Mr. Kenny Jacobs:

The sooner, the better, and the more variety of transportation options to and from the airport, the better. I think we have all flown to international airports around the world where one would say, “Wow, I wish we had that.” We are ready for the metro coming to Dublin Airport. We have the station ready. We have designs for what will be the metro station at Dublin Airport, right beside the church, ready to go. I saw recently there were plans for the DART to go from Clongriffin to the airport. That could be done sooner. We welcome that. I think both should be done. I would not pause the metro to think about the DART; I would do both. More things can happen. I was in LaGuardia Airport recently, looking at the amount of ridesharing that is happening with Uber out of LaGuardia. It has come up with a unique solution that is very interesting.

Ultimately, a single person travelling in their own car or in a taxi is absolutely a wasted opportunity. We need to get more people using public transportation. We need to get more bums on taxi seats and look at things like ridesharing. We welcome the metro. We are ready for it.

We welcome the DART coming to the airport. That will be very good, as will all those options that will give people more choice and ultimately get more people on public transport rather than taking their car to the airport.