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100 New Buses For Dublin Bus Nothing More Than A Drop In The Ocean – Murphy
3rd October 2006, Press Release
Catherine Murphy, TD has today labeled the allocation to Dublin Bus of 100 new buses by the Department of Transport a mere “drop in the ocean”, which will make only “a negligible difference” to the quality and volume of service provided to Kildare commuters. She has highlighted the urgent need for a more substantial resource allocation to be made to Dublin Bus immediately in order to provide a true alternative to private motor transport.
“It’s essential that we see expanded services with increased frequency and efficiency if we’re going to encourage commuters to rely fully on the public transport network and leave their cars at home. We need significant investment in Dublin Bus for that to happen, so while I strongly welcome these 100 buses, the investment cannot stop there.”
While Minister for Transport, Martin Cullen TD has given a commitment on the record of the Dáil that funding for a further 100 buses will be made available to private operators in attempts to establish new bus roots, Murphy has expressed her concern at how bus services will be coordinated between the private operators and Dublin Bus:
“We need a public transport network that has truly integrated ticketing and timetabling in order that commuters can make connections using bus, rail, and Luas. Introducing numerous private operators on top of those we already have only puts this type of integration even further out of reach, and will dramatically affect the way in which public transport can be supplied to users. We need a cost effective, reliable, efficient, and frequent service for commuters not a mishmash of uncoordinated services that provide a costly and confusing service to commuters.”
ENDS
Posted by catherinemurphy
on October 3, 2006. Filed under In the Dáil,Planning & Development,Traffic & Transport.
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