According to Transport Minister Eamon Ryan, plans to limit vehicles driving in Dublin’s city center are expected to go into force in August, reports RTE.
According to Mr. Ryan, the city center needs an upgrade and more areas for bicycling, walking, and public transportation would make it a more desirable area to live, work, shop, and spend the evenings.
The goal of the proposed Dublin city transport plan is to incentivize motorists to drive around rather than through the city center when they wish to go across it to get to other locations.
Part of the idea would be to remove cars from Parliament Street and Customs House Quay and to close Bachelor’s Walk and Aston Quay to traffic, reports RTE.
The strategy, according to Brendan O’Brien, Head of Technical Services of Dublin City Council, focuses on “the heart of the city centre – the quays and Pearse Street areas, O’Connell Street, and so on – to reduce the amount of traffic in the city centre area”.
According to him, access would still be permitted for things like deliveries and getting to different parking lots; the proposal is intended for those who drive through the city center but “don’t need to do that,” reports RTE.
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