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Core Bus Corridors Project Report June 2018 Core Bus Corridors Project Report June 2018 BusConnects Transforming City Bus Services 1 1. Introduction 2 1.1 Overview 2 1.2 What is BusConnects Dublin? 4 1.3 Consultation Timeline 6 2. Growing Congestion 8 2.1 Congestion Issue 8 2.2 Impact on Bus Travel 9 2.3 Why is the bus system important? 10 3. Details of the Core Bus Corridor project 11 3.1 Overview 11 3.2 What a typical layout will achieve 13 3.3 Preliminary route maps 15 4. The Challenges 17 4.1 Likely impacts 19 4.2 Our plans to mitigate those challenges 21 5. The Benefits 23 5.1 How will this plan benefit cyclists and pedestrians? 23 5.2 Journey Time Savings 24 5.3 Building a sustainable, living city for families and communities 25 5.4 Taking seriously our climate change responsibilities 27 5.5 Supporting the economy and jobs 27 6. Contact Us 29 Appendix 30 2 BusConnects Transforming City Bus Services 1. Introduction 1.1 Overview Once completed this integrated public transport network will provide new opportunities for travelling. It will enable easier, more reliable and flexible travel across a range of modes. There will be new destinations A major investment programme to improve public for people. The network will facilitate new ways to get to work, education transport in Dublin is underway. The three major and leisure purposes. It will also ensure much quicker travel times than elements of that overall programme are: currently possible. Figure 1 shows the network of high capacity public transport corridors – bus, rail, metro and Luas – that will be in place in 1. The MetroLink project which is the development of a north-south 2027. urban railway service that will run between Swords and Sandyford, This document is an update on the infrastructure aspects of the connecting key destinations including Dublin Airport and the City BusConnects Dublin project which is the building of a core bus corridor Centre along the 26km route; network. This consists of 16 radial core bus corridors, which will be 2. The DART Expansion Programme will see the implementation of supplemented at a later stage with a network of orbital corridors. high frequency DART services to Drogheda on the Northern Line, Celbridge/Hazelhatch on the Kildare Line, Maynooth and M3 Parkway on the Maynooth/Sligo Line, while continuing to provide DART services on the South-Eastern Line as far south as Greystones; and 3. BusConnects Dublin, a plan to fundamentally transform Dublin’s bus system, so that journeys by bus will be fast, reliable, punctual, convenient and affordable in addition to radically enhancing our cycling infrastructure. M1 M3 M2 Swords Malahide Dublin Airport Dunboyne M50 Balgriffin Santry Figure 1: Blanchardstown Ballymun Donaghmede Ongar Finglas Public Transport Network Luas to Finglas Beaumont Cooltock Raheny 2027 Glasnevin Artane Howth Broombridge Donnycarney Castleknock Phoenix Park Cabra Drumcondra Leixlip Clontarf Core Bus Network M4 Lucan Phoenix Park Docklands Liffey Valley Dart Network Luas to Lucan Ringsend Ballyfermot Adamstown Luas to Poolbeg Non-DART Rail Network Ranelagh Celbridge Kimmage Luas Network Clondalkin Crumlin Donnybrook Rathgar Booterstown Proposed Luas extensions Greenhills Terenure Clonskeagh Blackrock Dun Laoghaire MetroLink Tallaght Dundrum Mount Merrion Rathfarnham M7 Dalkey Sandyford Saggart M50 Foxrock Jobstown Killiney Stepaside Cherrywood M7 Naas Luas to Bray M11 Bray 4 BusConnects Transforming City Bus Services 1.2 What is BusConnects Dublin? ĥ revamping the fare system to provide a simpler fare structure, allowing seamless movement between different transport services without BusConnects Dublin provides the foundation to this overall transport financial penalty; system, with the revised bus system projected to carry the majority of ĥ passengers across the region and provide key linkages to serve the needs implementing a new bus livery providing a modern look and feel to the of Dublin into the future. new bus system; ĥ BusConnects Dublin aims to overhaul the current bus system in the rolling out new bus stops with better signage and information and Dublin region by: increasing the provision of additional bus shelters; and ĥ ĥ building a network of new bus corridors on the busiest bus routes to transitioning - starting now - to a new bus fleet using low emission make bus journeys faster, predictable and reliable; vehicle technologies. ĥ completely redesigning the network of bus routes to provide a BusConnects Dublin is a programme of integrated actions which, more efficient network, connecting more places and carrying more together, will deliver a bus system that will enable more people to travel passengers; by bus than ever before, and allow bus commuting to become a viable and attractive choice for employees, students, shoppers and visitors. ĥ developing a state-of-the-art ticketing system using credit and debit Many of these initiatives are already underway including the core bus cards or mobile phones to link with payment accounts and making corridor project and the Dublin area bus network review. payment much more convenient; But it is not just the bus system that will be transformed under ĥ implementing a cashless payment system to vastly speed up BusConnects Dublin. The same corridors that are important for buses passenger boarding times; are also the main cycling routes into the city centre. BusConnects Dublin will see safe cycling facilities provided along each corridor, segregated as far as practicable from other traffic. The cycling infrastructure delivered under this programme will form the core of the region’s cycling network and deliver a radical step-change in cycling facilities in Dublin. BusConnects Transforming City Bus Services 5 DUBLIN PUBLIC TRANSPORT FREQUENT SERVICES A B C D E Seatown COMMUTER continues to the North Swords Manor SWORDS 41 S Main Street KEY DART Malahide Swords (Pavilions) Bus services Ward River Valley Park 4 Harristown - Monkstown Avenue Portmarnock Fosterstown (Boroimhe) 7 4 13 83 Mountjoy Square - Loughlinstown/Cherrywood Balseskin Harristown (83 ) 15 9 Dublin Airport Clongriffin Charlestown - Limeklin Avenue Airport Roundabout 27 11 Wadelai Park - Sandyford Industrial Estate Ballymun Cross 747 Clare Hall Abbey 29a Meakstown 16 Park Baldoyle Charlestown Popintree 13 Harristown - Grange Castle Tyrrelstown A Dardistown Kilmore Bayside Howth 1 40d Finglas Balbutcher (Northside) 1 14 Beaumont - Dundrum Luas Station Darndale IKEA Grange Sutton Ballycoolin Plunkett 9 Santry Road 15 Finglas East 140 Bonnybrook Clongriffin - Ballycullen Road Rosemount Ballymun Ellenfield (Newgrove Business Park Finglas West Centre Park Beaumont Cross) 17a 15a Grand Canal Dock - Limeklin Avenue Hospital Howth Junction 14 Donaghmede & Donaghmede 15b Grand Canal Dock - Stocking Avenue Cappagh Finglas Huntstown Corduff Village Beaumont 16 Finglas South Wadelai Park Ballymun (DCU) Whitehall Edenmore Ballinteer (Brehonfield Road) - Dublin Airport Finglas 40d 40 11 Coolock COMMUTER Hartstown Blakestown Kilbarrack 17a Blanchardstown - Howth Junction M3 Parkway 17a Tolka Estate Glasnevin (Mobhi) Collins Avenue Ongar Castaheany BLANCHARDSTOWN CENTRE 40 Raheny 18 Palmerstown - Sandymount Botanic Gardens Donnycarney North 39a Charnwood Dunboyne Royal Bull 25a Lucan (Esker Church) - Merrion Square St Patrick’s Harmonstown Island COMMUTER Canal Park Finglas Glasnevin Cemetery Fairview 123 25b Adamstown Station - Merrion Square continues to Hansfield Allendale Road the North West Navan Road Ashtown Drumcondra (North) Marino All Saint’s 27 Leixlip (Louisa Bridge) Clonsilla Castleknock Parkway Station 120 Broombridge (Commuter ) Road St Anne’s Park Clare Hall - Jobstown Ballybough and Gardens Maynooth Leixlip (Confey) Coolmine Killester 29a Lower Abbey Street - Baldoyle Station Fairview 122 Fassaugh 39a UCD (Belfield) - Ongar Ashtown Ashington Cabra Road 7 North (Fassaugh Strand Clontarf Dollymount Mountjoy Road 130 40 Finglas Village - Liffey Valley (Shopping Centre) Avenue) Square Phibsboro Mater Castle Avenue 40d Parnell Street - Tyrrelstown Navan Road Mater Old Cabra Road 41 Lower Abbey Street - Swords Manor 4 9 Clontarf 83 46a 120 123 46a Phoenix Park Prussia Street 140 7 Phoenix Park (Infirmary Road and Zoo) - Dun Laoghaire 4 9 140 14 15 27 Dublin Stoneybatter 123 29a 130 Harbour 77a Ringsend Road - Citywest Campus 39a 4 7 9 11 13 16 40 40d 41 747 41 46a 120 122 140 151 79a 2 46a Parnell Square Parnell St Connolly COMMUTER 2 Parkwest & Cherry Orchard - City Centre 18 Phoenix Park 4 7 9 11 13 16 40 40d 120 151 Docklands Ballyowen Palmerstown 83 83 (Infirmary Road 40d 46a 120 122 140 Harristown - Kimmage and Zoo) 29a 130 Lucan Road O’Connell Street Blackhall 120 Parnell Street - Ashtown Station (Liffey Valley) 4 7 9 11 13 16 40 41 29a 41 130 Cherry Orchard Place 46a 122 123 140 747 A Four 41 Lwr Abbey St Busáras George’s Mayor Spencer The Point 122 Ashington - Crumlin Hospital Hospital Ballyfermot Museum Courts Jervis Dock Square Dock Ballydowd Quarryvale 123 Walkinstown - Marino 25a Esker Smithfield 25a 25b 39a 79 83 Abbey St 15a 15b 151 747 Lucan (Esker Church) Meadow Manor (Liffey Valley) Kilmainham Coldcut 25a 25b 39a 145 151 747 14 15 27 79 151 S 15a 15b Dublin Port 130 Lower Abbey Street - Castle Avenue (Clontarf) 79 145 747 151 151 14 15 North Wall 25a 25a 40 Le Fanu 25a 25b 39a Park 83 27 79 140 Finglas IKEA - Palmerston Park 79 83 145 747 14 15 27 79 151 151 Fonthill Road Ronanstown 15a 15b Finnstown Finnstown Griffeen Foxborough 25a 25b 39a 145 Cherry D’Olier/Westmoreland 150 15a Tara Street 15a Grand Canal Dock Heuston Station - Kilmacanogue
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