Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 21 February 2018

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport

Traffic Management, Congestion and Public Safety at College Green, Dublin: Discussion

9:30 am

Mr. Ray Coyne:

It is October 2017. There is a significant increase in services.

We have changed approximately 22 routes this year, outside of those related to College Green and that has increased capacity. Deputy Lahart will be familiar with the No.15 route, for example, which now has one of the strongest frequencies in the city, with a bus every four minutes at peak times. There has been a significant increase in the number of vehicles that have been put into services there. We have also introduced additional vehicles because as congestion returns, buses are slower in completing their journeys. Some vehicles are added because of congestion or longer journey times while others are deployed to increase capacity. There are also some routes that are faster and we can take vehicles off them and reallocate them. I can send on the figures for growth over the past five years to the Deputy.

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