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Nigel Fitzgricer · 09-12-2006, 14:17

Shane Ross was bang on about the planning issues and the whole excuse of "nobody could foretell this would happen!" only holding so much water.

The problem with the transport in the GDR is more about bad planning and bad politics rather than us all been taken by surprise.

Thinking about Shane Ross' ideas for the Toll Booth - there is an oppertunity for P11 to try something similar and perhaps send it to him for his approval if possible. A series of public transport projects which can be implemented before T21 and call it something like "Pre-21 Eazy Pass" or some other catchy name like that. It could have proposals to use the PPT tunnel route, routing some peak time Adamstown services to Bray. Some bus ideas and so on. Operate the Howth Branch as a proper branch and free up a couple of peak time slots on the Northern Line for a Navan (va Drogheda) to Connolly shed service. Expose the lie of the Loop Line. The classic P11 type creative ideas - who cares if they are not technically perfect, good PR is good PR and it might get things done if shouts are loud enough.

If anything, it could deeply embarss the Government/DoT and CIE in the run up to the election as being devoid of imagination and adaptability. Could you imagine Shane Ross on the Late Late Show holding such a document up and giving the real reason why there is no trains to Navan of any kind and on any line before 2014.

I know it's none of my business to be throwing ideas at P11, but jesus lads there is a golden oppertunity here to join a simmering popularist movement towards short-term transport delivery with Shane Ross as the independent voice of the commuters (something the other poltical parties are too stupid to figure out and do for themselves).

Anyways, I am off the pub now to fill the spiritual void in my life left by the collaspe of the Irish catholic church's power with drink, curry and filthy jokes - but just give it a thought. Shane Ross already has a crusade going and P11 could slot into very nicely.

Very nicely indeed.

09-12-2006, 14:17	#5
Nigel Fitzgricer Regular Poster Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 140	Shane Ross was bang on about the planning issues and the whole excuse of "nobody could foretell this would happen!" only holding so much water. The problem with the transport in the GDR is more about bad planning and bad politics rather than us all been taken by surprise. Thinking about Shane Ross' ideas for the Toll Booth - there is an oppertunity for P11 to try something similar and perhaps send it to him for his approval if possible. A series of public transport projects which can be implemented before T21 and call it something like "Pre-21 Eazy Pass" or some other catchy name like that. It could have proposals to use the PPT tunnel route, routing some peak time Adamstown services to Bray. Some bus ideas and so on. Operate the Howth Branch as a proper branch and free up a couple of peak time slots on the Northern Line for a Navan (va Drogheda) to Connolly shed service. Expose the lie of the Loop Line. The classic P11 type creative ideas - who cares if they are not technically perfect, good PR is good PR and it might get things done if shouts are loud enough. If anything, it could deeply embarss the Government/DoT and CIE in the run up to the election as being devoid of imagination and adaptability. Could you imagine Shane Ross on the Late Late Show holding such a document up and giving the real reason why there is no trains to Navan of any kind and on any line before 2014. I know it's none of my business to be throwing ideas at P11, but jesus lads there is a golden oppertunity here to join a simmering popularist movement towards short-term transport delivery with Shane Ross as the independent voice of the commuters (something the other poltical parties are too stupid to figure out and do for themselves). Anyways, I am off the pub now to fill the spiritual void in my life left by the collaspe of the Irish catholic church's power with drink, curry and filthy jokes - but just give it a thought. Shane Ross already has a crusade going and P11 could slot into very nicely. Very nicely indeed. __________________ ************* Last edited by Nigel Fitzgricer : 09-12-2006 at 14:26.