Dublin is the ‘second-slowest city centre in the world’ for drivers

The main reason for buses being slow is that they get stuck behind all the single occupancy cars in traffic and all the vans and trucks blocking bus lanes. We need some serious enforcement to keep bus lanes clear, and some serious prioritisation of bus traffic.

Your views are fairly outdated. Lots of people, young and old, use buses, whether regularly or occasionally for commuting or for local trips. When the bus service works, like the 46A or 145 services, or the new 24 hour services on the 39 routes, they work really well.

We need to give them the space to work even better.

Its reaasonable, but its still not as quick, comfortable or as convenient as driving.

Cyclings quicker and more convenient than driving. Also cheaper and better for health.

It depends. Most of Dublin's within the M50 is a 30 minute cycle to the city center.

I wouldn't expect everyone to cycle or take the bus, but as I said originally the only short or medium term solution to Dublin's traffic is to encourage as much modal shift as possible.

An Underground could be delivered in the Medium term, but the journey has to start with a plan.

No harm in encouraging cycling or bus transport in the meantime, but you are only ever going to see small changes in modal transport. From Car to Bus/Bike.

This study is evidence of that.

Count the number of bikes/buses using an arterial road in Dublin and then count the number of cars using the road over the same period.

Bus travel is a sticking plaster approach that needs to be reinforced with a large scale PT system that is faster, cheaper and more efficient than driving, for the masses.

In other words, a mode of transport that people actually prefer vs driving.

There is really only an underground system thar can deliver that, especially when you consider the rapid rate of Dublins population growth.

It depends on high you define "medium term", but we might have one Metro line in 10 years time. So, although great to have it, it's not a complete solution. We're still back to buses and bikes.

Copenhagen have added 4 Metro lines since 2002 and are planning a 5th.

That's the type of ambition we need. On top of that, they're mad for cycling.

Building a Dublin underground? Well I would say that most people here will be retired or using a flying-wheelchair by the time an underground is built in Dublin... The home of the world's most expensive and still not finished Hospital... You may as well hope for a Solar-powered Monorail while you're at it...

There's some here who will bitterly hold onto their cars for city transport and others who will tell you the bicycle will solve all our traffic problems.. Neither is correct....and will still be on here in 20 years with both sides arguing that they know best...

We'll have one Metro line in 10 years. I'm pretty certain of that.

Bikes are still part of the solution. So are buses, Dart, walking.

I live close enough to Dublin and I'm lucky enough to be on a public transport link but I wouldn't ever in my wildest dreams use my car to drive into Dublin City centre during the day. I've driven it at night the odd time to collect herself from a night out but that's it.

Plenty of my friends/acquaintances drive in there all the time and give out about it. They're part of the problem, they shouldn't be driving in. They live near me and have same options I have.

That's not to say everyone has same options, but if people are too lazy to walk to a bus stop or train station (I have both) I'm not going to entertain their giving out about traffic.

I'd love to know the number that drive in when there are very viable options available to them but I'd guess it's at least half the cars in there during the day really shouldn't be.

Just watching the BBC London news London is the slowest city centre in the world but they are blaming the 20mph speed limits introduced by the mayor.

Men are status oriented and cars are intrinsic with status.

Buses are perceived as being for poor people but really they're just like a train or Metro, so they're for everyone.

I like reading and am in my own world, so I prefer the bus to driving. I find driving stressful anyway.

I can see why people don't like cycling cos they might have to wear a suit and be well groomed. Also our weather is **** and bikes can be dangerous.

What does that say to you? Probably the fact that being sat in your own car hardly moving is still better than being sandwiched onto a jam packed bus with standing room only along with 90 other people...

Buses will never be given priority on the roads at scale until we actually decide to give buses priority on the roads at scale.

Who ever said that "the bicycle will solve all our traffic problems"?

Exactly, I agree about the buses.

But thars my point.

Buses having their own, segregated roads for 100% of the route is just not going to happen.

Therefore, buses will never have an unobstrucuted route in the way an Undergroumd system/Monorail can have.

Therefore, it is almost never going to be quicker to travel by bus vs car, whereas underground travel can be much faster than a car.