Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 23 November 2016

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport

A Vision for Public Transport: Discussion

1:30 pm

Ms Anne Graham:

At present, Uber plays a role as a dispatcher and operates within the taxi licensing system. Our view is it should remain as a provider but use licensed drivers and vehicles. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked about the big ticket items in delivering the strategy. We suggest every item in the strategy is needed to meet the 55% commuting trips. The big spends are metro north and the DART underground, but across the board we believe every item must be provided including rail, light rail, bus and the demand management measures. These all contribute to delivering the transport strategy.