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National Transport Authority
Case Study: National Transport Authority National Transport Authority Irish government chooses DXC to operate Leap Card Integrated Ticketing System Case Study: National Transport Authority “The Leap Card is a great success, thanks to the expertise, experience, technology and collaboration of Hewlett Packard Enterprise (now DXC).” — Tim Gaston, Director of Public Transport Services, National Transport Authority, Ireland Objective Ireland’s National Transport Authority In addition, the partner would Smooth, cost-effective operation (NTA) is responsible for providing an manufacture and distribute the smart of Integrated Ticketing System Integrated Ticketing System (ITS) cards to sales networks and print Approach that allows passengers to travel personalized smart cards, as well as Outsource NTA’s Integrated seamlessly among different modes operate the back office systems, sub- Ticketing Back Office Operations, of public transport using a single systems and configuration data. IT management, Retail Network smart card. Seeking a partner it could Recognizing that DXC brought the and Web Portal Delivery trust to operate the multifaceted necessary industry experience, and complex ITS system, NTA turned IT Matters best-practice methodologies and to HPE (now DXC Technology). • Manages IT systems and collaborative partnership approach operations for core Integrated Working with its partner Payzone needed to make the system work, NTA Ticketing Systems Ireland, DXC delivered an awarded the ITS outsourcing contract outsourcing solution providing • Designed, built, and manage to DXC. “The NTA’s role is to ensure that outstanding results for the the public-facing Leap Card public transport services in Ireland are transportation authority and the Web portal convenient and cost effective,” says Tim travelers it serves. -
Smart Cards Contents
Smart cards Contents 1 Smart card 1 1.1 History ................................................ 1 1.1.1 Invention ........................................... 1 1.1.2 Carte Bleue .......................................... 2 1.1.3 EMV ............................................. 2 1.1.4 Development of contactless systems ............................. 2 1.2 Design ................................................ 2 1.2.1 Contact smart cards ..................................... 3 1.2.2 Contactless smart cards .................................... 3 1.2.3 Hybrids ............................................ 4 1.3 Applications .............................................. 4 1.3.1 Financial ........................................... 4 1.3.2 SIM .............................................. 4 1.3.3 Identification ......................................... 4 1.3.4 Public transit ......................................... 5 1.3.5 Computer security ...................................... 6 1.3.6 Schools ............................................ 6 1.3.7 Healthcare .......................................... 6 1.3.8 Other uses .......................................... 6 1.3.9 Multiple-use systems ..................................... 6 1.4 Security ................................................ 6 1.5 Benefits ................................................ 6 1.6 Problems ............................................... 7 1.7 See also ................................................ 7 1.8 Further reading ........................................... -
UCD Commuting Guide
University College Dublin An Coláiste Ollscoile, Baile Átha Cliath CAMPUS COMMUTING GUIDE Belfield 2015/16 Commuting Check your by Bus (see overleaf for Belfield bus map) UCD Real Time Passenger Information Displays Route to ArrivED • N11 bus stop • Internal campus bus stops • Outside UCD James Joyce Library Campus • In UCD O’Brien Centre for Science Arriving autumn ‘15 using • Outside UCD Student Centre Increased UCD Services Public ArrivED • UCD now designated a terminus for x route buses (direct buses at peak times) • Increased services on 17, 142 and 145 routes serving the campus Transport • UCD-DART shuttle bus to Sydney Parade during term time Arriving autumn ‘15 • UCD-LUAS shuttle bus to Windy Arbour on the LUAS Green Line during Transport for Ireland term time Transport for Ireland (www.transportforireland.ie) Dublin Bus Commuter App helps you plan journeys, door-to-door, anywhere in ArrivED Ireland, using public transport and/or walking. • Download Dublin Bus Live app for updates on arriving buses Hit the Road Don’t forget UCD operates a Taxsaver Travel Pass Scheme for staff commuting by Bus, Dart, LUAS and Rail. Hit the Road (www.hittheroad.ie) shows you how to get between any two points in Dublin City, using a smart Visit www.ucd.ie/hr for details. combination of Dublin Bus, LUAS and DART routes. Commuting Commuting by Bike/on Foot by Car Improvements to UCD Cycling & Walking Facilities Parking is limited on campus and available on a first come first served basis exclusively for persons with business in UCD. Arrived All car parks are designated either permit parking or hourly paid. -
Sustainable Mobility Policy Review
Sustainable Mobility Policy Review Background Paper 9 Statistics and Trends Contents Context and questions for consideration .............................................................................................. 1 1 Introduction ......................................................................................................................................... 2 2 Trends in public transport use ......................................................................................................... 4 3 Demographics of public transport users ...................................................................................... 16 4 Finances and funding ....................................................................................................................... 25 5 Availability and reliability ................................................................................................................ 38 6 Operator statistics ............................................................................................................................ 45 7 Conclusion ......................................................................................................................................... 55 Acronyms ................................................................................................................................................... 57 Data Sources and References ................................................................................................................ 58 Prepared by -
International Visitors Guide University College Dublin
International Visitors Guide University College Dublin 1 International Visitors Guide Table of Contents Orientation ..................................................................................... 3 Practical Information ..................................................................... 4 Visas ............................................................................................. 4 Language ..................................................................................... 5 Weather ....................................................................................... 5 Currrency ..................................................................................... 5 Tipping (Gratuity) .......................................................................... 5 Emergencies ................................................................................. 5 Transport in Dublin ........................................................................ 6 Transport Apps .............................................................................. 6 Additional Information about UCD .................................................... 6 Arriving in Dublin ........................................................................... 7 Arriving by Plane ............................................................................ 7 Arriving by Train ............................................................................ 7 Traveling to UCD ............................................................................. 8 By Aircoach................................................................................... -
Towards an Inclusive Public Transport Service in Ireland
TOWARDS AN INCLUSIVE PUBLIC TRANSPORT SERVICE IN IRELAND: DELIVERY OF DIVERSITY AND ANTI-RACISM TRAINING AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF DIVERSITY STRATEGIES BY PUBLIC TRANSPORT PROVIDERS IN DUBLIN “Funded by the Equality Mainstreaming Unit which is jointly funded by the European Social Fund 2007-2013 and by the Equality Authority” Investing in your future Towards an Inclusive Public Transport Service in Ireland 1 TOWARDS AN INCLUSIVE PUBLIC TRANSPORT SERVICE IN IRELAND: DELIVERY OF DIVERSITY AND ANTI-RACISM TRAINING AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF DIVERSITY STRATEGIES BY PUBLIC TRANSPORT PROVIDERS IN DUBLIN “Funded by the Equality Mainstreaming Unit which is jointly funded by the European Social Fund 2007-2013 and by the Equality Authority” Investing in your future Towards an Inclusive Public Transport Service in Ireland 3 Published by: Immigrant Council of Ireland 2 St. Andrew Street, Dublin 2. Administration: Tel: +353 1 6740202 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.immigrantcouncil.ie Designed and Printed by: Snap ISBN: 978-0-9570144-5-9 ©Copyright 2014 Immigrant Council of Ireland No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval systems, without written permission from the publisher except for brief quotations used in critical reviews. The information in this publication is provided in good faith and every effort has been made to ensure that it is accurate and up to date. The Immigrant Council of Ireland disclaims any responsibility for errors and omissions in the text. Any person relying upon this publication or using it in connection with any legal matter shall be deemed to have accepted these terms of use and shall not hold the Immigrant Council of Ireland liable for the use or misuse of this publication or of any of the information contained therein. -
Buses and Trams from St Stephen's Green
142 Buses and trams from St Stephen’s Green 142 continues to Waterside, Seabury, Malahide, 32x continues to 41x Broomfield, Hazelbrook, Sainthelens and 15 Portmarnock, Swords Manor Portmarnock Sand’s Hotel Baldoyle Malahide and 142 Poppintree 140 Clongriffin Seabury Barrysparks Finglas IKEA KEY Charlestown SWORDS Main Street Ellenfield Park Darndale Beaumont Bus route Fosterstown (Boroimhe) Collinstown 14 Coolock North Blakestown (Intel) 11 44 Whitehall Bull Tram (Luas) line Wadelai Park Larkhill Island Finglas Road Collins Avenue Principal stop Donnycarney St Anne’s Park 7b Bus route terminus Maynooth Ballymun and Gardens (DCU) Easton Glasnevin Cemetery Whitehall Marino Tram (Luas) line terminus Glasnevin Dublin (Mobhi) Harbour Maynooth St Patrick’s Fairview Transfer Points (Kingsbury) Prussia Street 66x Phibsboro Locations where it is possible to change Drumcondra North Strand to a different form of transport Leixlip Mountjoy Square Rail (DART, COMMUTER or Intercity) Salesian College 7b 7d 46e Mater Connolly/ 67x Phoenix Park Busáras (Infirmary Road Tram (Luas Red line) Phoenix Park and Zoo) 46a Parnell Square 116 Lucan Road Gardiner Bus coach (regional or intercity) (Liffey Valley) Palmerstown Street Backweston O’Connell Street Lucan Village Esker Hill Abbey Street Park & Ride (larger car parks) Lower Ballyoulster North Wall/Beckett Bridge Ferry Port Lucan Chapelizod (142 Outbound stop only) Dodsboro Bypass Dublin Port Aghards 25x Islandbridge Heuston Celbridge Points of Interest Grand Canal Dock 15a 15b 145 Public Park Heuston Arran/Usher’s -
The Potential for Orbital Public Transport Services in the Greater Dublin Area
Technological University Dublin ARROW@TU Dublin School of Transport Engineering, Environment Conference Papers and Planning 2012 The Potential for Orbital Public Transport Services in the Greater Dublin Area David O'Connor Technological University Dublin, [email protected] Colin Broderick Technological University Dublin Follow this and additional works at: https://arrow.tudublin.ie/beschspcon Part of the Geography Commons, and the Sociology Commons Recommended Citation Broderick, C. and O’Connor, D. The Potential for Orbital Public Transport Services in the Greater Dublin Area, Proceedings of Irish Transport Research Network 2012 doi:10.21427/zmxe-q021 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the School of Transport Engineering, Environment and Planning at ARROW@TU Dublin. It has been accepted for inclusion in Conference Papers by an authorized administrator of ARROW@TU Dublin. For more information, please contact [email protected], [email protected]. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 4.0 License Proceedings 29-30th August 2012 of the University of Ulster Broderick, O’Connor: Orbital Rapid Transit in GDA ITRN2012 IDENTIFYING BARRIERS TO IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ORBITAL ELEMENTS OF A RAPID TRANSIT NETWORK FOR DUBLIN Mr. Colin Broderick BSc Spatial Planning Graduate DIT Mr. David O’Connor Lecturer DIT Abstract Orbital routes are often considered a costly idea that is unpopular with transport users. Yet many cities provide them in a successful, often revenue-generating -
Inspector's Report ABP-304995-19
Inspector’s Report ABP-304995-19 Development Demolition of a two-storey house and for the construction of 30 no. residential units in the form of 8 no. apartments and 22 no. duplex units. Location Carricáil, Glenamuck Road North, Dublin 18, D18 V8K5 Planning Authority Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council Planning Authority Reg. Ref. D18A/1187 Applicant(s) Carricáil Development Company Limited Type of Application Permission for residential development Planning Authority Decision Grant Permission Type of Appeal Third Party Appellant(s) Owen & Bairbre O’Brien Rhona O’Shea ABP-304995-19 Inspector’s Report Page 1 of 26 Date of Site Inspection 23rd October 2019 Inspector Paul O’Brien ABP-304995-19 Inspector’s Report Page 2 of 26 Contents 1.0 Site Location and Description .............................................................................. 4 2.0 Proposed Development ....................................................................................... 4 3.0 Planning Authority Decision ................................................................................. 5 3.1. Decision ........................................................................................................ 5 3.2. Planning Authority Reports ........................................................................... 5 4.0 Planning History ................................................................................................... 7 5.0 Policy and Context .............................................................................................. -
NTA Turns to DXC Technology to Operate Integrated Ticketing System
Case Study: National Transport Authority NTA turns to DXC Technology to operate Integrated Ticketing System Client name: National Transport Authority Location: Ireland Industry: Travel & Transportation Case Study: National Transport Authority Challenge DXC provides the Leap Card Contact Centre, through the DXC Global Service • Ensure smooth, cost-effective Desk (GSD) centre based in Ireland. NTA is responsible for providing an Integrated operation of Integrated Ticketing System (ITS) that allows passengers to travel seamlessly among different Ticketing System modes of public transport using a single smart card. Seeking a partner that it could Solution trust to operate the multifaceted and complex ITS, NTA turned to DXC Technology. • Outsource NTA’s integrated Working with Payzone Group, DXC provided an outsourcing solution that delivered ticketing back-office outstanding results for the transportation authority and the passengers it serves. operations, IT management, The NTA Leap Card is a reusable plastic smart card that can be used instead of paper retail network and web portal delivery tickets for transport in Dublin and other key locations in Ireland. NTA sought a world- class partner to operate the Leap Card system on the authority’s behalf. The partner Results would have to pull together the myriad facets required to operate the ITS, handling • Served more than 410 million the complexities associated with the core financial process management (FPM), journeys via Irish Rail, Dublin Contact Centre and card management functions. Bus, Luas, DART, Bus Éireann and Commercial Bus, with more These include administering and processing sales and journey transactions; than €200 million in value managing and reconciling financial clearinghouse and settlement transactions; • Provided more than 900 servicing and maintaining all smart card master accounts; and reconciling general customer retail ticket outlets ledger and bank accounts. -
Dáil Éireann
DÁIL ÉIREANN AN COISTE UM CHUNTAIS PHOIBLÍ COMMITTEE OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS Déardaoin, 10 Deireadh Fómhair 2019 Thursday, 10 October 2019 The Committee met at 9 a.m. MEMBERS PRESENT: Deputy Bobby Aylward, Deputy Alan Kelly, Deputy Peter Burke, Deputy Marc MacSharry, Deputy Shane Cassells, Deputy Imelda Munster, Deputy David Cullinane, Deputy Catherine Murphy, Deputy Pat Deering, Deputy Kate O’Connell. DEPUTY SEAN FLEMING IN THE CHAIR. 1 PAC Mr. Seamus McCarthy (An tArd Reachtaire Cuntas agus Ciste) called and examined. Business of Committee Chairman: We are joined by the Comptroller and Auditor General, Mr. Seamus McCarthy, who is a permanent witness at the committee. He is joined by Mr. John Crean, deputy director of audit. Apologies have been received from Deputy Catherine Connolly. Are the minutes of 26 September and 3 October agreed? Agreed. One matter arises from those minutes and I will deal with it as part of the work programme. I shall now deal with correspondence. There are three categories of correspondence. I will start with category A. No. 2429 and No. 2439 from the National Transport Authority are brief- ing documents and opening statements for today’s meeting. We will note and publish these. Is that Agreed? Agreed. Category B is from Accounting Officers or Ministers that follow up to PAC meetings and other items. No. 2348 from Mr. Martin Whelan, head of public affairs and communications, National Treasury Management Agency, NTMA, providing information requested by the com- mittee as follows: the NTMA’s voluntary redundancy and -
CIÉ Group Annual Report CIÉ Group Annual
CIÉ Group Annual Report and Financial Statements 2017 CIÉ Group Annual Report Year Ended 31 December 2017 CIÉ Group Annual Report 2017 Contents Financial and Operating Highlights 1 Members of the Board 40 Environment 2 Board Committees 41 Board Members’ Statement 4 About the Board of Córas Iompair Éireann 42 Financial Review 8 Corporate Governance Statement 45 PSO Contract 14 Statement of Board’s Responsibilities 50 CIÉ Environment Review 15 Independent Auditor’s Report 51 Operations Review 18 Financial Statements 54 CIÉ Group Annual Report 2017 Financial and Operating Highlights CIÉ Group CIÉ Group Revenue Number of Employees 2017 €1,238.5m 2017 10,098 2016 €1,218.4m 2016 10,017 CIÉ Group Iarnród Éireann Customer Journeys Customer Journeys 2017 263.5m 2017 45.5m 2016 251.2m 2016 42.8m Highlights Bus Éireann (excluding Bus Átha Cliath Schools Transport) Customer Journeys Customer Journeys 2017 139.4m 2017 37.8m 2016 128.2m Board Members’ Statement 2016 39.7m Schools Transport Customer Journeys 2017 40.8m 2016 40.5m Review Financial Statements Córas Iompair Éireann would like to acknowledge funding on major projects by the Irish Government under the EU and by the Infrastructure and Capital Investment 2012-2016 Medium Term Exchequer framework. 1 CIÉ Group Annual Report 2017 Environment Carbon Emissions Car Usage in Ireland Irish citizens drive 30% more than our CIÉ continues to promote the use of fellow EU citizens and import 99% of our sustained public transport through its transport fuels (in 2017 5% of our road Operating Subsidiaries. CIÉ supports fuel was biofuel from wastes).