BusConnects Dublin - Big changes to Bus Network

Thanks all! Was hoping the L62 route would be sooner. The 40e going through estates in Cabra is death. But it's a useful service.

I mean it says it was last updated months ago, so I agree, especially with the positioning of Phases 5 and 5a that seems unrealistic

Any sign of imminent improvement in driver staffing levels?

Are there still plans to cut down trees and infromge into gardens as part of this roll out?

I remember all the ribbons tied around the trees, but you dont see them so much now.

Lower Baggot St is a particularly lovely street and it seemed crazy to me that we could think about ruinimg that streetscape just to fire more buses up and down it. By all means, ban the cars, but dont widen the roads even further and have us exist in a motorway.

If you fail the test, you will be given a 2nd chance, (at your own expense though),and failing that, if you were to get the licence elsewhere, they probably would take you back anyway. I was speaking to one of the driving instructors during the week and he said they are churning out 6 new drivers each week but that it's barely just keeping up with the leaving/retirement figures.

Appreciate the link and the time taken to send them over.

When I look at that revised big picutre Bus Map, it just appears very high level and unclear. I cant imagine someone unfamiliar with bus routes navigating a journey using that map.

Obviously Google etc can help people plan, but why we cant have an interconnected map that is easy to read like the Tube or NY Subway is beyone me. Both places I travel to and never had an issue getting around by using the map on my phone :)

If i can get confused by the BC map, god help people that arent used to big cities or complexities of foreign travel and transport.

Another point I have often wondered is what percentage of people do we expect to use the buses?

Does the project have a target?

There seems to me to be a large percentage of the population in Dublin that just wont use buses - but they will use the LUAS or the DART.

Call it snobbery, but whatever it is, it exists.

Are we putting in infradtructure that ultimatley is already close to its crossover (from car to bus) capacity? How many more people will use the bus from Blackrock or Ballsbridge that dont already use it today?

Again, none of the critical points are aimed at you. You are always helpful.

Thoughts above are just my observations.

I was asking if there was a target for the buses to reach in terms of passenger capacity.

Good information shared and we can see its 40% currently usimg the bus.

Where does the govt expect that to peak?

My point is I dont see it going that much higher, especially with the current busconnects driver fiasco and cancelled ghost buses.

I know numerous people that have abandoned the bus for the car due to unreliability in dublin.

The car drivers are still almost 1 in 5 people entering the city, but i suspect many of them will be happy to pay through the nose to continue to do so.

Remember its not just about comimg imto the city. thats the easiest place to get to by bus or Luas/Dart.

How many people take the bus to Liffey Valley or Blanch or to the Dublin Mountains or Bray/Howth etc.

Very few. Even the parking charges at LV has just meant people get a car lift and get dropped off at the gates.

A Metro is what we need to bring the public with us on an interconnected public transport model.

How come? The 27 already serves it. Is it because of anti-social activities?

Would they ever just chuck those kids out of their social house and give it to deserving. Pmenty of people homeless that would respect it.

Real shame for genuine bus users in that area.