Transport Authority reports small increase in number of people coming into Dublin

[Colm Moore]

.Údarás Náisiúnta Iompair, National Transport Authority

Transport Authority reports small increase in numbers of people coming into Dublin City Centre in mornings – for second year in a row
26th March 2013

Transport Authority reports small increase in numbers of people coming into Dublin City Centre in mornings – for second year in a row


Figures still 10.5% down on 2006 levels - with bus transit retaining a constant 60% of all incoming commute trips, walking and cycling up, car trips down.

“Report on trends in mode share of people crossing the Canal Cordon 2006 to 2012 (http://nationaltransport.ie.cdn.ie/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Canal-Cordon-Count-2012.pdf)” published today.

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Regional Hospitals closing, patients comming to dublin for treatment

[Inniskeen]

Report shows a very dramatic fall in (Irish) rail traffic across the canal cordon between 2007 and 2011. During this period the number of passengers carried by train between 0700 and 1000 fell by almost 36% compared to a 14% drop in overall public transport usage and a 10% drop in the total number of persons crossing the canal cordon by all means.

The sharpest drop in usage occurred in 2009, probably reflecting the disruption associated with the Malahide viaduct collapse and the failure of Irish Rail to address the dismal journey times and unnecessary overcrowding which continue to characterise this service.