[Article]Labour promises cheaper bus fares

[Nigel Fitzgricer]

I am glad to see that Rosin Shorthall finally realises that the Interconnector is important. So I give credit there. There are some good things in this report alright. The one Euro flat bus fare is a great idea through.

However the following paragraph from the document is enough to put me off voting for Labour. This is a classic:

There are lessons to be
learned from the experience with LUAS.

When commuters are given the option of a transport system which they can
depend on, which is fast, and which has reliable journey times, they will make
the switch. Many of the characteristics of LUAS can be replicated across the
Greater Dublin Area if a strategic approach is adopted to bus services.

The fact that Dublin Bus lost 6 million passengers a year to Luas precisely because it is NOT a Dublin Bus service seems to be lost of them. Or maybe it isn't, and is far too painfull for them to deal with.

More buses yes, but not as part of some CIE unions vendetta against the Luas.

Bertie and McDowell are still getting my vote. I am shallow and superficial enough to have been won over by Transport 21. Even with its faults.