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 Extracts from The Dublin Bus Network Redesign Public Consultation Report (above) and its author Jarrett Walker (top) at the RHA Gallery this morning;

In the proposed network, most of the existing bus routes that flow into the centre of Dublin would be reorganised into seven simple spines.

Spines are very frequent lines. With a bus coming every 4 to 8 minutes all day, and even more frequently at peak hours, there is always a bus coming soon.

This high frequency makes it very fast to connect from one spine to another, as well as to other frequent lines like DART, Luas and the frequent orbitals.

Spines are designated by the letters A to G, which separate into branches further out from the city.

Each bus would be designated by a letter following by a digit (e.g. A1) where the letter indicates the spine and the digit indicates the specific branch the bus follows.

A customer would be able to navigate much of inner Dublin by treating the letter as identifying a line, and ignoring the number.

Signs and information in this area should use a terms like ‘all A buses’ to reinforce this simplicity.

From the National Transport Authority’s Dublin Bus Network Redesign Public Consultation Report – which can be read here – which was published this morning.

The public consultation period will run from  July 16 until September 16.

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06/03/2018. Dublin Traffic Collision. (Information from Garda Twitter account). Pictured damage following a collision involving a bus and a mini bus at the junction of Shaw Street and Townsend Street this morning. Photo: Sam Boal/Rollingnews.ie

This morning.

Shaw Street/Townsend Street, Dublin 2

Three people were injured this morning in a collision between a Dublin Bus and a van.

The bus driver and two people in the van were taken to hospital with minor injuries.

There were no passengers on the bus at the time of the collision.

Three injured after Dublin Bus and van crash in city centre (RTÉ)

Update:

Dublin City Council workers assess the damage.

*sucks teeth*

This morning.

Dublin city.

Steve Conlon tweetz:

There’s Dublin Bus at it again. For NO reason blocking a pedestrian crossing.

Maybe it’s time to start contacting their insurance company as management seem to be OK with this.

…Pedestrians/wheelchair users be damned?

UPDATE:

Harsh but fair.

 

This morning.

Dublin Bus announce all services are withdrawn between 10am-7pm due to Storm Ophelia.

Wimps.

Earlier: A Limerick A Day

Meanwhile…

Meanwhile…

The proposed civic plaza at College Green, Dublin 2

Olivia Kelly, in The Irish Times, reports:

Dublin Bus wants to keep running buses through College Green in defiance of Dublin City Council’s plans to develop the area as a pedestrian- and cyclist-only plaza.

The bus company, which previously publicly supported the council’s plans for a new €10 million civic plaza, wants An Bord Pleanála to stop the council from banning buses from crossing College Green, and to hold a public oral hearing on the scheme.

Dublin Bus wants to keep running buses through College Green plaza (Irish Times)

Previously: I’m Walking Here

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Among the 24 routes are the 185, which connects Bray with Newtownmountkennedy, the 76a, which connects Blanchardstown and Tallaght shopping centres, and the 220, which travels from Ballymun to Mulhuddart….

UK Firm Go-Ahead To Operate 10 Per Cent Of Dublin Routes (RTÉ)

Go-Ahead?

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UPDATE:

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This afternoon

Dublin Bus celebrated its 30th anniversary today with their longest serving employees reading favorite stories, including the lost missing table tennis bats (video above), which have been gathered into a giant Dublin Bus Legends Story Book chronicled since setting out 1987.

In fairness.

Middle pic from left: Des O Toole, Theresa Lydon, Sean Hyland, Craig Shearer and on top Ciaran Keogh and David Byrne.

Dublin Bus News

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