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Unread 27-09-2011, 07:29   #10
Colm Moore
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Originally Posted by James Howard View Post
The dedicated busway idea makes a lot of sense - certainly a lot more than Metro North ever did. There is nothing wrong with buses as a transport solution aside from the Irish obsession with the "buses are for losers" meme. So maybe you can fool them by tarting a bus up to make it look like a tram. What ever happened to the 39 express route? I used to take the 39 in from the NCR about 15 years ago and they had the ability to force traffic light changes back then. That service worked really well - it was pretty frequent and was fast than a bicycle which is saying something for public transport in Dublin.
Automatic Vehicle Location - AVLS (currently being used for Real Time Passenger Information - RTPI) will assist this being reintroduced.
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