Garret's position has always been that Luas capacity does not provide sufficient capacity or a diverse enough reach to justify the wholesale disruption to Dublin Bus routes if this route is selected.
Lets be honest if Luas enters Nassau Street it will for the first time have no segregation whatsoever from other road uses. Looking at the existing on street lines Harcourt Road to Stephens Green is clearly segregated as is Connolly to Upper Abbey St and St Mary's Abbey to St James' Hospital.
Analysing the traffic flows of Upper Abbey St there is solely the odd car who uses the route illegally and the odd delivery van who uses it to service either Jervis or local retail.
Upper Abbey St is no comparison to the number of buses who use Nassau St not to mention taxis and cars who use it illegally. There is also the issue of the pinch point between BOI 2 College Green and Trinity College; put simply there is a serious choice for Martin Cullen to make Change the favoured Luas route or change the Bus routes away from College Green/Nassau St
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