Sir, – Dublin Bus is offering €15,000 for public ideas on how to improve the bus system. It is not the public’s responsibility to fix a dysfunctional and broken transport system. While there is no doubt many people across Ireland have sensible suggestions for improving bus services, what is required is a coherent, expert-led strategy, not a collection of small, piecemeal ideas from Mary and John, tinkering at the edges of a systemic problem. We should be bringing in international transport experts with proven experience, not soliciting more individual opinions or inviting more parochial resistance that too often derails meaningful reform.
That said, there are obvious starting points. The rapid introduction of contactless payment is long overdue, as is a fully integrated transport app allowing users to plan door-to-door journeys across buses, Luas, Dart, trains and Dublin Bikes, pay seamlessly within the app, and track all modes of transport in real time.
This is neither rocket science nor innovation. Across much of Europe, it is simply basic transport infrastructure. – Yours, etc,
OLA LØKKEN NORDRUM,
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Dublin 4.
