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Originally Posted by plant43
Rather than writing to my local TD trying to abolish the charges, I'd be more inclined to write to my local TD asking him/her to see if they can encourage Irish Rail to set aside some of the money from the parking to improve bike parking facilities. Cycling would be an excellent alternative to the car in places like Newbridge.
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Best practice guidelines issued by the DTO are that secure covered bike parking should be provided, not a nice to have but a standard feature, since its a capital cost its paid for by the DoT. Irish Rail will be making a wonderful 0 euro from this deal, CIE property get the cash. I've cycled around Dublin in all weathers and you want to be seriously into your cycling.
The fact here is Irish Rail have made no effort to offer reasonable alternatives, there is a lack of local buses, the planned charging scheme makes no effort to prevent non rail users from using the car parks and still no word on the combined parking and travel taxsaver tickets.
Lots of promises of upgrades but most car parks will see nothing