Ms Anne Graham:

We look at the impediments, particularly when changing modes. This is not necessarily from car to bus but from bus to another bus or bus to a Luas tram. With the Leap card, the second journey discount and capping, we remove many of the barriers associated with moving from one mode to another. The number of operators using the Leap card is expanding all the time. This relates not just to operators with a public service obligation but some of our commercial operators as well. That is one of the key determinants of somebody changing from bus to another mode of transport.

There is also the issue of journey time. One area we wish to examine next year with the network of bus services is improving the interchange from bus to bus so there is better coverage of services across Dublin city. This means not everything must come to the city centre and people would not have to interchange there. We might look at other interchange points in the outer areas of the city centre to encourage better interchange.