The government are currently investigating increased parking, congestion charges and speed limit reductions in order to help the country meet its climate goals. Looks like a split in the coalition is emerging over the proposals, which are likely to be deeply unpopular. Do you see anything of the proposed that could be considered politically palatable?
Well, another article on safety and lack of measures to protect people who want to use Public transport:
Ms Herbert said safety is another big concern.
"If you remember back to 2020, the report 'Travelling in a Woman's Shoes', found that more than half of the women who were surveyed would not use public transport at night," she said."
https://www.newstalk.com/news/public-transport-has-to-be-safe-before-its-free-1445263
Might make those who think that just cos there butchers cousins old mate who got the Bus before was alrite so therefore there's no issues at all sorts..
But instead want to heap more taxes on people who want to use their cars and stay safe now...
No because they want to drive 4 hrs to create traffic congestion.
Makes you wonder where is safe...
So trucks / Van's transport industry by road in general dont deliver to congested city centres?
So who or what stocks the shelves of any retail.
And posts like this remind me why FF /FG and the Greens are in power.
Because there are a certain strata of the population who cant think for themselves.
I'm still interested in how retail gets stocked in city centre of Dublin.
They send in the army in helicopters. It's too dangerous any other way. It's good training for more hostile places like towns with 1.5 buses a day.
I rest my case. Good evening to you.
You googled a couple of crime stories which mentioned the victim had a car, well done you! Take the rest of the night off...
By that logic there can never be a congestion charge because no matter how good public transport could be there will always be journeys that can't or are not as convenient by public transport. Even if there was great public transport between Aglish and Dublin, then what about Letterfrack or Cahersiveen.
Seemed to be what everyone else is doing.
Complaining about public transport they don't use, about a congestion charge they won't pay in a city they hardly ever go to.
Finish it off to buy groceries flown in by helicopter.
Agreed and what's the solution to this shortfall in transport policy?
Tax the motorist.
Great thinking by the government.
Everywheres a no go area except cars. Well other than car jacking.
If you choose to live in a one horse town there's no policy ever reaching that.
Your last few replies and this one especially just proves how ignorant your posting is.
Yes, you’re absolutely safe in your car, obviously.
You want perfect public transport to the middle of nowhere. Somewhere we already know isn't viable due to the bus service you described.
It ain't happening.
I'm am outside of Dublin.
You should have read that before you posted!
Alleged attacker escaped on the luas probably.
No I want to be able to travel freely at a mode of my choice without being taxed to the hilt.
It's that simple
Car jacking seems to work the same outside of Dublin based on other articles.
So, we can never try to disencentivise car transport
You lost that battle once you bought the car.
People forget that Holland used to be congested with cars in the 1970s. They think the reduction in car use happened overnight with alternative infrastructure happening overnight.
Owning a car in Ireland is expensive.
Purchase price is high, standing charges like insurance, servicing and repairs are expensive.
This contributes to people wanting to use the car more because often the marginal cost of taking the car is less than the cost of public transport.
And tax on all of it, as soon as you buy it.
There's no way the car is cheaper, dunno how you think it is But once you have it, no point in not using it. It's a sunk cost.
Similarly in moving where there's no other options, you make yourself car dependent. So it's moot complaining about public transport if you've moved deliberately out of reach of it.
Right so.
Give it a rest you have made your point.
Very strange post. Using that poor girls misfortune to prove a stupid point about a stupid tax.
Shame on you.
I didn't say the car is cheaper.
Quite the opposite, I said owning a car is expensive.
Thus as you say the sunk costs make people more inclined to use it.
Also not everyone who lives in a rural area moved there.
Many are living where they are from, where they have jobs and family ties.
If they have jobs locally then they aren't commuting to a far away city and is once again irrelevant to a thread about congestion in a city.
The stupid point was that suggestion that you’re somehow immune to violence behind the wheel of a car. Ever heard of traffic collisions. Ever heard of road rage?
No but they might be commuting to a job in a nearby city.
Someone perhaps in construction where they have to follow the work.
They could be roofing a rural bungalow this week and get work on a site in the city next week.
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