Steven Matthews (Wicklow, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

That leads on to my next question. Let us say there is a proposal to bypass a town and TII puts together a traffic management plan. Freeing up the town from heavy goods vehicles or through traffic and increasing walkability, cyclability, permeability and so one are counted as positives of doing the bypass. It reduces short commute trips around the town because it is now a much more pleasant town to walk or cycle in, it is safer for kids going to school, etc.