Consider the above article concerning Bus Lane operating hours and the Council`s “Lack of Information” on post 1900 hrs conditions.

Then factor in the reported comments of the City Manager on his belief that Dublin posesses a “World Class” Traffic Management system.

Now zoom-in to Pearse St,a thoroughfare which has assumed major importance to Dublin Bus operations since the DCC inspired migration of the Tallaght bound route termini to Ringsend.

We now have a somewhat pathetic “World Class” traffic management situation outside the TCD Naughten Institute where to facilitate footpath renewal a strategic section of Buslane has been “Suspended”.

In suspending this section,DCC appears to have given no consideration to actively managing the situation with a view to maintaining priority for Public Transport.

The requirements of Public Transport users spred over a large tract of SW Dublin appears not to be of import to DCC or it`s “World Class” City Manager.

A true “World Class” Civic Administrator might have actually made a site visit and noted the presence of a row of On-Street Pay and Display Car Parking spaces DIRECTLY OPPOSITE the Suspended section of bus lane…
Suspending the Pay and Display spaces would have allowed the maintainance of the Bus Lane with only a slight re-alignment of traffic flow.

The burning question in my mind is why such options are not availed of in relation to PUBLIC Transport,when all avenues are fully utilised when it comes to maintaining PRIVATE motoring useage of Road Space ??

Rocket Science..? Brain Surgery…?…Hardly….Common Sense….Definitely !