Madam, - Why don't the relevant authorities opt for a car-free day on a Saturday instead, providing free, public transport, run on the Monday-Friday schedule, with the centre of Dublin closed off? In this way, the transport system would be able to cope with demand, while at the same time the ordinary citizen would be able to see the advantages of using public transport to get to the city centre and beyond. - Yours, etc,
DERMOT PAUL HANNEY, Pine Valley Park, Rathfarnham, Dublin 16.