No more buses * Ireland - Until bottlenecks go, says Dempsey
New vehicles to be withheld until authorities remove 40 ‘pinch points’ to improve efficiency
Dublin,Ireland -The Sunday Times (UK), by Richard Oakley -December 13, 2008: -- Noel Dempsey, the transport minister, will not approve new vehicles for Dublin Bus until local authorities remove more than 40 “pinch points” that slow buses to a crawl... He has told councils and transport officials in the capital to eradicate the points within the next two years to allow Dublin Bus to achieve an average speed of 20kph on all routes, up from the current 13kph... The minister has said he will not fund any extra vehicles until the existing ones are working more effectively, despite calls from the Oireachtas transport committee to introduce a further 350 buses immediately...
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