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Car usage drops by 1% in over a decade

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  • #92
    DownByTheGarden
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,786 ✭✭✭DownByTheGarden


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120997890#Comment_120997890

    Thats like it is for me. USe a car only when needed. A few trips that i have to make that are easily doable with public transport. And the rest are a total disaster. I sold my car thinking i would just use public transport and make it work. But its been a total nightmare for most trips trying to get them done on public transport. Now I borrow the wifes car all the time. Borrow the neighbours when thats not available. Will in the end have to get my own car again.

    Give me public transport options and i wont need the car. but i still need a car for most trips.



  • #93
    Hotblack Desiato
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 38,960 ✭✭✭✭Hotblack Desiato


    More mistakes....

    Metrolink is up to 30 trains per direction per hour though, IIRC, and fully automated.

    That picture is an S-Bahn train which is heavy rail. That's not going to fit through a U-Bahn (metro) tunnel. Bigger tunnels means a large increase in costs for capacity which isn't needed. Building more lines instead would be a much better use of funds.

    I'm partial to your abracadabra,

    I'm raptured by the joy of it all.



  • #94
    Timing belt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,619 ✭✭✭Timing belt


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121008186#Comment_121008186

    A more frequent service with multiple lines certainly would make public transport more attractive than a infrequent service carrying more passengers



  • #95
    Beta Ray Bill
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 3,981 ✭✭✭Beta Ray Bill


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121008186#Comment_121008186

    I did read the number 30 in frequency but it did not say 30 of what.

    30 secs is impressive if it's pulled off.

    Aye it's an S-Bahn, but may of them go underground as the approach the various city centres. Milan has a similar type of double deck under ground train.



  • #96
    Hotblack Desiato
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 38,960 ✭✭✭✭Hotblack Desiato


    30 seconds?? 30 trains per hour is one every 2 minutes (at peak times)

    High frequency is much more important than making each individual train bigger.

    Yes you can put heavy rail underground but it costs a lot more per km than a metro. It's not at all comparable to Metrolink - much longer distances, fewer stations, less frequency.

    I'm partial to your abracadabra,

    I'm raptured by the joy of it all.



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  • #97
    Beta Ray Bill
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 3,981 ✭✭✭Beta Ray Bill


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121010282#Comment_121010282

    Typo! 🤣



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