Dublin is the 11th most traffic congested city – can it be fixed?

This year will see new elements of capital’s traffic master plan rolled out

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Traffic pinch point: College Green in Dublin. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill
Traffic pinch point: College Green in Dublin. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill

The installation of traffic cameras at junctions in Dublin city to catch motorists who break red lights has been shelved.

It’s a puzzling decision given that cameras were proven to work in a 2025 trial. And what about congestion charges? They’ve been talked about, but would they work and are they fair?

As work on new elements of the Dublin City Centre Transport Plan is set to begin – including one of the bus corridors that promise to make sense of the BusConnects route changes – Olivia Kelly, Dublin Correspondent, explains what is and isn’t getting the city moving.

Presented by Bernice Harrison. Produced by Suzanne Brennan.

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