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MrX · 15-09-2006, 12:17

It's not a 40 min walk to Rochestown! It's well over an hour!

You can't really suggest that CIE shouldn't serve any destinations that are less than a 40 min brisk walk from the city centre. Although, I can see this being a great new policy!

At that rate, you might as well forget busses to Ranalagh, Drumcondra, UCD (sure it's only a short amble really).. and so on.

Having urban transport issues decided by a national government which is focused primarily on two things 1) Central Dublin (the bits near Leinster House mostly) and 2) Farmers & horse racing leaves the non Dublin urban areas in a dire state of under investment most of the time.

We really need more powerful local government and particularly powerful and accountable city authorities. It's about time we'd exec. mayors!

15-09-2006, 12:17	#7
MrX Really Regular Poster Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 585	It's not a 40 min walk to Rochestown! It's well over an hour! You can't really suggest that CIE shouldn't serve any destinations that are less than a 40 min brisk walk from the city centre. Although, I can see this being a great new policy! At that rate, you might as well forget busses to Ranalagh, Drumcondra, UCD (sure it's only a short amble really).. and so on. Having urban transport issues decided by a national government which is focused primarily on two things 1) Central Dublin (the bits near Leinster House mostly) and 2) Farmers & horse racing leaves the non Dublin urban areas in a dire state of under investment most of the time. We really need more powerful local government and particularly powerful and accountable city authorities. It's about time we'd exec. mayors! Last edited by MrX : 15-09-2006 at 12:21.