Draft Transport Strategy
Objective:
“To contribute to the economic, social and cultural progress of the
Greater Dublin Area by providing for the efficient, effective and
sustainable movement of people and goods”.
Key Issues and Transport
Challenges
• Population Growth
– GDA population to increase by almost ½ million by 2035
– Total population of 2.3 million
• Employment Growth
– 800,000 Jobs in 2035 (Excluding mobile jobs)
– Equating to 50% of the State’s Employment
Key Issues and Transport
Challenges
Overall Growth in Travel Demand of 25% to 2035
Key Issues and Transport
Challenges
• On-going suburbanisation and growth of peripheral areas
• Re-emergence of congestion, particularly on the M50 and other
strategic routes
• Increased mode share for car for all trips and increased car ownership
• Need to cater for significant recent increases in cycling numbers and to
address serious infrastructural deficiencies
• Significant infrastructural gaps in the heavy rail and light rail networks
• Capacity issues on parts of light rail network
• Discontinuity of bus corridors leading to delays
• Remaining legacy issues with bus services – frequency, reliability,
complex fare and network structures
• Pedestrians are poorly provided for in many locations in town and city
centres – clutter, lack of crossings and short crossing times
Developing the Draft Transport
Strategy
• Builds on extensive work done for previous
draft transport strategy
• Takes account of revised population and
employment projections
• Aims to provide transport solutions to
support the land use planning vision for the
region
• Supports / aligns with national and regional
policies and objectives
• Underpinned by a suite of technical studies
and assessments
Draft Transport Strategy
Proposals
The strategy infrastructure proposals are presented by mode of
transport, as follows:
• Heavy Rail
• Light Rail
• Bus
• Cycling
• Walking
• Roads
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addition the Strategy addresses the areas of:
Freight
Demand Management
Park and Ride / Parking Supply
Services and Fares
Small public service vehicles
Accessibility and Integration
Land Use Integration and Behavioural Change
Heavy Rail Infrastructure
Heavy Rail Proposals
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Phoenix Park Tunnel
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City Centre Re-signalling
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DART Expansion Programme
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Train Control Centre
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Reopen this tunnel for passenger services which will link the Kildare / Cork line to the
city centre
Increased train capacity through the city centre – facilitates the Phoenix Park Tunnel
services + the DART Expansion Programme
DART network expanded to Drogheda, Hazelhatch (on Kildare line), Maynooth, and Pace
Includes DART Underground, a tunnel linking the Kildare Line to the City Centre and
allowing DART services to connect to the Maynooth, Northern and South-Eastern lines
Replacement of existing control centre
Potential to integrate other control centres to
deliver enhanced co-ordination across modes
New Stations
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Where required, but includes Pelletstown and
Woodbrook
Heavy Rail Network
Light Rail Infrastructure
Light Rail Proposals
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New Metro North
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Metro South
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This provides a high capacity link into the centre of Lucan’s large residential areas to the south of the N4
national road, and connecting to the city centre
Luas to Finglas
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Extension of Luas Green Line to Bray, providing a second rail alternative to this large town, connecting
to the city centre and major destinations along the corridor at Cherrywood, Sandyford and Dundrum
Luas to Lucan
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Connecting St. Stephen’s Green to Broombridge and intersecting with the Red Line at Abbey Street
Luas to Bray
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Extending from St. Stephen’s Green to Bride’s Glen. Completes a full high capacity north-south crosscity rail corridor running from Swords to Bride’s Glen through the central spine of the Metropolitan Area
Luas Cross City (under construction)
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Metro link from St. Stephen’s Green to Swords and serving Dublin Airport, operating in-tunnel under
Dublin City Centre, and providing a high-frequency, high-capacity service
Extension of Luas Cross City to provide a light rail link to the Finglas area
Luas to Poolbeg
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Red Line extension to Poolbeg, linking to this future development area south of the Liffey
Light Rail Network
Bus / Bus Rapid Transit
Bus / Bus Rapid Transit
• Core Bus Network
Strategy proposes a “Core Bus Network” comprising:
– 16 radial bus corridors;
– 3 orbital bus corridors; and
– 6 regional bus corridors.
This core network represents the busiest bus routes in the region with high passenger
volumes, requiring a high frequency of bus services.
In order to ensure an efficient, reliable and effective bus system, it is intended to develop
this Core Bus Network to achieve, as far as practicable, continuous priority for bus
movement on the portions of the Core Bus Network within the Metropolitan Area.
• Bus Rapid Transit
– Blanchardstown to UCD
– Clongriffin to Tallaght
+ Upgrade of Swords QBC (or parts of) up to BRT level of service
Core Radial Bus Network
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Core Orbital Bus Network
Core Regional Bus Network
Overall Core Bus Network
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Cycling Infrastructure
GDA Cycle Network Plan
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To construct the Greater Dublin
Area Cycle Network, expanding the
urban cycle network to over 1,485
kilometres in length, and with over
1,300 kilometres of new
connections between towns in the
rural areas of the GDA.
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The network is intended to provide
a quality of service sufficient to
attract new cyclists, as well as
catering for the increasing
numbers of existing cyclists.
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In developing the infrastructure, it
is intended that the key routes will
be, to the extent practicable,
segregated routes, where the
cyclist is safely separated from
motorised vehicular traffic
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Walking
Walking
• Provide a safer, more comfortable and more convenient
walking environment for those with mobility, visual and
hearing impairments, and for those using buggies and prams
• Widen footpaths
• Remove clutter
• Additional pedestrianisation schemes
• Lower speed limits where appropriate
• Revise road junctions
• Reduce pedestrian waiting times
• Better signage and information
• Support enforcement of laws
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Roads
Roads
• National Road Network Upgrades
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N7 from the M50 to Naas
M50 Widening from Sandyford to M11
M11/N11 improvements
N3/M3 from the M50 to Clonee
Slane Bypass
New connection from Dublin Port Tunnel to South Port area
Additional motorway service areas
• Regional and Local Roads
– Enhance orbital movement outside of the M50
– Safety improvements
– Road links to serve development areas
• Principles of Road Development
– Sets out principles against which road proposals should be assessed
– Includes no significant increase in road capacity on radial roads inside the M50
Freight
Freight
• Implement demand management measures on the M50 motorway to
ensure that it retains sufficient capacity to fulfil its strategic functions,
including freight movement;
• Ensure that the Dublin Port Tunnel continues to perform its primary
function of providing access to Dublin Port for freight traffic;
• Provide for the continuation of the current Dublin City HGV Management
Strategy and for its further expansion to other vehicle types
• Assess the potential for, and, if appropriate, introduce, similar HGV
management measures in other town centres in the GDA;
• Support the provision of goods vehicle parking facilities at on-line
motorway service areas and other appropriate locations within the GDA;
• Seek the introduction of specific delivery arrangements in large urban
centres, including Dublin City Centre, which targets deliveries outside of
peak commuting hours and, preferably, outside of daytime business
hours; and
• Support the introduction of low impact delivery schemes in Dublin City
Centre and other town centres, for example, by using smaller, quieter
and lower emissions vehicles.
Demand Management
Demand Management
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Encourage land use policies which support the provision of new development in
locations and at densities which enable the efficient provision of public transport
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Seek the application of maximum parking standards for all new developments
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Seek reductions in the availability of workplace parking in urban centres to discourage
car commuting, where alternative transport options are available
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Seek the implementation of demand management measures on the M50 motorway to
ensure that it retains sufficient capacity to fulfil its strategic functions
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Seek the implementation, at the appropriate time, of demand management measures to
address congestion issues on the radial national routes approaching the M50 motorway
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Support the introduction or expansion of on-street parking controls, and charging
structures, that seek to reduce commuter parking and which contribute to greater
parking turnover for non-commuting purposes;
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Assess the need for the introduction of parking charges at out-of-town retail centres, to
reduce the congestion potential at these locations
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Support and facilitate the implementation and expansion of:
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Workplace Travel Plans for all large employers;
Tailored travel planning information provision for residential areas;
Travel Plans for schools, colleges and all education campuses; and
Car club schemes and car sharing.
Park and Ride
Park & Ride Proposals
• Develop a network of strategic rail-based park and ride facilities at
appropriate points where rail services intersect with the national road
network, adjacent to, or outside of, the M50. These facilities are, or
would be, located at:
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Swords
Finglas
Dunboyne
Liffey Valley
Naas Road
Carrickmines
Greystones / Bray
• Additional local park and ride
facilities at appropriate
locations
• Potential for some bus-based
park and ride, in particular,
close to high quality road
corridors leading from
Hinterland towns
Non Infrastructure Measures
Other Non-Infrastructural
Measures
• Transport Services and Integration
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Increase bus services and frequencies in line with demand
Improve Bus Stops and Shelters
Increases to frequency of rail services
Continue the process of simplification of fares
Enhanced passenger information systems
Measures to optimising interchange and transport facilities
Improve accessibility for mobility impaired persons
Measures in relation to small public service vehicles
Expansion of local transport services
Environmental measures
• Land Use Integration and Behavioural Change
– Sets out strategic and local planning principles for the integration of land
use and transport planning
Outcomes of the Strategy
• The strategy elements combine to provide the necessary
capacity to meet the required 25% increase in travel demand
from 2011 to 2035
• Percentage commuting by car to work falls from 62.2% to
44.9%
• Percentage walking and cycling to work rises from 16.2% to
29.3%
• More extensive catchment within 1 hour’s catchment of city
centre by public transport
• Overall approximate cost of the measures in the Draft
transport Strategy is €10 billion
• Benefit to Cost Ratio of 1.3:1
Process
• Public consultation runs to 13th November
• Consultations will be reviewed and draft strategy will be
revised as required
• Final draft transport strategy will be provided to the Minister
for Transport, Tourism and Sport for his determination
• Minister may approve the draft strategy, reject it or approve it
with modifications