Robert Troy (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 2:

To delete all words after “calls on the Government to:” and substitute the following: “—increase investment in sustainable transport projects in order to tackle congestion, reduce emissions and drive sustainable growth;

—accelerate the rollout of additional rail carriages in order to tackle severe overcrowding on commuter trains;

— increase the frequency of bus services along heavily used routes in order to alleviate rail overcrowding in the short-term and increase the overall quality of the bus network;

— invest in rural transport in order to create social and economic opportunities;

— identify key pinch points across Ireland’s public transport network and target investment to alleviate these pinch points;

— allocate funding to local authorities for the purpose of maintaining and improving existent cycling infrastructure;

— drastically increase the availability of the physically segregated cycling infrastructure across the country, particularly in urban and suburban areas;

— gradually phase out the use of diesel only buses in order to support a cleaner Irish bus network;

— undertake a cost-benefit analysis of key projects such as the Western Rail Corridor 1157 and the Dublin-Navan railway line extension;

— immediately commence an upgrade of Ireland’s rail signalling infrastructure in order to facilitate greater use of existent rolling stock, decrease journey times, and reduce congestion at stations;

— set up a Dublin Transport Authority in order to plan for and oversee the delivery of transport projects within the Greater Dublin Area;

— accelerate the delivery of the DART Underground project, which has been identified by the National Transport Authority as key to unlocking the potential of the Dublin transport network;

— set out a pathway to fully electrify Ireland’s rail fleet, which will decrease transport emissions and journey times;

— increase investment in Ireland’s electric vehicle charging network in order to make electric vehicle ownership more attractive for Irish citizens; and

— establish a National Infrastructure Commission in order to ensure that large-scale infrastructure projects are delivered in an efficient and cost-effective manner.”

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