traffic

Could motorists be charged for driving through gridlocked cities and towns under new plan?

Some form of congestion charge is inevitable in our cities and large towns by 2030

Road cyclists: ‘We are flesh and bone on a carbon frame against somebody in a cube of steel’

Imogen Cotter was Irish national champion when her life was changed when she was on a training cycle in 2022

All I’m asking is for the bloody Dublin Bus to show up. That’s not too much, is it?

Emer McLysaght: Dublin busses regularly vanish into a Bermuda Triangle between app and reality, and nobody seems concerned

Legal action from Artane residents threatens new BusConnects corridors in Dublin

First judicial review of BusConnects bus corridor initiated over bus stop placement

Reduced speed limits will be coming to Irish roads this year but do they work?

Many European countries have moved to 30km/h zones with a reduction in fatalities

Quarter of drivers believe driving short distances after drinking is acceptable, survey finds

Gardaí appeal to public to take care on roads over St Patrick’s Day as deaths track higher than 2023

Controversial Dún Laoghaire plan to restrict cars, create more pedestrian spaces is approved

Councillors sign off on €20 million ‘Living Streets’ scheme after marathon meeting ends after 2am

Walking and cycling ‘take 680,000 cars off road daily’ in Ireland’s five largest cities

Over 70% of Dublin residents walk or wheel at least five days a week, up from 64% in 2021, notes National Transport Authority survey

Homeowners accuse Metrolink body of being ‘economical with the truth’ about effects of tunnelling

Noise expert says tunnel machine noise akin to ‘washing machine’ but residents say they have had little contact with Transport Infrastructure Ireland

New roadside Garda checks planned for powerful e-bikes and e-scooters

Dutch police have rolled out new ‘testing benches’, with gardaí now assessing testing equipment available

Limerick crash: Tributes paid to two ‘exemplary’ agricultural students killed when car hit wall

Darragh Dullea (20), from Co Cork, and Cillian Kirwan (19), from Co Kilkenny, died in a Co Limerick crash on N69 at Ballyengland on Tuesday

Long-awaited A5 road upgrade to get €600m in funding as part of Shared Island initiative

Taoiseach also commits €50m to redevelopment of Casement Park in Belfast

The Debate: Will the traffic plan for Dublin improve life in the city?

The plan aims to reroute traffic travelling through Dublin city centre and on to somewhere else. But not everyone is in favour of it

Impact of cycle lanes and other active travel ‘more positive’ than people expect, study finds

Researcher from ESRI says ‘opposition to traffic policy changes is not unique to Ireland’

Dún Laoghaire pedestrianisation plan could have ‘catastrophic’ impact on service delivery, says HSE

Record number of participants in council’s public consultation on Living Streets plan, with 54% backing initiative

Dublin city centre traffic plan supported by most parties but communications criticised

Dublin City Centre Transport Plan aims to reduce car routes, reallocate space to public transport, cycling and walking and create civic plazas

Business owners broadly welcome changes to stop cars ‘barrelling’ through Dublin city

Changes will limit car access to north and south quays and pedestrianise Parliament Street

Do not block ‘historic’ Guinness route to Dublin Port with new traffic ban, says Diageo

Stopping use of the quays would increase costs, emissions and safety risks, brewer says

Watchdog warns hitting Ireland’s climate targets by 2030 could cost State €6bn

Irish Fiscal Advisory Council estimates that electrification of vehicle fleet, retrofitting, and agriculture will be costliest areas

Olivia Kelly: Dublin’s biggest traffic transformation since bus lanes bypasses the usual gridlock

Politicians are remarkably determined to get the ‘bus gates’ done - and public consultation seems to show widespread support

Trips by private cars and commercial vehicles ‘through’ central Dublin to be banned by August

Councillors welcome traffic plan as Eamon Ryan expects it to have ‘transformative’ effect on city centre from later this year

Plan to reduce car routes across Dublin and create new civic plazas ‘overwhelmingly endorsed by public’

Diageo and car park operators among businesses to raise concerns about plan to be presented to councillors this week

Dublin’s unloved lanes: are street closures the solution to antisocial problems?

The closure of Harbour Court in the north city centre by Dublin City Council fuels speculation on where the alley axe might next fall

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