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Public Consultations on “Taxi Roof Signs” and “Mandatory SPSV Driver Safety Equipment”
The Report of the Taxi Regulation Review Group was published in 2012 on foot a wide ranging Government review of the small public service vehicle (SPSV – taxi, hackney, limousine) industry. The aim of the Review, chaired by Minister Alan Kelly, was to allow consumers to have confidence in the SPSV industry, while also ensuring...
Compliance activities in July 2015
Compliance Officers recorded 4210 checks of small public service vehicles during the month. The increase in the number of checks, compared to previous months, resulted from a more simplified recording system available to each Compliance Officer. As part of the day to day checks and also pre-arranged operations, nineteen individuals were detected operating without valid...
Statistics for Rail and Bus (state funded) services in Ireland published
The information in the Reports is drawn largely from operational reporting information provided by Iarnród Éireann, Dublin Bus and Bus Éireann to the Authority under their Public Service Obligation (PSO) contracts.
Permeability in Existing Urban Areas: Best Practice Guide
The National Transport Authority has today (July 28) published a best practice guide on providing for permeability in existing urban areas, and has circulated it to 140 planners and engineers in local and regional authorities nationwide. Promoting walking and cycling as modes of transport is a key objective of the National Transport Authority, particularly for...
Compliance activities in June 2015
Compliance officers recorded 830 formal checks of small public service vehicles during the month and, as a result of their work, detected eleven individuals operating without valid SPSV licences; five in Dublin, three in Wexford, two in Cork and one in Kerry. A total of 55 Fixed Payment Notices were issued to licence holders during...
New network of bus services in Kerry
User-friendly clock-face timetables and more frequent services connecting local county towns (incl Ballybunion, Lixnaw, Abbeydorney and Castleisland) with Tralee form part of a revised bus network for County Kerry, devised and implemented by the National Transport Authority in partnership with Bus Éireann, and supported by Kerry LocalLink. The new network commenced operations in late April....
Free travel on Child Leap Cards July 6-19
All Child Leap Card holders (aged between the ages of 4 and 18) can travel free for a fortnight from next Monday (July 6), announced Transport Minister Paschal Donohoe TD today, with Anne Graham, CEO of the National Transport Authority. The free travel will automatically apply when using a child Leap Card on the following...
Replacement bus services following changes to Expressway Route 7 – Operational from Sunday 28 June 2015
The National Transport Authority, in conjunction with Bus Éireann, Carlow-Kilkenny Locallink and Cork Locallink, has put in place a number of bus services following changes to Bus Éireann Expressway Route 7, which no longer will provide services to a number of locations including Cork, Fermoy, Mitchelstown, Carrick-on-Suir, Castlecomer and Athy from Sunday next (June 28)....
Traffic changes – closure of Fassaugh Road (Liam Whelan) Bridge, Cabra (3-16 July)
The Fassaugh Road (Liam Whelan) Bridge will be replaced as part of the Luas Cross City Main Infrastructure Contract. Fassaugh Road will therefore be closed to vehicular traffic between the junctions of Fassaugh Road / Connaught Street / Shandon Crescent and Fassaugh Road /Fassaugh Avenue / St. Attracta’s Road / Dowth Avenue, from July 3rd...