NB this was written after the 2007 local elections. Updated 2008, 2010 During the election, I joined other bloggers in making a wish list to offer the incoming government. This was number one on my modest proposals: 1. Transport: (a) Forget about extending the Luas. Bring the bus network up to Luas standard, ie electronic [...]

Recently a glossy leaflet, apparently a Public Consultation document, came through my letterbox. It concerns the proposed Luas City Centre Link – Line BX. You know, the one that should have been built when the original Luas construction drove everyone in Dublin mad, cost hundreds of millions of euro more than it should have, and [...]

The Dublin Community Blog reports that Dublin bus fares have risen again, and comments: If anyone wants to see how public transport should be done they should travel to Sydney or Melbourne. Quick, easy, and reliable when compared to Dublin. How come they managed to take a penal colony and in 200 years turn it [...]