REPORT * Ireland - Enough Dublin Bus vehicles for demand
Dublin,Ireland -Irish Times, by CHARLIE TAYLOR -January 26, 2009: -- Dublin Bus has enough buses in its fleet to meet demand from passengers even with the loss of a number of services through cutbacks, Minister for Transport, Noel Dempsey insisted today... Publishing a report on the cost and efficiency of bus services, Mr Dempsey said since 2000 the capacity of the Dublin Bus fleet had grown by more than 35 per cent... The Deloitte report, which was commissioned in mid-2008 before cutbacks were announced at both Dublin Bus and Bus Éireann, concludes that the Dublin Bus network is "overly complex with a significant amount of service duplication"... The report calls for timetable changes, additional direct routes for the city, and elimination of out-of-service buses and routes that end at depots... The report supports the setting up of a "bus gate" at College Green, a reduction in "bunching" of buses on routes and real-time information for passengers as provided at Luas stops. It also calls for on-street ticket vending machines and a push to encourage passengers to transfer to pre-paid smart cards to reduce handling costs and the amount of time commuters spend boarding buses...
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