BusConnects Dublin - Bus Network Changes Discussion

Ah - yes, now I see it!

Yes we can. We can build a metro.

We will never remove cars from the streets, so if the height of our ambition is to rely on buses only, I wouldnt be expecting public transport to improve greatly in the future.

No buses at all will go down those roads?

Only Dame St without any Bus or taxi then?

could not agree more. I have a feeling in years to come, the College Green plaza will be removed to faciliate luas lines

CG is already a single lane except for the small right turn zone, and being just a single lane is part of why the turn needs to be removed and the junction needs to be streamlined. Removing turns from CG will allow the buses to turn somewhere else where there can be more room for dedicated turn lanes. It will also be much better for the GL as it wont have to wait for turning buses anymore.

A big reason why north of Trinity is such a mess is because there are so many conflicting bus movements that BC is trying to fix. At the moment the movements include D'Olier → CG, D'Olier → Townsend, Hawkins → CG, Hawkins → Townsend, and Pearse → CG for southbound, and CG → Westmooreland, Pearse → Westmooreland, and CG → Fleet/Townsend for northbound. BC will simplify this to D'Olier → CG and Hakins → Townsend for southbond movements and CG → Westmooreland for northbound movements. Hawkins → CG, Pearse → CG, and Pearse → Westmooreland are particularly nasty and cause a lot of congestion and I'll be happy to see them gone.

And here come the delays!

https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2025/11/25/dublins-metrolink-to-face-legal-challenge-from-ranelagh-residents/

The D-spine too. Actually the D-spine is also responsible for a lot of the bad movements north of CG so that will help too. The 27, 68s, 150, 151 and 142 all go from Hawkins St to CG. The 56A and 77A goes from Pearse to CG. And I also forgot about the 69s which go from Hawkins to Westmooreland. Which in addition to all of those routes being gone from CG, the 13 and 122(depending on its new terminus) will be too.

With the B-spine, while be a significant improvement for CG, I think the biggest benefit of it will be removing most of the buses turning right on Dawson St which will be a massive improvement GL, A-, E-, and F-spines. That said there will be a few stragglers, the 11, 44, 116, and 118 as well a few coaches and commerical operators. But that's thankfully only a handful of buses compared to most of the services the B-spine is replacing.

I've started to use the Transit app in the morning to make sure I get to my stop in time but I just haven't gotten around to using it in the evening for some reason. Might make more sense than the RTI.

Good news on the D Spine routes - the 27 (D2) is a very busy route already so I wasn't thrilled about a 33% reduction in hourly buses. It's still a reduction but I guess if it can be guaranteed then it's better than a 10 minute cycle with cancellations.