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Cork Sweeps the Pedometer Challenge Led by Cork City Council Sweepers!

Cork Employees take 1st, 2nd and 3rd place with a combined 8 Million Steps! Teams from Cork City Council, Cork University Hospital and Cork County Council took the top three spots in the 2015 Pedometer Challenge. More than one and a half billion steps were taken by 986 teams from 53 of Ireland’s largest workplaces...

Cyclists urged to spend money on a bike lock to avoid theft – Bike Theft Working Group

4,950 bikes reported stolen in Dublin in 2014, up from 1,873 in 2008. 66% of bikes stolen in Dublin are locked using easy-to-cut locks. Cyclists need to use better locks and lock their bikes when at home to avoid being victims of bike theft according to a Bike Theft Working Group that has been set...

Greater Dublin Area draft Transport Strategy 2016 – 2035 proposes:

new Core Bus Network Luas to Poolbeg / Finglas / Lucan Metro South – from St Stephens Green to Brides Glen Rail-based Park and Ride facilities expand cycling network to 1,485 km  Public consultation: October 15th – November 13th Click here to access all consultation documents and the response channels The National Transport Authority has...

Heavy Rail Census for 2014

The National Transport Authority today (October 6th, 2014) published its Heavy Rail Census for the year 2014 – which records information on all passenger boardings and alightings (every station, every service) on November 13, 2014 – a snapshot of rail usage on a “representative” day unaffected by traditional holiday periods, and when all places of...

Compliance activities in September 2015

Compliance Officers recorded a total of 8,601 checks of small public service vehicles during the month. As part of the day to day checks and also pre-arranged operations, seven individuals were detected operating without valid SPSV licences; two in Dublin and another five following operations carried out in Donegal. A total of 74 Fixed Payment...

Commercial Bus Services in Ireland – annual statistics published

Latest in series of National Transport Authority Statistical Bulletins The National Transport Authority has today (September 30, 2015) published its annual Statistical Bulletin on Commercial Bus Services in Ireland. The Bulletin compiles full-year (2014) data from operators in Ireland with active licences, a 99% return on 127 operators with active licence (private bus operators and...

new Metro North will best address future transport needs in Swords and Fingal region: NTA New line to run underground in city centre, and to serve Airport

Following a detailed examination of transport demand and growth projections in the North Dublin region, the National Transport Authority has recommended that a new Metro North be developed, running underground from St Stephens Green through Ballymun, under the Airport and on to Swords (by-pass), in order to best meet the future transport needs of this...

Lower cost re-design of DART Underground project proposed

The National Transport Authority has carried out a review of the key transport infrastructure projects that were proposed to support the growth of the Greater Dublin Region. The Authority has now recommended to the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport that the DART Underground project be re-examined in order to deliver the required rail connectivity...

Dréacht-scéim teanga arna ullmhú ag an Údarás Náisiúnta Iompair

FÁILTE ROIMH AIGHNEACHTAÍ ACHT NA dTEANGACHA OIFIGIÚLA 2003 DRÉACHT-SCÉIM TEANGA ARNA ULLMHÚ AG AN ÚDARÁS NÁISIÚNTA IOMPAIR Tá sé i gceist ag an Údarás Náisiúnta Iompair dréacht-scéim teanga a ullmhú de réir Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla 2003. Is é príomhaidhm an Achta a chinntiú go mbeidh teacht níos fearr ar sheirbhísí poiblí trí Ghaeilge agus...