New bus gates on Bachelors Walk and Aston Quay

They still could have done that with the original plan, they just would have had to take a different route. If cars were going up Jervis St, they have access to two car parks right there.

Also, as you are well aware, Arnotts are planning to reduce the number of car parking spaces themselves to make way for a hotel and you aren't up in arms about that for some reason.

So if Arnotts decides to close its car park that's fine?

Where are the people going to park and shop and put money into the economy then?

But you keep maintaining that the car park is necessary for the economy.

So if they do shut down their car park, or reduce the number of spaces, what are people who want to park in Arnotts going to do?

Are you suggesting people who want to shop in Arnotts would have to park somewhere else?

How are you drawing this conclusion after just 1 month of operation, at a quiet time of year?

What are the time savings being made by public transport in this area, the main reasoning behind these measures? Is there a disproportionate impact on other services, as traffic and congestion moves elsewhere? As Christmas period approaches, is there a positive growth to shopping in City as its seen as more attractive place to be, or negative impact as retailers worried about, as City is seen as less accessible?

Somewhere else - as simple as that! It feels that you're trolling here.

Yeah it is that simple.

It just feels a bit incredible that we need to maintain access to Arnotts car park and therefore have to allow cars up O'Connell St North for as long as Arnotts want, and then when Arnotts decides they want to reduce car parking spots because they want more money from a hotel, suddenly access is no longer important and those drivers will just need to find other places to park.

Colleges are back one week, and all other benefits you mention are localised to just that one area.

Questions I asked still remain, are there significant knock on effects in surrounding areas, and is there an impact on businesses in the city.

Claiming massive success within a month, while focusing entirely on a single area seems premature.

Hopefully it won't take years. The existing signage looks very temporary. Moving to 24 hrs should be the next step and then move the bus gate down to the jervis St junction. Also time is ticking on the left turn ban on pearse st

Up to 20% time savings and footfall is up year on year for the past month according to NTA and Tublin Town business association

Buses can get anywhere they need to & they have been prioritised.

If retail analysis deems that the car park is still needed to support businesses and jobs, its better that buses take a little longer to get up OCS than they run a minute or two faster and the impact is that nobody can park their cars in the central shopping area.

The people driving wont suddenly decide to get the bus into town, they will shop online or head to out of town centres.

You are a bus enthusiast and its understandable you prioritise bus travel. On the other hand, car ownership in this country is growing and alot of those drivers just will not use buses, end of story.

CPOing one car park sets a precedent for the next CPO and I dont believe that is a smart move for the vibrancy of the city, nor its economic potential.

Public transport should be prioritised, yes. But not to the point that the overall capacity for drivers to park in the city centre reduces, at the same time that the number of car owners is increasing.

Arnotts car park isn't supporting anything other than a few bob for selfridges. What a bizarre and incorrect post. Car ownership is actually decreasing lately and the number of young people with a drivers license is actually decressing but don't let facts get in the way of your odd rant.