How system built around seven ‘spines’
THERE are 130 bus routes currently available in the capital, but transport planners believe the system is overly complex, with not enough routes allowing people to travel from one side of the city to the other without going through the city centre. The network redesign aims to change that.
At its heart is the creation of seven cross-city spines, running from one side of the city to the other. Buses will be labelled from A to G, followed by a digit.
For example, the A spine in its entirety runs from Tallaght to Swords. The core of this spine runs from Terenure, to north of Glasnevin. Travelling southside from the city centre, all buses with the letter A will go through Terenure. The A spine will terminate in the village, A1 will continue to Knocklyon, A2 to Tallaght, A3 to Dundrum and A4 to Rathfarnham.
Key is access to these seven spines, which will be facilitated through local services that will be numbered, and through radial and orbital routes.
A commuter in Ballyfermot