Martin Ferris (Kerry North, Sinn Fein)
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Question 94: To ask the Minister for Transport the Government's policy on car pooling; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12591/07]

Martin Cullen (Waterford, Fianna Fail)
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The Travel Demand Management Study that was published in 2004 by the Dublin Transportation Office (DTO), an agency of my Department, recommended a series of measures to reduce the demand for travel, particularly single occupant car travel in the peak period.

As part of a sustainable travel public awareness campaign planned to launch in June 2007, the DTO intends to fund the piloting of a car-share website for use in a group of larger workplaces, to facilitate car-sharing amongst employees in these organizations. The results of this pilot exercise will be examined and used as the basis for a possible wider roll out of the initiative within the Greater Dublin Area in 2008 and beyond.