Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 28 May 2025
Committee on Transport
National Transport Authority: Engagement
2:00 am
Mr. Hugh Creegan:
The first question was how we put the customer first. We recognise very solemnly that these services are all about providing for people. They are not about providing services for the sake of services but providing for the people who need to use it. Everything gets careful attention, from the design of the buses on. A number of years ago we introduced double doors to speed up boarding. There used to bench seats on buses and we have put in individual seats. We put in straight stairs and a whole load of things like that on the vehicles.
We have tried to improve information flow on the apps. We have tried to improve the information provision at bus stops and shelters and on bus poles. There have been a host of other things along with lots of advertising campaigns that try to encourage people to use the services and give them the information.
I will ask Mr. Gillard to talk about electrification in a minute but I will start on the plans to expand the L routes. We think the network we have put in place under network redesign, where we have rolled it out, is the right network. In terms of expanding L routes, it would probably be extra-----
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