Cities around the world that are reducing car access

I'm all in favour of some buses routing Dorset Street or Parnell Street onwards to Church Street and maybe crossing the river there.

But if you're going from the College Green area to the Capel Street area and walking is a challenge then the Luas from Dawson/Westmoreland to Dominick, and back to Trinty/Dawson is the best option.

Redesigning the city around a hypothetical trip from the front of Trinity to the river end of Capel Street shouldn't be considered to be honest.

Cuffe Street and SSG Luas are both 700m from the top of George's Street. If you're coming from Sandyford then 'relatively' that's not far, but if coming from Rathmines you'll spend as long walking as you spend on the bus.

Currently the 13, 14, 15, 16 and 27 all directly serve Dame/George's, arguably the busiest streets in the city. A lot of people live along those routes and that direct access is being removed. By any measure that's a very significant downgrade of service.

I wouldn't consider the middle of Capel Street or the top of George's Street to be hypothetical trips, to be honest. I still think you're missing my point. It's pointless to walk to Jervis or Dominic to go one stop on the Luas, only to walk further to a bus connection. That's a pointless connection that saves very little walking and definitely doesn't save any time. As such, I'm saying both of these areas are 700-800metres from the main connection point at OCS Bridge.

In any case, thanks for responses. I asked for a view, and the answer is clear! Hopefully the radial routes (22, 23 etc.) are frequent and maybe a route down Dorset Street can be considered further down the road. That and a Luas spur from James to College Green would massively improve connectivity to the busiest street in the city!

I’d like to see the existing Luas services branch into different routes as they enter the city centre, and recombine on the way out. This would also increase throughput at the outer sections (the big bottlenecks are in the city centre), but the main benefit would be to allow wider access to the services within the core of the city.

To avoid user confusion, number the Luas lines. People already understand how this works with buses, it won’t be an issue.

I know a fair few people living in her constituency and I've told them all at one point or another to under no circumstances vote for her because of that intervention.

Why would people want to hang out on College Green?

Merrion Square, Trinity Cricket Grounds, St. Stephen's Green, Temple Bar Square etc. are all much nicer places to hang out, depending on what you are hanging out for.

Yeah, as pointed out above, people can't walk through the area fast enough now, because all it is, is a road junction, but if a reasonable sized, traffic free open space is created, then various possibilities arise that you wouldn't necessarily get in St. Stephen's Green which is the only public space in your list. Small events like concerts, busking etc. and if suitable kinds of seating is provided then I'd expect it would be a place where people would "hang out".

Merrion Square is a public space. Trinity hosts concerts.