Core Bus Corridors Project. Report June 2018

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1 Core Bus Corriors Project Report June 2018

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3 BusConnects Transforming City Bus Services 1 1. Introuction Overview What is BusConnects Dublin? Consultation Timeline 6 2. Growing Congestion Congestion Issue Impact on Bus Travel Why is the bus system important? Details of the Core Bus Corrior project Overview What a typical layout will achieve Preliminary route maps The Challenges Likely impacts Our plans to mitigate those challenges The Benefits How will this plan benefit cyclists an peestrians? Journey Time Savings Builing a sustainable, living city for families an communities Taking seriously our climate change responsibilities Supporting the economy an jobs Contact Us 29 Appenix 30

4 2 BusConnects Transforming City Bus Services 1. Introuction 1.1 Overview A major investment programme to improve public transport in Dublin is unerway. The three major elements of that overall programme are: 1. The MetroLink project which is the evelopment of a north-south urban railway service that will run between Swors an Sanyfor, connecting key estinations incluing Dublin Airport an the City Centre along the 26km route; 2. The DART Expansion Programme will see the implementation of high frequency DART services to Droghea on the Northern Line, Celbrige/Hazelhatch on the Kilare Line, Maynooth an M3 Parkway on the Maynooth/Sligo Line, while continuing to provie DART services on the South-Eastern Line as far south as Greystones; an Once complete this integrate public transport network will provie new opportunities for travelling. It will enable easier, more reliable an flexible travel across a range of moes. There will be new estinations for people. The network will facilitate new ways to get to work, eucation an leisure purposes. It will also ensure much quicker travel times than currently possible. Figure 1 shows the network of high capacity public transport corriors bus, rail, metro an Luas that will be in place in This ocument is an upate on the infrastructure aspects of the BusConnects Dublin project which is the builing of a core bus corrior network. This consists of 16 raial core bus corriors, which will be supplemente at a later stage with a network of orbital corriors. 3. BusConnects Dublin, a plan to funamentally transform Dublin s bus system, so that journeys by bus will be fast, reliable, punctual, convenient an afforable in aition to raically enhancing our cycling infrastructure.

5 M3 M2 Swors M1 Malahie Dublin Airport Dunboyne Ongar Blancharstown Luas to Finglas M50 Ballymun Finglas Balgriffin Santry Donaghmee Beaumont Cooltock Glasnevin Artane Raheny Howth Figure 1: Public Transport Network 2027 M4 Leixlip Lucan Luas to Lucan Aamstown Liffey Valley Castleknock Ballyfermot Broombrige Phoenix Park Cabra Phoenix Park Donnycarney Drumconra Clontarf Docklans Ringsen Luas to Poolbeg Core Bus Network Dart Network Non-DART Rail Network Celbrige M7 Clonalkin Tallaght Crumlin Greenhills Kimmage Rathgar Terenure Rathfarnham Ranelagh Donnybrook Booterstown Clonskeagh Blackrock Dunrum Mount Merrion Dun Laoghaire Luas Network Propose Luas extensions MetroLink Saggart Jobstown M50 Sanyfor Foxrock Dalkey Killiney Stepasie Cherrywoo Luas to Bray M11 Bray

6 4 BusConnects Transforming City Bus Services 1.2 What is BusConnects Dublin? BusConnects Dublin provies the founation to this overall transport system, with the revise bus system projecte to carry the majority of passengers across the region an provie key linkages to serve the nees of Dublin into the future. BusConnects Dublin aims to overhaul the current bus system in the Dublin region by: ĥĥ builing a network of new bus corriors on the busiest bus routes to make bus journeys faster, preictable an reliable; ĥĥ completely reesigning the network of bus routes to provie a more efficient network, connecting more places an carrying more passengers; ĥĥ eveloping a state-of-the-art ticketing system using creit an ebit cars or mobile phones to link with payment accounts an making payment much more convenient; ĥĥ implementing a cashless payment system to vastly spee up passenger boaring times; ĥĥ revamping the fare system to provie a simpler fare structure, allowing seamless movement between ifferent transport services without financial penalty; ĥĥ implementing a new bus livery proviing a moern look an feel to the new bus system; ĥĥ rolling out new bus stops with better signage an information an increasing the provision of aitional bus shelters; an ĥĥ transitioning - starting now - to a new bus fleet using low emission vehicle technologies. BusConnects Dublin is a programme of integrate actions which, together, will eliver a bus system that will enable more people to travel by bus than ever before, an allow bus commuting to become a viable an attractive choice for employees, stuents, shoppers an visitors. Many of these initiatives are alreay unerway incluing the core bus corrior project an the Dublin area bus network review. But it is not just the bus system that will be transforme uner BusConnects Dublin. The same corriors that are important for buses are also the main cycling routes into the city centre. BusConnects Dublin will see safe cycling facilities provie along each corrior, segregate as far as practicable from other traffic. The cycling infrastructure elivere uner this programme will form the core of the region s cycling network an eliver a raical step-change in cycling facilities in Dublin.

7 Oibriú ag Operate by Go-Ahea COMMUTER continues to the North West Hazelhatch an Celbrige COMMUTER continues to Sallins, Newbrige, Kilare an the South West Maynooth A 25a Lucan (Esker Church) 25a Finnstown Finnstown Abbey Grange Castle (West) COMMUTER M3 Parkway Dunboyne Hansfiel Leixlip (Louisa Brige) 25b Aamstown Station (Commuter ) A 13 Grange Castle Esker Meaow Griffeen Avenue 39a Leixlip (Confey) Castlegrange Ongar Clonsilla 18 Ballyowen Palmerstown Lucan Roa (Liffey Valley) Ballyow Quarryvale Manor (Liffey Valley) 25a 40 Foxborough Fonthill Roa a Clonalkin Parkwest Kishoge Fonthill & Cherry Orchar Lock View Corkagh Demesne Citywest Campus 77a Fortunestown Saggart Hartstown Castaheany Charnwoo Allenale New Nangor Roa St John s Fettercairn Cheeverstown 27 Blessington Roa 40 Clonalkin Village Belgar Jobstown (North) Huntstown Blakestown Coolmine Station Nangor Roa Jobstown (South) B Tyrrelstown Woofor Ballycoolin Rosemount Business Park Castleknock Cherry Orchar Hospital Ballyfermot Colcut Le Fanu Park Ronanstown Cherry Orchar Kingswoo Killinaren Re Cow Kylemore Drimnagh Castle 123 Walkinstown Walkinstown Cross Greenhills Cookstown Broomhill Inustrial Estate Tallaght Hospital Village Tymon North B Coruff Cappagh Finglas West Finglas South 17a BLANCHARDSTOWN CENTRE TALLAGHT Navan Roa Parkway Ashtown Kilmainham Inchicore Bluebell Suir Drimnagh Roa Blackhorse Golenbrige Longmile Limekiln Avenue Ashtown Station Phoenix Park Tymon Park Meakstown 122 Crumlin Ashleaf 9 15a Plunkett Finglas Royal Canal Park Ashington Crumlin Hospital Crumlin (South) Whitehall Roa Wellington Lane Rossmore 150 Charlestown 40 Balseskin Finglas East Finglas Roa Broombrige Cabra (Fassaugh Avenue) Navan Roa Ol Cabra Roa 9 Prussia Street 46a Phoenix Park (Infirmary Roa an Zoo) Heuston James s Fatima Rialto Tram Dolphin s Barn Popintree 40 Stop Armagh Roa C Clogher Roa Kimmage West Kimmage Finglas Village Waelai Park Tolka Estate Botanic Garens Glasnevin Cemetery Fassaugh Roa Museum Thomas Street Coombe Hospital Finglas IKEA Templeogue Harristown (83 ) 140 Phibsboro Stoneybatter Ballymun Cross Blackhall Place Four Courts Harol s Cross Sunrive Balbutcher Smithfiel Donore 151 Christchurch The Coombe Kenilworth Terenure Ballymun (DCU) Glasnevin (Mobhi) Mater a Parnell Square a O Connell Street a A Jervis South Circular Ballymun Centre D Olier/Westmorelan a 15b 16 25a 25b 27 39a 40 46a 77a A Portobello Rathmines Camen Street Rathgar Orwell Roa Churchtown Palmerston Park Swors Manor 41 S Dublin Airport St Patrick s Mater Abbey St Trinity St Stephen s Green Charlemont Ranelagh Beechwoo Cowper Miltown Winy Arbour Airport Rounabout Daristown 7 Mountjoy Square Parnell St a Lwr Abbey St Harcourt Santry Drumconra (Commuter ) DUNDRUM Whitehall Leeson Street Knocklyon Bushy Balally Park Rathfarnham 15 Kilmacu Ballycullen Stillorgan Inustrial Park Butterfiel Marley Grange Ballycullen Roa Sanyfor 15 Olorchar 16 15b 15b Inustrial Estate 11 Brehonfiel Stocking Avenue Marlay Roa Boen Park Park C 83 39a 15a 25a 25b 39a a 25b 39a b 27 77a a A 25a 25b 39a a 25b 39a a a 15b 25a 25b 39a 46a War River Valley Park S a a 15b 77a 25a 25b 39a a 15b a 15b 25a 25b 39a 46a D Sanfor Roa Clonskeagh Roebuck Goatstown Kilmacu East Stillorgan (Luas) Seatown SWORDS Main Street Swors (Pavilions) Fosterstown (Boroimhe) Ballybough 11 46a 145 Fairview (North) Connolly Busáras Tara Street 25a 25b Appian Way Donnycarney Collins Avenue Fairview North Stran a 130 Kilmore (Northsie) George s Dock Pearse Merrion Square Donnybrook Beaumont Hospital 14 Beaumont 39a Baggot Street Mayor Square Ballsbrige Belfiel (UCD) Central Park The Gallops Sanyfor Glencairn D Ellenfiel Park a 15b a 15b 77a a 15b a 15b 77a Marino Herbert Park Leoparstown Racecourse Bonnybrook Darnale Eenmore Coolock Spencer Dock Leoparstown Valley COMMUTER Harmonstown North Wall Gran Canal Dock Station Merrion Clontarf Roa 151 COMMUTER Docklans The Point 15a 15b Gran Canal Dock Ringsen Roa 77a Lansowne Roa Vincent s Hospital Stillorgan (Shopping Centre) Ballyogan Woo continues to the North 27 Clare Hall Donaghmee Raheny Killester Carrickmines Grange Roa (Newgrove Cross) All Saint s Roa Dublin Port 18 Sanymount Sanymount Station Syney Parae Comelscourt DART 15 17a 130 Castle Avenue Booterstown Mounttown Kill Of The Grange Cherrywoo Laughanstown 7 Cherrywoo Tram Stop Clontarf Blackrock Strabrook 39a Monkstown Avenue 4 Monkstown E Kilbarrack Deansgrange Sallynoggin Brie s Glen Seapoint Rochestown Avenue Loughlinstown Malahie Portmarnock Clongriffin Abbey Park Baysie Howth Junction & Donaghmee St Anne s Park an Garens Dollymount 46a Kilmacanogue 145 COMMUTER continues to the South East E 29a Baloyle Sutton Dublin Bay Dublin Harbour Salthill & Monkstown Sanycove & Glasthule Glenageary Dalkey Killiney Shankill Howth DÚN LAOGHAIRE BRAY North Bull Islan DART Greystones BusConnects Transforming City Bus Services 5 Complete Reesign of Bus Network State-of-the-art Ticketing System A Network of Core Bus Corriors (Continuous bus lanes an safe cycling facilities) TFI BUS TFI WALKING TFI GREEN PANTONE 300 C 100 M 40 Y 0 K 0 R 0 G 125 B 197 # 007DC5 PANTONE 3265 C 69 M 0 Y 37 K 0 R 53 G 189 B 176 # 35BDB2 PANTONE 7482 C 80 M 0 Y 75 K 0 R 000 G 178 B 116 # 00B273 The livery graphics on the river s sie of the vehicle shoul be reverse so the line graphics are always leaning forwar Simpler Fare Structure Cashless Payment System P&R BUS Stop Crois Pól Pauls Cross Bus Éireann 215 Park & Rie Facilities New Bus Livery New Bus Stops an Shelters Use of Low Emission Vehicles

8 6 BusConnects Transforming City Bus Services 1.3 Consultation Timeline Over the coming months we inten to unertake two major public consultations in relation to BusConnects Dublin. These are: While comments in relation to this ocument are welcome an can be submitte, there will be a full opportunity to provie comprehensive feeback an views as part of the Sept/Oct consultation process, when fuller etails of the proposals are evelope. July 2018: Public consultation on the reesigne network of bus services. Work is on-going on reesigning the network of bus services that operate throughout Dublin. We want to reesign the overall network of bus services to allow more people to get to more places in a shorter time than is the case at present. Plus we want the network to be simpler an easier to use. A report setting out proposals for the revise system of bus routes will be publishe an feeback sought. Sept/Oct 2018: Public consultation on the bus infrastructure proposals the bus lane project for the raial Core Bus Corriors ientifie later in this ocument. It is intene that fuller etails of the various corriors will be evelope an mae available as part of this consultation process.

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10 8 BusConnects Transforming City Bus Services 2. Growing Congestion 2.1 Congestion Issue Forecast Population Growth in Dublin Region Irelan continues to emerge from the severe economic recession of recent years an the associate high levels of unemployment that existe uring that time. The economy is growing strongly; more an more people are at work; the number of visitors to the country is at recor levels. Alongsie the recovery, however, are growing challenges, with traffic an transport among the key issues facing the Dublin region. During the recession transport levels fell ramatically ue to factors such as reuce business activity, people spening less money, emigration an unemployment. Travel in an out of Dublin City Centre each morning (7am to 10am) roppe from 207,379 people in 2006 to 181,042 in 2010, a ecrease of 13%. Overall numbers using bus fell by 16% while rail passengers ecrease by 30%. As well as reuce public transport usage, the number of cars an commercial vehicles on our roas also ecrease. Congestion uring this time was less an travel times became shorter as the roas ha fewer vehicles using them. Population (millions) % increase 1.2 million 1.5 million Year Now in 2018 that position has change ramatically. Traffic levels have grown steaily since the economy began to recover an congestion is now one of the most significant challenges facing the region. It is preicte that the population for the Dublin region will grow by 25% by 2040, bringing the population to almost 1.5 million in the region.

11 BusConnects Transforming City Bus Services Impact on Bus Travel Congestion impacts many aspects of people s lives negatively, an without intervention it will continue to iminish people s quality of life while also putting economic growth at risk. From the perspective of public transport, congestion is a major problem. On the busiest bus routes, bus lanes are only in place for less than one thir of the corrior. This means that for most of the journey, buses are competing for space with general traffic an so are also affecte by the increasing levels of congestion. Of these numbers entering Dublin City each ay, the majority use the bus for this journey. As those numbers grow, an as congestion worsens, it is becoming increasingly ifficult to operate a reliable bus system with sufficient capacity to cater for the nees of the region. Canal Coron average aily trips As a result, whereas bus journeys shoul be fast, reliable an preictable, the increasing impact of congestion is unermining that objective. Aitional buses are being ae to the system simply to compensate for elays in journey times. So, where a bus coul complete a route journey in 90 minutes uring peak hours an return after a short turnaroun, that journey is now taking longer an an aitional bus an river is neee to provie the return leg in orer to maintain the timetable of services. More people are now travelling into Dublin City Centre each ay than ever before. In 2017, a total of 211,000 people crosse the canal coron to access the city centre uring the 7am to 10am morning peak. This is higher than uring the Celtic Tiger boom years, an the numbers are increasing year on year. Other Transport 30.4% Sustainable Transport 69.6% The means by which people access the city centre has change over the last ecae. Now 70% approximately of people travelling into the city each morning o so by sustainable transport- walking, cycling, bus, rail or luas. Cars only account for 30% of travel. Sustainable transport: Bus, Rail, Luas, Taxi, Walk, Cycle Other transport: Car, Goos Vehicles, Motorcycles

12 10 BusConnects Transforming City Bus Services 2.3 Why is the bus system important? The bus system is important because, simply put, it is the main component of the solution to aress our current congestion problem an to meet our future transport nees. As Dublin is a low ensity city there are few areas with the size an concentration of population for railbase public transport. This means that for most corriors in Dublin, bus travel represents the optimum form of public transport. Dublin Bus carrie 137 million passengers in When combine with Bus Eireann commuter services in the Dublin region, 143 million passengers were carrie on State operate bus services in the Dublin area, compare with 38 million on Luas an 33 million passengers on the DART an rail commuter services. In percentage terms, the bus system accounts for over 67% of public transport passenger journeys in the Greater Dublin Area. That means that whilst the bus carries two thirs of all public transport passengers,the Luas carries 18% an DART an commuter rail services eliver the remaining 15%. Because of its regional coverage an its flexibility, the bus system is, an will continue to be, the main form of public transport for most people across the Dublin region. It is the backbone of public transport services an carries multiples of the numbers of passengers carrie by Luas an DART/Commuter Rail. As such the bus system is the founation for the future of Dublin s public transport service. It is vital that we invest now in ensuring that it can properly perform this role into the future. Percentage of passenger journeys per moe in the Dublin Region Luas 18% In terms of geographical reach an coverage, bus operations exten across every corrior in the Dublin region. Luas operates only two fixe lines - Re an Green an rail services are limite to four railway services Kilare, Maynooth, Northern an South-eastern lines. Dart & Commuter Rail 15% Dublin Bus & Bus Eireann 67%

13 BusConnects Transforming City Bus Services Details of the Core Bus Corrior project 3.1 Overview The focus of this part of the BusConnects Dublin programme is the elivery of the Core Bus Network, the bus lanes that are neee to make the bus system operate efficiently, reliably an punctually. Our intention is to evelop these bus corriors so that each will have continuous bus priority in other wors, a continuous bus lane in each irection. This will remove the elays currently being experience, which will grow worse as congestion increases, an allow the buses to transport their many thousans of passengers with greater certainty about the arrival times to their estinations. 230kms of continuous bus priority Our plan is being evelope using all available ata an forecasting to unerstan past trens an events. It takes into consieration the current situation an the challenges an opportunities that Dublin will face over the coming ecaes. Projections of a future without BusConnects Dublin clearly inicate that journeys times will continue to eroe an congestion will worsen. The following outlines the plans to vastly improve an enhance the travelling experience of bus users an cyclists. 200kms of cycle tracks/ lanes provie

14 Kilbrie Cluthe Coolquay Surgalstown Tyrellstown St Margaret s Golf & Country Club Killeek Knocksean Demesne Swors 2 Malahie Kilbrook The War Cross Forrest Great Sea Mount St Margaret s The War Cloghran Feltrim Dublin Airport Kinsealy Seabrook Manor Portmarnock Tyrrelstown Williamsville Daristown St Doolagh s Ballycoren Woolans Belcamp Littlepace Ongar Village Clonsilla Luttrellstown Mulhuart Whitestown Abbotstown Cappoge 5 4 Blancharstown Castleknock Dunsink Finglas 3 Ballymun Santry Glasnevin Whitehall Beaumont Donnycarney Killester Artane Coolock Balgriffin Belmayne Clongriffin Grattan Loge Donaghmee Baloyle Baysie Kilbarrack Raheny 1 Sutton Howth Figure 2: Raial Core Bus Corriors 1. Clongriffin to City Centre Lucan 6 7 Lower R Strawberry Bes 8 Clonalkin Palmerstown Chapelizo Ballyfermot Walkinstown Phoenix Park Bluebell Inchicore Drimnagh Islanbrige Kilmainham Cabra Phibsborough Stoneybatter Smithfiel Rialto Dolphin s Barn The Liberties Harol s Cross Portobello Rathmines Drumconra Ranelagh Marino Fairview Docklans East Wall Ringsen Irishtown Ballsbrige Donnybrook Sanymount 16 Clontarf Dollymount Baily 2. Swors to City Centre 3. Ballymun to City Centre 4. Finglas to Phibsborough 5. Blancharstown to City Centre 6. Lucan to City Centre Kingswoo Belgar Ballymount Crumlin Perrystown Kimmage 10 Terenure Rathgar Milltown Clonskeagh Winy Arbour 14 Booterstown Blackrock 7. Liffey Valley to City Centre 8. Clonalkin to Drimnagh Marlfiel 9 Tallaght Aylesbury 11 Firhouse Rathfarnham Templeogue 12 Ballyroan Knocklyon Ballyboen Whitechurch Churchtown Goatstown Mount Merrion Stillorgan Dunrum Galloping Green Leoparstown Ballinteer Sanyfor 15 Monkstown Dún Laoghaire Kill Of The Grange Deansgrange Sallynoggin Cornelscourt Dalkey 9. Greenhills to City Centre 10. Kimmage to City Centre 11. Tallaght to Terenure Mount Seskin Bohernabreena The Line Wootown Rockbrook Foxrock Ballyogan Cabinteely Killiney 12. Rathfarnham to City Centre Knockannavea Ballinascorney Kilmashogue Forest Stepasie Carrickmines Loughlinstown Ballybrack 13. Bray to City Centre Glenasmole Kilternan 14. UCD Ballsbrige to City Centre Shankill 15. Blackrock to Merrion Glencullen Scalp 16. Ringsen to City Centre Manor Kilbrie Carneystown Ol Conna 13 Ballinagee Glencree Countybrook Bray

15 BusConnects Transforming City Bus Services What a typical layout will achieve e Figure 3: Future Orbital Bus Corriors Overall, the proposal envisages the provision of about 230 kilometres of bus lanes on sixteen of the busiest bus corriors in Dublin, which we refer to as Raial Core Bus Corriors. These corriors are shown in Figure 2. Ongar Blancharstown Ballymun Finglas M50 Santry Whitehall Coolock Clongriffin Baloyle Sutton In aition to the raial core bus corriors, there is also a plan for enhancement of the orbital bus corriors as part of BusConnects Dublin. These proposals will form a separate plan which will be avance at a future ate. The propose orbital routes are shown in Figure 3. Lucan Castleknock Liffey Valley Phoenix Park Drumconra Clontarf Raheny Our objective is to provie a continuous bus lane in each irection as well as maintaining two general traffic lanes. In aition, we also want to provie a eicate cycle track on each sie of the roa, proviing safe cycling facilities, segregate from other vehicular traffic. The typical roa layout also inclues footpaths for peestrians an supporting elements such as peestrian crossings at all key roa crossing points, an bus shelters for waiting passengers. M7 Ballyfermot Clonalkin Greenhills Tallaght Terenure Rathmines Ringsen Ballsbrige Ranelagh Miltown Blackrock Dunrum Dun Laoghaire The typical roa layout that we want to achieve on these raial core bus corriors is set out as shown in Figure 4. Saggart Jobstown M50 Sanyfor Foxrock Dalkey Killiney However, this typical roa layout is ifficult to achieve in practice an the next section sets out the challenges that we face in trying to implement this layout. Further information on the ifficult choices that have to be mae are inclue in the preliminary route maps etaile in the Appenix. Figure 4: Typical Roa Layout FOOTPATH CYCLE TRACK CYCLE BUS LANE TRAFFIC LANE TRAFFIC LANE BUS LANE TRACK FOOTPATH

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17 BusConnects Transforming City Bus Services Preliminary route maps The Appenix to this ocument provies preliminary route maps for the sixteen Raial Core Bus Corriors. These maps set out a preliminary proposal for each of the bus corriors, together with some of the key impacts, issues an challenges that relate to the particular corrior. All of the routes an options are inicative only at this stage. Without the transforme roa infrastructure, the bus system will eteriorate in performance. Growing congestion will mean that bus journeys will take longer an become more unreliable. It simply will not be a realistic alternative for many people an will not provie the capacity to transport the many thousans of extra passengers that it will nee to move each ay to eal with the growing traffic congestion problems of the region. As etaile in Section 1.3, there will be a formal public consultation phase later this year seeking feeback an comments on the emerging proposals.

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19 BusConnects Transforming City Bus Services The Challenges It s important to acknowlege that the choices require to eliver this step-change in the performance of the bus system will be ifficult. However, the ecisionmaking nees to be one now an not postpone until the problem is far greater. Some of the ecisions may be har but they are being mae because we believe in these plans an in their potential to funamentally transform the way public transport works in Dublin. Dublin is a meieval city. Its streets an roas have evelope an evolve over centuries ating back to the Viking era. Neeless to say the streets were not esigne to move the number of people that now nee to travel in an out of the city each ay. Some of the city s inner suburbs ate back to Victorian times, with roa layouts esigne for far more moest levels of traffic than we see toay. It coul never have been envisage over the centuries, that Dublin woul become the metropolitan city it is toay an that hunres of thousans of people woul be moving through the city centre on a aily basis. Our challenge now is to respon to the nees of a moern city by proviing a fit-for-purpose bus system, built on a streetscape that ates back centuries. That means ifficult ecisions will have to be mae. ĥĥ Will we nee to wien roas? ĥĥ Will we have to convert current traffic lanes to bus lanes? ĥĥ Will we nee to restrict on-street parking? ĥĥ Will we nee to remove trees or parts of front garens? The answers to the above questions will be yes. These are tough choices which cannot, an will not, be mae lightly. Not all the impacts will be felt equally an some locations will require more changes than others. Over the years moifications that were easier to implement - the ones that cause little or no isruption - have been mae. This means that there are no longer any simple changes which we can make that woul generate meaningful benefits. So we now nee to make significant changes if we are to allow Dublin to grow an flourish into the future. Quite simply, if we genuinely want to put in place a much better public transport system, our bus system, which carries over two-thirs of Dublin s transport passengers, has to be upgrae to meet the future emans that are going to be place upon it. If we ecie not to make these changes now, then we nee to accept that Dublin will become increasingly congeste an a less attractive place to live an work, both for us an for future generations.

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21 BusConnects Transforming City Bus Services Likely impacts Traffic movement By creating more priority for buses an cycling there will be changes to how traffic currently moves aroun the streets. Some roas may become one-way, new bus-only sections will be introuce an in some places general traffic will have to take new routes in an out of the city. Aitional cycle routes which will be built, generally segregate from vehicular traffic an peestrian crossings will be ae an move in some areas. Acquisition of Parts of Garens Because there is so little unuse space along these busy roas, it will often not be possible to accommoate the bus lanes an cycle lanes in the with available. In orer to achieve the require space it will be necessary, in places, to acquire parts of front garens an lan in front of commercial properties to allow the bus an cycle lanes to be provie. This woul require rebuiling new garen walls a short istance back from the existing roa bounary. Removal of Trees As with the nee to remove some parts of front garens an footpaths, there will be also be a nee to remove trees along some of the corriors. The Public Consultation stage later this year will have etails an locations of the trees an lans impacte, once the initial esigns are evelope. Roa Works an Construction Sites Wiening roas, an builing bus an cycle lanes, requires a certain amount of construction work. There will be excavation of the existing roas, plus parts of garens an footpaths where neee. There will be resurfacing, kerbing, replanting an lanscaping. During the construction stages, the construction sites will be localise an manage on a roa by roa basis. As with any work site an roa works, there will be a certain level of noise, ust an temporary traffic iversions. The size of each work site an the hours of working will have to take into consieration the resiential nature of many of the roas. Traffic management will be very important to keep the traffic moving an ensuring local access for people an eliveries is always maintaine. Reuction of On-Street Parking Because the roas we are wiening travel through resiential an business areas there will be a nee to reuce the amount of on-street parking to accommoate the new layout.

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23 BusConnects Transforming City Bus Services Our plans to mitigate those challenges Obviously these challenges an impacts are significant. Some roas will be impacte more than others. Some of the impacts will mean ifferent things to ifferent people epening on where they live an their homes. We are in no way unerestimating or making light of the issues people will face, an that is why we are stating them clearly at this early stage. Every feasible option will be looke at to minimise the isruption to people, their properties an the wier local community. Where there is simply no viable alternative, an where we know we have to remove trees, parts of garens or parking, we will ensure appropriate mitigation measures are put in place, wherever practicable. A efine set of guielines an principles for mitigation, compensation an reparation will be evelope in avance of planning permission being sought. Below are some of the measures that we envisage will be inclue. This list is not exhaustive an we anticipate that there will be other concerns. ĥ ĥ Where lans, such as parts of garens, are being acquire for wiening we will purchase the portion of front garens from property owners; ensure new lanscaping an replanting of the garens as well as proviing compensation for the garen portion loss an isruption. ĥĥ Where trees are remove from roasies an footpaths we will put in place a comprehensive replanting programme. This programme will use mature or semi-mature reay-grown trees where appropriate an, where it is feasible, plant them as close as possible to the original locations. ĥĥ Where there is a loss of on-street parking or private parking space we will seek to provie, where feasible, alternative parking close by for resients an businesses. ĥĥ Where private an public walls or fencing are remove we will rebuil new garen walls an replace fencing where garens have been affecte an shortene. Also, where public or commercial walls an fencing have been taken they will be rebuilt an replace. ĥĥ We will look for areas along the busy corriors where it is possible to improve the existing local spaces an the existing lanscaping. It is important to use this opportunity to not only replace what is remove but to enhance the local areas. To o so, we will provie funing support for urban centre improvements an creating attractive local environments. ĥĥ Where traffic is iverte an re-route, aequate signage an roa markings will be provie for people to fin their way. Also, local access will be maintaine where new bus-only sections or one-way systems are brought in for resients an commercial properties.

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25 BusConnects Transforming City Bus Services The Benefits 5.1 How will this plan benefit cyclists an peestrians? This plan is not just about buses, in fact, this plan will provie much neee cycling facilities an make it easier an more attractive to cycle aroun the city region. Given the increasing number of cyclists across Dublin there is an imperative to provie safe an segregate cycling facilities where possible. In aition, we will also use this unique opportunity to make a better environment for peestrians as we improve these corriors. In particular, we will improve the quality of footpaths an peestrian crossings as well as improving peestrian facilities at junctions. We will also enhance key local centres with aitional lanscaping an outoor amenities. The major bus corriors across Dublin city are also the main cycling arteries. The wiening of these roas for bus lanes provies the opportunity to transform the cycling infrastructure at the same time. On each of the 16 raial core bus corriors our objective is to provie high quality cycling facilities, segregate from the bus lanes an general traffic lanes as far as is feasible. We calculate that over 200kms of cycle tracks/lanes will be either built or current lanes improve upon. A better cycling network is goo for all transport users. It avois cyclists sharing bus lanes with buses an will remove many of the conflicts between buses an cyclists. This initiative is the founation of the overall cycle network that has been planne for the Greater Dublin Area.

26 24 BusConnects Transforming City Bus Services Current Journey Times up to 40-50% journey time savings BusConnects Journey Times Future Journey Times without BusConnects 5.2 Journey Time Savings In 2017 almost 13,000 people took part in a survey regaring the current bus network an services. Of those who took part the most important goals for public transport for them are reuce the epenence on private cars, limit traffic congestion an make the city an attractive place to live an work. These things clearly matter to people an how they value their quality of life an use of their time. These goals can be achieve by proviing eicate bus lanes to ensure punctuality, reliability an increase frequency of services. The core bus corrior project will eliver journey time savings of up to 40-50% on each corrior. With the implementation of BusConnects Dublin people travelling on these routes will reach their estinations much faster than they currently o. Just as importantly, they can have greater certainty about when they will arrive at their estination, because their bus will no longer be affecte by general traffic congestion. However, the future without BusConnects Dublin will see a significant eterioration in journey time; people will spen more time stuck in traffic an take longer to get to their estinations. The core bus corrior project will eliver on improving journey times an creating certainty an confience in the bus system. Improving the current journey times on the key bus corriors will make bus travel more attractive, will improve the efficiency of the services an give people the reliability of knowing exactly how long their journey will take.

27 BusConnects Transforming City Bus Services 25 The most important goals for public transport: Limit traffic congestion Reuce the epenence on private cars Make the city an attractive place to live an work 5.3 Builing a sustainable, living city for families an communities BusConnects Dublin is about making travelling by bus a better option. By proviing a high-quality, frequent an reliable bus service, we can make Dublin a more attractive place to live, work an visit. With proper bus prioritisation measures in place, it will be much easier to provie a bus service that is quick an efficient, an that gets people where they nee to be, with a minimum of stress. That means that for anyboy that nees to get aroun the city, or from one part of Dublin to another, taking the bus will make more an more sense. With quicker journeys an services whose reliability is not unermine by traffic congestion, the city will seem like a smaller, more accessible place an everywhere will be within an easy bus rie of just about anywhere else. All of Dublin all of its colleges, offices, retail streets; all of its coffee shops, ol an new; all of its pubs an bookshops; all of its restaurants an theatres; all of its character - will be opene up, to all of its citizens an all of its visitors.

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29 BusConnects Transforming City Bus Services Taking seriously our climate change responsibilities Tackling the challenges of climate change is a national priority an BusConnects Dublin will contribute significantly to that objective. Alreay significant progress has been mae in this regar an the ays of buses spewing out black plumes of iesel exhaust are thankfully consigne to history. But more nees to be one to protect our communities from the harmful effects of gases an other emissions. Moving people from cars onto sustainable transport is a key component in reucing CO2 emissions, in aition to aressing congestion with its averse environmental impacts. But in aition to those beneficial impacts, we want to transition to a fleet of low emission vehicles, further enhancing the environmental contribution of the bus system. 5.5 Supporting the economy an jobs A well-functioning public transport system is a basic requirement for any metropolitan area that aspires to proviing plenty of goo employment opportunities for its people into the future. With bus, rail an trams, Dublin boasts some really great services but if we are to maintain our capacity as a city, a region an a capital, to continue to attract the best jobs an the best employers, we will have to o more, an urgently. By improving the overall public transport offering, these proposals will make commutes shorter an more reliable, an will therefore make Dublin a more attractive location for employers. It will also make it easier for people to get out an enjoy the city an all it has to offer, which is goo news for businesses in the city centre an beyon. Substantial research is currently on-going into electric bus solutions, with the technology evolving rapily an several manufacturers now bringing ifferent vehicle options to market. A fleet acquisition plan will be evelope to transition the bus fleet to a low emission vehicle type (or types), with the first vehicles uner that strategy to go into service very soon.

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31 BusConnects Transforming City Bus Services Contact Us This ocument provies an upate on BusConnects Dublin an the work being unertaken in planning the bus lane infrastructure which is at the heart of BusConnects Dublin. Please feel free to contact us for further information or queries you may have. In relation to the iniviual corriors, work is continuing on assessing options an eveloping proposals which will be publishe for public consultation in September / October this year. Accoringly, more etaile information on the iniviual corriors will not be available until that later consultation stage. The website will provie regular upates as the project evelops. In aition the aress is info@busconnects.ie an Freefone If you woul like to contact us by post or to receive printe copies of this ocument you can also write to us: BusConnects National Transport Authority Dun Sceine Iveagh Court Harcourt Lane Dublin 2, DO2 WT20

32 Appenix This section shows each of the preliminary route maps for each of the bus corriors. Each map illustrates the raial core bus corrior route from start to finish. It also shows key facts an potential impacts for each route.

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