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alek smart · 30-04-2006, 00:24

Good to see there is still a level of enthusiasm for my initial suggestion re Bus/Train interactivity at Drumcondra.
In spite of a fairly total lack of any interest from either BAC or IE in this concept I believe it offers the possibility of a HUGE improvement in Customer Service terms for Bus and Rail commuters.
The extra capacity on the City Centre-Drumcondra sector alone would be highly marketable without starting on the Bus/Rail attractions.
I also believe that my suggested routing FROM Parnell Sq via Mountjoy SQ and Belvedere Place OR via Fitzgibbon St-Jones Rd-Clonliffe Rd offers some respite from the never ending and unhealthy fixation with O Connell St which appears to pervade all BAC route structuring.
I believe that there are Plenty of customers on our Buses who are being trundled along and deposited on O Connell St who do NOT want to be there but who have no alternative offered to them.
Sadly however,until the Drumcondra Interchange Concept gets a powerful benefactor I suspect it will die the death of a thousand whispers.
It is all to obvious that neither Bus nor Rail company view the Public Transport Market as something requiring REAL integration and until some central and POWERFUL entity actually forces the concept through then we can forget it.
Once again I stress the simplicity of this concept which would require minimal expenditure on infrastructure yet would have a cost/benefit level far greater than many of the "Sexy" T21 programmes and could be fully operational within 6 MONTHS....Anybody prepared to back this horse ..????

30-04-2006, 00:24	#30
alek smart Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 144	Drumming Drumcondra Good to see there is still a level of enthusiasm for my initial suggestion re Bus/Train interactivity at Drumcondra. In spite of a fairly total lack of any interest from either BAC or IE in this concept I believe it offers the possibility of a HUGE improvement in Customer Service terms for Bus and Rail commuters. The extra capacity on the City Centre-Drumcondra sector alone would be highly marketable without starting on the Bus/Rail attractions. I also believe that my suggested routing FROM Parnell Sq via Mountjoy SQ and Belvedere Place OR via Fitzgibbon St-Jones Rd-Clonliffe Rd offers some respite from the never ending and unhealthy fixation with O Connell St which appears to pervade all BAC route structuring. I believe that there are Plenty of customers on our Buses who are being trundled along and deposited on O Connell St who do NOT want to be there but who have no alternative offered to them. Sadly however,until the Drumcondra Interchange Concept gets a powerful benefactor I suspect it will die the death of a thousand whispers. It is all to obvious that neither Bus nor Rail company view the Public Transport Market as something requiring REAL integration and until some central and POWERFUL entity actually forces the concept through then we can forget it. Once again I stress the simplicity of this concept which would require minimal expenditure on infrastructure yet would have a cost/benefit level far greater than many of the "Sexy" T21 programmes and could be fully operational within 6 MONTHS....Anybody prepared to back this horse ..????