City footfall nosedived before Bus Gate review
A new report presented to Dublin City Council says that retail activity in the city centre has been in decline since April 2008. The report was prepared as the local authority decided to review its ‘Bus Gate’ traffic management system, which has had a dramatic adverse impact on retail trade in the city centre —...
Gormley opposes decision on Dublin ‘bus gate’
MARY MINIHAN MINISTER FOR the Environment and Green Party leader John Gormley has described the decision to temporarily scale back the College Green “bus gate” as “a retrograde step”. Dublin city councillors voted on Monday night to lift the ban on private cars passing through the area during peak evening hours from November 18th to...
Bus gate halves journey times in capital
BUS journey times through Dublin city centre have fallen by half since the controversial bus gGate started operating last July. City traders claim the ban on cars using College Green in the morning and evening peak is killing business. But up to 90 million Dublin Bus passengers a year will experience a marked reduction in...
