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Transport for Ireland and Immigrant Council of Ireland invite commuters to take part in campaign to combat racism
Transport for Ireland and the Immigrant Council of Ireland are today inviting commuters to show their support for this year’s anti-racism campaign, and take a stand against racism on public transport. The two bodies have run an advertising campaign every year since 2013 as a key part of an overall effort to tackle racism on...
NTA sets out proposals to improve bus journey times for passengers in Dublin
The National Transport Authority has today published the Core Bus Corridors Project report. This discussion document sets out draft proposals to vastly improve bus journey times and cycling priority along an increasing number of congested corridors in the Dublin region. The project is part of the NTA’s €2bn BusConnects Dublin programme to transform the city’s...
12 PER CENT INCREASE IN SUBSIDY FOR PUBLIC TRANSPORT SEES PASSENGERS NUMBERS JUMP
16m more passengers use public transport in 2017 The National Transport Authority’s statistical bulletin, ‘Bus & Rail Statistics for Ireland – State Funded Services’, has beenpublished today and shows both an increase in funding and an increase in total passenger numbers across subsidised services last year. Overall state funding for Public Service Obligation (PSO)services increased...
SPSV Newsletter Issue 41
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More than half of commuters now use public transport in Dublin
The number of people travelling into Dublin’s City Centre using bus, train or Luas every morning has reached record levels, according to figures published today by Dublin City Council and the National Transport Authority. The figures are included in the Canal Cordon Report, 2017 on mode share of people coming into the City Centre. The...
Reaching New Heights! TFI Leap Card Passes 3 Million Mark
The National Transport Authority today marked the recent sale of the 3 millionth Leap Card, the convenient way to pay for public transport services in Dublin, Cork, Galway, Limerick, Waterford and Wexford. Of the 3 million cards issued to date, close to 250,000 have been sold in the first four months of 2018 alone....
NTA to extend Local Link to provide evening services
Pilot project will get under way in June NTA has announced that 50 new services providing evening and night time services in rural areas, have been given the green light. The NTA decided to proceed with a pilot project and applications for proposals to deliver evening and night-time services were invited from Local Link offices,...
Number of wheelchair accessible vehicles significantly increased in 2017
NTA Taxi Stats for 2017 published The number of Wheelchair Accessible Vehicles (WAVs) in the Small Public Service Vehicles (SPSV) fleet has increased significantly in 2017. SPSVs include taxis, hackneys and limousines. There are now 1,555 WAVs in service in total, up from 1,254 the previous year. This represents an increase of almost 20%. From...
JCDecaux, ESB and NTA join forces to reduce carbon footprint of Ireland’s bus shelters by 88%
An innovative collaboration to enhance 1,800 bus shelter units across Ireland, and decrease their carbon emissions, has recently been completed by JCDecaux, ESB and Solar AdTek. ESB funded the project in a partnership arrangement with JCDecaux, who have the contract for advertising rights and maintenance of National Transport Authority (NTA) bus shelters in Dublin and...