Dublin ranked as second worst city in the world for traveling by car

Population of Dublin County is increasing about 18,000 a year (Greater Dublin Area is increasing also) and we can't make the roads any wider, so the only solution in the medium term is walking, cycling and buses.

If they start planning and design of another Metro line once the first one starts construction, then we could in a best case scenario have two Metro lines in 15 years. That's definitely possible. This would take a huge amount of cars and buses off the roads.

I think the O Orbital route will be very handy once it starts. The southside orbital routes have just launched recently. I'd like to see the data on them.

The tap to pay should have been done years ago. It's simple technology.

Would be interesting to see the loading on the Green Line now.

It is obviously jammed at peak hours but outside of that, it is normally busy but ok.

Hopefully they will start running the Luas late on weekends soon, that would be a huge boost for the night time economy, given the lack of taxis in the city centre.

Is there a lack of taxis these days? Family members have gotten taxis on Freenow within a few minutes, including over the busy Xmas period.

Peak times it must be over capacity as people cant get on it.

But yes, outside of those hours there is certainly space. Lots of new homes going live along the route this year though.

I see the usual suspects are out with their usual anti-motorist tirades. For the benefit of those who have never been to Dublin, or who act as though they have no idea what's going on there, I was at the coalface of what passes for public transport in Dublin for the best part of a decade.

Even in the best case scenario, e.g. where you live close to a Luas, DART or Commuter railway station, PT in Dublin is overcrowded like hell at peak times (to basically sardine can levels) and not all that fast. And that's in the best case scenario.

The fact is that just crapping on people for driving instead of using public transport makes no sense given how poor the latter is - even when totally or largely separate from the roads like the railways are.

At an absolute minimum, Dublin now needs everything that is currently planned plus a full metro from Donabate to Bray via Swords, the Airport and the City Centre. Also needed would be the DART Underground and an extensive expansion of the Luas *within* the M50. Also maybe a few hundred thousand new apartment units at sane rent costs.

Then - and only then - would it make sense to start blaming motorists for causing congestion etc. Any claim to the contrary really requires the suspension of disbelief.

dublin is a shot hole end of.

I'm over 90% certain it'll happen.

It's on schedule and budgeted for.

Dublin's got a lot of positives, but certainly it has problems it needs to solve.

One big positive to Dublin is that it has a great, youthful energy. Many cities don't have that.

Door to door, driving beats public transport in Dublin for almost every journey.

Cycling is fastest though.