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Metrolink - Alternative Routes - See post one for restrictions.

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,396 ✭✭✭gjim


    You've summarized your view a thousand fecking times. Move on ffs.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,242 ✭✭✭spillit67


    Points of interest are part and parcel of how we think about cities and drivers of traffic.

    It isn’t just about where people live. The SW has poor density but that’s not just it. It’s about where people live, work, are educated, shop, engage in recreation, attend events etc.

    You just listened names and a crayon drawing of a branch line which (I’m assuming) serves near you. I referenced a map posted in this thread which is a proxy for demand. I pointed out whilst work and density is really helpful, that there is of course further generators.

    Are you really going to suggest to me that Knocklyon, Rathfarnham et al have seen a significant uplift vs. the rest of the city since then. I look all planning applications through the Dublin Housing Executive and whilst there is infill and some developments, it pales in comparison to the big ticket development elsewhere. Every single other factor that the SW fares poorly on has exploded- UCD and St Vincents for example (both of which fare poorly in density terms which is clearly a nonsense to look at for trip generators) have grown significantly since then. UCD had 24k students in 2011, they have 38k now. Vincent’s has significantly expanded (and will of course see the Maternity hospital there too). If you look at the likes of Expressway, they recently changed their routes from the south to cover Vincent’s. Do you think they want to go through Rathfarnham?

    I am all for PT investment in the SW. Your branch proposals are just wishful thinking with costs not a factor. Yes this is a makey uppy thread where crayons come in but it’s telling that the routes are just roundabout ones where you aren’t selling a visitor for growth. Metrolink has clear visitor beyond the obvious. If it is Luas lines or a Metro, the important thing to note is that large chunks of this area will still not be served by them. This is the case with areas notionally served by DART and Luas atm.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,399 ✭✭✭Consonata


    And if there were to be a subsequent railway line proposed through Beaumont, Baldoyle etc SouthEast, would you oppose that as it would "cannabilise" Metrolink.



  • Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 23,609 Mod ✭✭✭✭bk


    But doesn't that go against a CBA, as the development doesn't exist yet (I'm thinking of places like City Edge and other industrial areas earmarked for major development)?

    Great questions.

    A CBA would take into account development plans and areas zoned for development/redevelopment. So when modelling is done, the expected population growth along the line would be taken into account.

    As an example Swords has an extensive Swords Masterplan that zones areas for high density development and as a result projects the population of Swords growing to 100,000 people. This would have been taken into account for the Metrolink CBA and business case.

    City Edge would be another great example of such a development plan.

    It is however worth noting that not every random green field, golf course and industrial estate can be included. There has to be an actual development plan. The green area might be part of an environmental protection area and thus off limits. The owners/members of the golf course and industrial park have to want to have them redeveloped and be part of the process. Brown land/industrial land might have significant contamination that makes it unsuitable for residential development, etc.

    Also, doesn't the argument for not having a SW metro due to low density not apply to everywhere outside the city core, as most of it is low density also? The Dublin region is mostly just semi-d sprawl so could the same arguments not be made for any new metro that goes SW, NW or anywhere that's not towards the NE to SE regions of the city?

    Well that is where developments plans like the above come into play.

    As an example, Phibsborough wouldn't justify Metrolink, however Swords and the development plans for it and all the development land north of it justify it. The Airport and interchange with DART+ at Glasnevin greatly add to it.

    It is all of the different locations along the line, the big passenger generators, which lead to a positive CBA. The fact it happens to pass through (and serve) some lower density areas along the way isn't a problem if you have other big traffic generators along the line that can support it.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,976 ✭✭✭✭tom1ie


    So you keep talking about UCD.

    UCD is a 9 min cycle from Sydney parade DART station.

    UCD is a 10 min cycle from windy Arbour LUAS GL station.

    UCD has the below busses stopping at stop ID 768 which is a 5 min walk to the front door.

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    I would say UCD is fairly well connected, wouldn't you?

    Tallaght (complete with its college, shopping centre, Stadium etc etc), (according to the 2022 census) has a population of 81,022.

    Swords (according to the 2022 census) has a population of 40,776

    Why would Tallaght not need a metro but swords does?

    If Tallaght does need a metro, then why would you duplicate the red line LUAS route?

    The obvious answer is to chose the route i have pencilled in and IF YOU HAD TO,(Personally i think a metro to Tallaght stacks up on its own without a spur), increase the CBA, run a spur to Clondalkin- which in itself has a population (according to the 2022 census) of 47,938. (This doesnt even include clonburris!)



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,242 ✭✭✭spillit67


    Rathfarnham Village is just over 10 minutes cycle from the Luas, what is your point? If cycling is good enough for Ireland's largest university, why not a bunch of semi D houses?

    UCD has mediocre connectivity. It is Ireland's largest University and the fact it will be the only University in Dublin not connected to rail in 10 years is an abomination.

    Yeah, I think that trumps a bunch of arbitrary semi Ds that you want to loop two wild branch lines around to hit near where I assume you are based.

    Please make a compelling argument (involving development and no, you shoehorning Ballymount in is not that) rather than crayon drawings that go around the houses with a branch lines just so you can shoehorn in your own locality.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,976 ✭✭✭✭tom1ie


    LOL!

    Lets deal with your "points" one by one:

    Rathfarnham village is 12mins cycle to Windy arbour Luas GL stop- not just over 10, its 12.

    UCD does not have mediocre connectivity as i have shown in my previous post, so your incorrect there.

    I'm not sure where you are referring to when you say a bunch of semi d houses? Is it the areas that are served by the metro2 plan I've laid out?

    Do you mean:

    SPUR1:
    Tallaght,

    Knocklyon

    Firhouse

    Rathfarnham

    Terenure

    Kimmage

    Rathmines

    SPUR 2:

    Clonburris (seven mills)

    clondalkin

    red cow

    ballymount

    walkinstown

    As i have previously said, Tallaght and Clondalkin (of which i don't live near either) have larger populations than Swords, and need a metro due to the chronic traffic problems. Im not sure why you think spur lines are "wild" there are plenty of other countries that have spur lines in their metro systems wouldnt you agree?

    I have pointed out that Ballymount and the whole greenhills industrial area is ripe for development- but no you wont accept that because it doesn't suit your idea.

    My plan incorporates stations which have interactions with heavy rail at clonburris in Clondalkin.

    Clonburris is due to deliver 8700 homes, Ballymount can be redeveloped, There is a large amount of development going on around the R113.

    These are just three examples of many in DSW.

    Any other points you want me to clarify and put you straight on?



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,399 ✭✭✭Consonata


    The Luas and the Metro will serve pretty fundamentally different catchments, especially when extended to Finglas. Going under Glasnevin is the most direct way of getting to the airport, going via Drumcondra will cost a fortune in building an expensive railway interchange with only one of the two railway lines. Why would you do that when we are already building one for two of them 300m away. It doesn't make any sense, and no density arguments really help the case.

    This is ignoring that we have had what, 4 reports into this alignment, which fairly rigorously weighed up why Glasnevin makes more sense than Drumcondra.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,242 ✭✭✭spillit67


    So 2 mins? You want to connect a meh village with meh density over Ireland’s biggest university because of some arbitrary (I know you googled that distance and thought shoehorning it in here was a gotcha) barometer?

    Your route is a nonsense. It is round the houses in order for you to try to justify something that gets near you, complete with more nonsense about a branch line.

    Clonburris is not is this geography. It is already getting DART+. This is you again shoehorning in a nonsense “branch” that you think might fit a CBA.

    The point I’ve made to you time and time again is in all of these areas the vast majority will still not be close to it. Really you need to be within 15 mins walk of a stop for it to be viable. The vast majority won’t be touched by this but instead the PT improvements for the broader SW would be swallowed up with this boondoggle.

    Until we see some serious plans to increase density (residential and employment wise) in the area east of the N81 and south of the Dodder (Jct. 11 to 13), a Metro line should go nowhere near it. A Luas line (or two) would be doing well frankly. I like the NTAs thinking of more orbital lines in recent publications. Call me when you sacrifice one of the golf clubs to build a Sandyford or Cherrywood.

    The most bang for our buck and one that can be sold to all southsiders is an orbital line near the Canal. The ability to get from Heuston to Docklands in rapid transit will be of immense value and properly give the southside of the city E-W connectivity that reflects the real city core. This can integrate with the enhanced Bus spines, DART and Luas / Metrolink too.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,976 ✭✭✭✭tom1ie


    All this talk of semi ds and giving up golf clubs- all a bit odd really.
    Anyway I don’t think there’s much point continuing this debate when I’ve presented the up to date census figures as proof of demand vs your out of date 2011 figures.

    I think I’m correct and I know you have something against PT for DSW, which is wrong, so for me I’m out.

    Why don’t you tell us of your orbital canal route or whatever it is instead of being against any PT improvements for DSW?



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,242 ✭✭✭spillit67


    It's not odd at all, it's complete fact. The area has worse density and materially more golf clubs (of scale) which eat up space. I appreciate we need leisure area but that geography has far too many of them - Golf Clubs eat space and they are of narrow wider utility. Geographically it isn't that large an area.

    I've said it before on the semi Ds, it's not that historically it is any worse than most of Dublin, it's just that's really it. There isn't the brownfield opportunities or the track record of development, nor are there places of interest that would drive significant football.

    Yes Tallaght or Ballymount might justify it, but your proposals goes round the houses to get there. Again these are not my figures, someone else posted the data. In terms of your data, you referenced Clondalkin ffs. How does that have relevance to your rounds the houses proposal? You are just shoehorning places in from miles away for some mythical CBA in your own locality.

    I have nothing against PT for the SW, again you making stuff up. I'll repeat - my preference is for all of the SW to get better PT and not just certain lucky corridors along a crayon route. The issue with tunneling (because again, you have previously said a Luas isn't good enough) is the cost and it really really needs to fit into existing density or strategic sites. Yes there is a reality that on any route you will likely get some lower traffic generating areas, but that's clearly not your proposal.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,976 ✭✭✭✭tom1ie


    I agree there are plenty of Golf Clubs and I agree that CPOing one of them (castle golf club) would add to the already strong CBA.

    There are brownfield sites which I have already listed but again I’ll point to tallaght and Ballymount.

    My proposals really don’t go around the houses- it’s quite direct.
    You can’t go much more direct from tallaght without duplicating the red line which would be quite silly, almost as silly as building another rail line in DSE………….

    As I have previously pointed out the spur to clondalkin is to service the people of clondalkin and allow people to move all over the city in multiple directions on PT, plus the fact that Clondalkin has chronic traffic problems as it is with a massive development in clonburris coming down the tracks (pun intended)

    I’m not really sure what you want here- I’ve posted up to date census figures for tallaght and clondalkin from 2022 as opposed to your 2011 out of date data- that show both tallaght and clondalkin have higher populations than swords and need quality PT.

    METRO2 addresses that and services the people of the areas I have previously listed.
    Throw in a CPO of castle golf course via the new planning courts and redevelopment of Ballymount and it’s a no brainier.

    As I have also previously pointed out to you UCD is plenty well connected via multiple bus routes that utilise QBCs, LUAS GL and DART.

    Now are you gonna post your orbital route or just try to tell us why DSW doesn’t deserve quality PT?



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,639 ✭✭✭✭salmocab


    not to get involved in the ins and outs of this argument but UCD isn’t served by the luas, it’s too far from windy arbour stop to be practical. Not sure you can bring a bike on the luas but if there were dozens of students doing it every day when it’s busy I’d imagine it would soon be stopped anyway



  • Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 23,609 Mod ✭✭✭✭bk


    Yes, urban/transport planning is usually done around walking distance not cycling distance!

    As a rough rule of thumb, 10 minutes walk from a train/tram/metro station is considered reasonable. Beyond that we know numbers quickly drop off. A 10 minute cycle is a 25 minute+ walk, no one in urban planning would consider that to be in a catchment. That isn't to say no one will cycle there, but numbers would be tiny.

    I live a 10 minute cycle from a DART station, absolutely no one where I live would consider DART to be part of our catchment area or even think of using the DART! No one is going to cycle 10 minutes, risking dodgy traffic on poor cycle paths and worrying about locking your bike up at a DART station and getting stolen, when you can walk 5 minutes to a bus stop where buses pass every 3 minutes of so.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,639 ✭✭✭✭salmocab


    Given the size of UCD you could still have a 10 minute walk from the gate too



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,242 ✭✭✭spillit67


    There isn't a strong CBA. You just put a round the houses Metro line with two branches to places that you know have density / potential density and said it is "strong".

    Eyeballing it, it looks to be closer to 40km in length with your branch.

    The low range cost of Metrolink now is for c. €13bn. You are not being serious suggesting a Metrolink line that will cost double that at the low range here based on the route you've put in for. All it is catering to a personal bias rather than something actually logical.

    If we are going to Ballymount / Tallaght, the most direct route is the only show in town. That's it, we can have dream discussions but this isn't on planet earth.

    Yes I wish to invest and invest in PT, but this is not a serious suggestion and would rank in the teens in terms of what this city needs.

    And once again on this Census that. I did not post that data, someone else did. Is this just a troll at this stage because you keep repeating this lie?

    UCD is not connected well when you are talking about 10 minute bike rides. I pointed out that that Rathfarnham is slightly over that and suddenly that's not relevant. The issue again that needs to be highlighted to you on this amazing QBC is that Donnybrook seizes up 4km from the city centre - roughly your Terenure and Rathgar distance. Buses face the exact same issues from there. Again - the South East of the city extends out 20km to Bray and another 5km to Greystones. We are talking about 10km to the M50 in the geography you are referring to.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,242 ✭✭✭spillit67


    And this is a point I've made time and time again when we discuss this. An "area" isn't just covered by good PT because there is a rail line in its general direction. It's misnomer that "Blackrock is covered by the DART". Attach many other coastal neighbourhoods to that too. Somewhere like Dundrum though of course is far more covered by the Luas, given natural geography.

    This would be the exact same if you look to go out in that general direction into the SW. That's why the route needs to make sense in terms of picking up density. Yes we can carry a couple of low catchment areas, but the proposals I see on DSW seem to have 7-8km of essentially low density areas requiring expensive tunnelling just because of this "general direction" argument.

    Yes there is a "build it and they will come" argument but there does need to be at least something there that suggests that might happen and can tick a CBA. So if we take the Luas Green Line - Sandyford was undergoing a change from the 1990s onwards. The brownfield potential was obvious and the sprawl of the 1980s and early 1990s around Sandyford / Leopardstown slowed down as the potential was seen there. Cherrywood saw similar rezoning from the 1990s. You could see the potential there (and the M50 was a driver there too) in advance of the Green Line. And remember the Green Line was largely over older track bed and didn't involve expensive tunnels.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 236 ✭✭scrabtom


    I don't really think either of ye're suggestions has that good a CBA.

    The right move in Rathfarnham etc. is just forcing a Luas through there, and that should be the focus of the energy of people wanting a metro going there because that low density is never going to justify a metro.

    A metro going along the grand canal will never happen either. The feasibility report on DART Underground said the route that touched the Grand Canal had a low expected demand compared to the other options so I don't know why the case would be better for a standalone metro compared to just turning and extending the tunnel you're already building a bit.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,242 ✭✭✭spillit67


    Environment for the S02 options really actually, and cost.

    S1 R02 (Heuston – Christchurch - St Patrick’s Cathedral – Charlemont –Grand Canal Dock – Docklands) though is one I like as well and has the most passenger demand of them all and was shortlisted. I'd like an overall Grand Canal line but if that got built it would be great.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,976 ✭✭✭✭tom1ie


    There isn't a strong CBA. You just put a round the houses Metro line with two branches to places that you know have density / potential density and said it is "strong".

    Yes. The idea is to run metros to where there are high density areas- that is generaklly the idea of PT unless you are trying to say something else?

    Eyeballing it, it looks to be closer to 40km in length with your branch.

    I suggest you get those eyeballs checked at Specsavers!

    Its 10.06KM from Kishoge heavy railway station

    This of course services Clonburris high density zone along with the Kishoge railway station, where i am proposing the "clondalkin spur" goes to, out to Terenure village, where the clondalkin spur would join with the metro 2 mainline that goes from Tallaght out to DNE via the CC as i have previously documented.

    The low range cost of Metrolink now is for c. €13bn. You are not being serious suggesting a Metrolink line that will cost double that at the low range here based on the route you've put in for. All it is catering to a personal bias rather than something actually logical.

    I havent compared the price of this metro2 with metrolink once- in fact I haven't mentioned cost once, only you have? I have a personal bias in seeing quality PT delivered to an area of the city that doesn't have one rail based option, has the slowest moving busses in the city, and has a complete lack of options other than slow moving busses unlike DSE which has LUAS, QBC and DART.

    If we are going to Ballymount / Tallaght, the most direct route is the only show in town. That's it, we can have dream discussions but this isn't on planet earth.

    I don't understand your point here?

    Are you saying the only plausible route is to duplicate the LUAS red line? If so i dont think theres too much point in carrying on this debate tbh!

    Yes I wish to invest and invest in PT, but this is not a serious suggestion and would rank in the teens in terms of what this city needs.

    its good that you wish too invest in PT and Dublin needs PT investment but not just in one area of the city that already has copius amounts of choice.

    Can you share your list of PT priorities showing how this metro 2 would be at least 13th in terms of CBA please?

    And once again on this Census that. I did not post that data, someone else did. Is this just a troll at this stage because you keep repeating this lie?

    You used the 2011 data to try and prove your density argument did you not? I can only address what you posted?

    Its not a lie- you used the 2011 census data so i showed you the 2022 data. That's not trolling. I really dont think we need to go down this route in a debate.

    UCD is not connected well when you are talking about 10 minute bike rides. I pointed out that that Rathfarnham is slightly over that and suddenly that's not relevant.

    Fair enough point taken- theres no point splitting hairs over 2 mins, but the fact remains 22 different bus routes stop outside the gate of UCD. I wonder does DSW have 22 differenyt bus routes in its entirety? lol! (thats a joke by the way)

    The issue again that needs to be highlighted to you (again? was this highlighted before- i dont think you mentioned donnybrook before) on this amazing QBC is that Donnybrook seizes up 4km from the city centre - roughly your Terenure and Rathgar distance. Buses face the exact same issues from there. Again - the South East of the city extends out 20km to Bray and another 5km to Greystones. We are talking about 10km to the M50 in the geography you are referring to.

    So Bray and Greystones are in Wicklow and both have DART services.

    From Terenure (where the spur and mainline meet in this metro2 version) is 4.48KM to Oconnell street.

    From Terenure back to the red line terminus at the square in tallaght is approx 9KM if you go via castle GC, and the route ive previously laid out.

    Im really not sure what your point is in the last bit?

    Is it because theres traffic in Donnybrook, that Donnybrook needs a metro?



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25 DrivingSouth


    Just hypothetically. If Tallaght and Ballymount were taken care of by a heavy rail spur from Kylemore or Inchicore, would there be any justification to have a metro in the Rathfarnham, Terenure, Kimmage, Rathmines area?

    I think that's the point.

    Metro link has Swords pavilions and airside, the airport, dcu, the mater, heavy rail interchange at Glasnevin, botanic gardens, all large trip generators, and all independent of the housing density nearby.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,976 ✭✭✭✭tom1ie


    So leave Rathfarnham, Terenure, Kimmage, Rathmines area without quality PT?
    No thanks

    There isn’t room for a QBC in that area let alone a LUAS so it must go underground.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,399 ✭✭✭Consonata




  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,242 ✭✭✭spillit67


    You still haven’t given a CBA here though. Just adding a couple of high density areas at the end of your round the houses route is not that. Appreciate we are not in the field of putting them together, but distance and cost per KM absolutely applies in this scenario.

    In terms of length and cost, I am talking about the total length of your line including branch. Funny that your third paragraph says you aren’t talking about costs when you are mentioning positive CBAs!

    I obviously wouldn’t repeat the Red Line, I would look though for the most direct route.

    On this 2011 data, again I did not post it. I merely commented on it. You haven’t posted up to date data, you referenced Clondalkin and Tallaght populations. That seems to piss the point being made (its density and employment data), ignores growth elsewhere and crucially ignores where the vast majority of your line passes through!

    The bus routes to UCD is a funny one, QBC I can take (to a degree). All it does is underline there is demand there. I’m not sure what point you are trying to make here. One of the best arguments (not made regularly) for more Luas and even automated Metrolinks is the stress they take off buses by releasing operational capacity in terms of bus drivers.

    On the last bit on Bray (part of this is in DLR btw) and Greystones, you seem to live in a magical land where just because it says “Wicklow” it is entirely divorced from DLR. The majority of residents in both towns are not close in walking terms to the DART because again, it is a coastal line. Both Bray and Greystones contribute massively though to the demand patterns on the QBCs, DART and even the Luas through DLR. Both have undergone massive expansion and are seeing significantly more coming. All that does is load onto DLR which already has caterered for Sandyford and Cherrywood. In addition to urban areas of the scale of Blackrock and Dún Laoghaire.

    Donnybrook makes sense for Luas / Metro because it is the main junction to the city where traffic narrow. Within the DB / Clonskeagh area you have Donnybrook Stadium, RTÉ, Flutter HQ and Smurfit HQ. UCD entrance right beside it. You also have more and more density going in - RTÉ lands already being built on by Cairn. The RDS is also right there….with a newly developed stadium happening right now along with a murmured major concert arena. I have no issue with the idea of Rathgar or even Terenure getting a Metro stop but let’s be real in terms of how they compare to Donnybrook…



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,242 ✭✭✭spillit67


    And huge greenfield opportunities to what is already there and within the of the 20km. The proposal here I’d estimate is near 40km in terms of distance!



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,242 ✭✭✭spillit67


    This is literally the same in many parts of Dublin notionally served by the DART.

    You seem to deal in absolutes here in terms of neighbourhoods. See also your wild claim on Bray and Greystones. They’re in Wicklow so don’t count apparently!



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,976 ✭✭✭✭tom1ie


    Bray and grey stones are in Wicklow so wouldn’t qualify for a metro to the CC- which I think is a fair summation.
    I deal in absolutes.
    I absolutely believe the only PT that will deliver quality dependable results is a metro to DSW.

    If we had a 1/3 of what DSE has (with regard to PT - LUAS QBC DART) maybe I’d think differently but DSW is starved of PT so it is what it is.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,242 ✭✭✭spillit67


    Do you just keep repeating things and ignore facts….? Part of Bray is in Dublin but regardless, what a bizarre arbitrary cut off.

    I think this cements that your thinking on this is just about place names and generalities rather than a rounded argument.

    I never said a Metro should go to either. What I said was that it is factual that both absolutely contribute to the transport pressure of the South East of Dublin (along with the entire traffic from the SE of Ireland).

    Both places are doing heavy lifting in terms of our cities growth. Bray itself is not getting the Luas anytime soon despite having low hanging fruit track bed there available because of Sandyford and Cherrywood.

    The area I talked about in the SW…..?

    I’ve again previously pointed out to you journey time facts…we are talking about one area 10km from the city and another stretching 20km plus. If you think Rathfarnham is like Cabinteely then find…one of them is not far twice as far away from the CC as the other…!



  • Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 23,609 Mod ✭✭✭✭bk


    Ah now!

    The NTA have legal responsibility for public transport in the Greater Dublin Area, that includes not only Dublin but the surrounding commuter towns in Wicklow, Kildare and Meath.

    From a transport/urban planning perspective you absolutely have to consider the impact of people commuting in from further out and on how that impacts services closer to the city.

    Bray and Wicklow aren't getting a Metro! There is a proposal to extend Luas to Bray, but that would only be possible if the Green line is upgraded to Metro as far as Sandyford. The point of that is not really Bray itself, but to open up the large swathes of green fields along the M11 where you could house the next 100,000 people.



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,242 ✭✭✭spillit67


    Indeed but it's already happening.

    Greystones population already at 2028 levels (2022) by 2024 (20% increase since 2016), all with another 1k units under construction.

    Bray only increased by 2k from 2011 to 2022 to 33k but there is a huge backlog of units under construction or in planning.

    Old Bray Gold course - 1.2k units, 400 under construction and another 400 in for planning.

    https://www.seagardensballymore.com/

    Fassaroe development plan - 2.6k units

    https://atkinsrealis.ie/service/transportation/fassaroe-and-old-conna-lands-development-project/#:~:text=The%20overall%20masterplan%20will%20house,transport%20provision%20for%20Phase%201.

    Go to Newtownmountkennedy and further south to Wicklow and we will see similar.

    It really is crazy to suggest this has no impact…



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