Dessie Ellis (Dublin North West, Sinn Fein)
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Question 618: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the criteria for selection for funding under the sustainable transport measures programme. [30929/12]

Alan Kelly (Tipperary North, Labour)
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The promotion of smarter travel is a key policy objective of my Department, and indeed of the Government. Our aim is to make smarter travel choices available for all, by establishing safe walking and cycling routes, by funding national and local public transport services and by actively promoting smarter travel.

My Department is pursuing the smarter travel agenda through programmes which use local expertise, guided by international best practice, to develop infrastructure in towns and villages to support sustainable transport, such as bike lanes and improved pedestrian facilities. Each of these programmes (e.g. Smarter Travel Areas, National Cycle Network, Smarter Travel Demonstration projects, Active Travel Towns, Smarter Travel Workplaces) has their own criteria for selection for funding. Further details regarding many of these programmes are available from the website www.smartertravel.ie.