Tommy Broughan (Dublin North East, Labour)

I wish to raise other points with the Minister regarding integrated ticketing and automatic vehicle location, AVL. Will we see them in 2011 at long last?

A significant number of commuters may be 12 or 15 minutes away. Did the Minister specify a target? The British Government used to have targets for cities and the whole of the UK in terms of how long it took people to walk to a bus. Has the Minister asked Dublin Bus for such a target? In many parts of the city, including mine, one will be that bit further away on some routes. If one is a senior or a parent walking kids to a bus, the additional inconvenience could be significant. Dublin Bus's PSO is small relative to similar companies throughout the EU, so one can see why people are trying to make savings and be more efficient. We all want Dublin Bus to be as efficient as possible but there is still concern that disadvantaged communities might be left worse off.

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