Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 29 November 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport

Bus Services in Counties Dublin, Kildare, Meath and Wicklow: Discussion

Mr. Billy Hann:

Of course, and when I say "me", we are trying to service the customer at the end of the day. What we have noticed post pandemic is that the variability of traffic, from day to day and during the day, is much higher than it has ever been. Traditionally speaking, one would have had the Monday to Friday timetable and then the Saturday and Sunday timetable. What we are noticing now is the traffic is lighter on Mondays and Fridays and heavier from Tuesday to Thursday, most likely because of remote working. However, that is not even predictable. It is not like that every single week because people are staggering work hours, offices are changing how they work and so on. It is making the development and predictability of schedules much more difficult than it has ever been. Having dedicated bus corridors for us, whatever way it is delivered, makes that much more easier to do. Unfortunately we do not have that at this moment in time.

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