad:

popebenny16

Member of Platform 11. Writing here in a personal capacity. Serously brassed off intercity rail user.

Vorsprung

****e - I really should post on this thread! Member, but a not particularly active one, of P11

andrew163

IBM employee/student bum, depending on the time of year. Use the bus and train services alot.

popebenny16

popebenny16 wrote:

Member of Platform 11. Writing here in a personal capacity. Serously brassed off intercity rail user.

And now Publicity Officer for P11 but still writing here in a personal capacity unless I pay for an ad somewhere I suppose.

spacetweek

Public transport user and keen cyclist. Not affliated with anything.

Luas - Yay!
DART - Meh
Arrow - Gah
Dublin Bus - Boooo!

Thomas_B

My name is Thomas (seems to be a lot of Marks and Thomases associated with P11, don't know why), I was a member of the P11 committee. Now just a normal member of P11, and writing in a personal capacity. I'm from Limerick, live in Dublin. I work in the charity sector (not transport/planning-related), and I have no relevant affiliations apart from my membership of P11.

dermo88

Diarmuid, normal member of Platform11, writing in a personal capacity, which in no way reflect the views of the membership as a whole, or its commitee.

My opinions are my own, no conflict of interest.

Slice

I once paid a membership fee to the Dublin Cycling Campaign and got a badge for it but beyond that there's no conflicts of interest.

Irish and Proud

The reason I'm here is that I want to promote the completion of our inter-urban motorway programme, plus the Dublin Rail Inter-connector. I do support FF - one reason is: from a transport perspective, they are traditionally the people who get the most done, even if things fall behind schedule.

daymobrew

Keen cycle commuter and intermittent user of Maynooth line from Coolmine.
I sometimes annoy IE by posting useful signs on the platform in Coolmine or writing to the CEO Richard Fearn.

Committee member of my local residents association and attendee of Dublin 15 Community Council meetings.