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Dublin Bus considering escooters and demand responsive transport

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  • #2
    bilbot79
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,170 ✭✭✭bilbot79


    GT89 wrote: »
    Heard in the Sunday Business Post (behind paywall) that Dublin Bus is looking at expanding to e-scooters and demand responsive transport in order to boost it's commercial arm (Airlink and Tours) which took a major hit in 2020.
    https://www.businesspost.ie/transport/dublin-bus-weighs-up-e-scooter-and-minivan-services-6d5b54a6

    Do you get a driver to thank when you get off the scooter?


  • #3
    GT89
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,770 ✭✭✭GT89


    bilbot79 wrote: »
    Do you get a driver to thank when you get off the scooter?

    Lol


  • #4
    Seth Brundle
    Moderators, Politics Moderators, Paid Member Posts: 44,016 Mod ✭✭✭✭Seth Brundle


    Great idea and one I welcome if they sort out the absurdity of the Road Traffic laws in this regard.
    However, I hope that it will be open to competition and DB should not be allowed anywhere near having a monopoly on the service.


  • #5
    GT89
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,770 ✭✭✭GT89


    Seth Brundle wrote: »
    Great idea and one I welcome if they sort out the absurdity of the Road Traffic laws in this regard.
    However, I hope that it will be open to competition and DB should not be allowed anywhere near having a monopoly on the service.

    This would be part of the DB commercial arm not PSO which is about 99% of DB so would be open to competition if it goes ahead.


  • #6
    Peregrine
    Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 26,414 Mod ✭✭✭✭Peregrine


    Seth Brundle wrote: »
    Great idea and one I welcome if they sort out the absurdity of the Road Traffic laws in this regard.

    A Road Traffic Bill covering e-scooter regulation and a few other things is expected very soon.


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  • #7
    beauf
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,461 ✭✭✭✭beauf


    Peregrine wrote: »
    A Road Traffic Bill covering e-scooter regulation and a few other things is expected very soon.

    Any year now....


  • #8
    Cookie_Monster
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 24,647 ✭✭✭✭Cookie_Monster


    If they are made legal Lime et al will swoop in and provide. No need to have Dublin Bus, which can barely run a bus service, expanding into and ****ing up other markets at tax payers expense.


  • #9
    StreetLight
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,514 ✭✭✭StreetLight


    Cookie_Monster wrote: »
    If they are made legal Lime et al will swoop in and provide. No need to have Dublin Bus, which can barely run a bus service, expanding into and ****ing up other markets at tax payers expense.

    And Go Ahead have sorted that mess right out, haven't they.....?


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