Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

I will ask the NTA to meet public representatives because it is important that Members of the Dáil, in particular, have access and are able to represent their communities. I will mention one other factor. We are already seeing a big increase in bus use as a result of the network redesign. A twin part of the approach is that we will put in 16 corridors, which will make that network design work. It is about the reallocation of road space to ensure the buses on the new bus routes get through traffic quickly. We need to ensure that bus routes get premium service, priority and development.

We have a difficulty because our planning system is currently very slow. It has gone through a lot of difficulties. Eight of the corridors are already in planning and all 16 will be by the end of this year. The most important thing we need to do as public representatives is to maintain public support for priority for bus passengers and cyclists in our city so that, having that priority, the new routes will really work. If the planning system continues to be delayed, I will seek to accelerate some of those measures so that bus passengers can get into and out of town more quickly.

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