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“An innocent tenant, through no fault of their own, ends up back homeless because a landlord doesn’t carry out the works,” says one councillor.
The new routes, part of BusConnects, aren’t yet along separated bus lanes, and traffic is making buses less dependable and slower.
If the service doesn’t improve, people might start driving more, making climate-emissions targets even harder to reach, transport experts say.
Cycling advocates say this vastly understates the reality on the roads – and the need for better road designs to avoid such conflicts.
Northwood Estates is home to thousands, but there aren’t any bus routes running down its main thoroughfare – possibly because it’s not a public street.
Passengers regularly describe waiting in vain for buses that exist as “ghosts” on a website, app, or digital sign at a bus stop – but never materialise.
I loved working on this illustration because it explores the universal experience of feeling afraid while being alone in public.
The council put up two cameras in the city on Bachelor’s Walk and St John’s Road, but enforcement ended up outside of the scope of the trial.
Several bus stops around the city, mysteriously, face not towards the road so travellers can see when their bus is coming, but backwards.
In an NTA assessment from August last year, route 75 was listed in “the 5 worst performing routes in each of the previous 4 periods”.
Many Sikh families live in Lucan and Adamstown and find it difficult to get to the temple in Ballsbridge using current bus routes. Tweaks to routes could help, they say.
After reviewing thousands of’ suggestions and complaints, the NTA has been meeting with residents’ groups in some areas to show them updated designs.
Figures from the National Transport Authority (NTA) show they’ve fallen slightly short on expected punctuality, but hit reliability targets.