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Originally Posted by breakingnews.ie
All adult bus fares in Dublin will cost €1 if Labour gets into Government, it was claimed today.
The party will only charge children 50 cent as part of its ’Get Dublin Moving: Ending The Gridlock’ policy document unveiled today.
Labour will also put six park-and-ride facilities around the M50 and fully complete the city’s 11 Quality Bus Corridors.
Promising to add 500 buses to the Dublin Bus fleet, transport spokesperson Roisin Shortall said: “There has been no increase in the Dublin Bus fleet from 2001 to late 2005.
“One year into Transport 21, only 20 extra buses operate on our streets. We still have the problem of Quality Bus Corridors (QBCs) without adequate bus services, and bus services without adequate QBCs,” she said.
The party also says it will replace the Travel Pass Scheme with a new value “freedom card” which will offer cheaper fares and greater integration for all commuters.
“The only short-medium term solution to the traffic chaos in the greater Dublin area is to provide commuters with the option of reliable public transport, and the only way to do this is through improved bus services,” said Ms Shortall.
“The bus is going to continue to be the workhorse of the public transport system for many years to come and will continue to be a crucial element of it, even if and when all the rail and tram proposals in Transport 21 come on stream,” she added.
Ms Shortall criticised the Government for having no strategy for dealing with the congestion crisis facing commuters daily.
She said she was on her way into Dublin city centre during the first day of Operation Freeflow when she saw three cars parked on clearways.
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This is the best thing I have heard in relation to public transport, possilby ever.
I moved this to the media section.
It is a very good proposal, I would be for it. How are Labour on keeping promises (I'm only young
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