"is yer man Gadaffi still runnin' the show in Libya?"

Irish Tram system to announce profit after two years of operation.

Door to DART: ~10 mins
DART to Tara Street, walk to Aston Quay: ~35 mins, fare €1.90 (single)
Bus to James' Gate: ~10 mins, fare €0.90

I think I got extraordinarily lucky with the bus (noone wanted to get on or off for the whole length of the quays) and the inter-mode timing (DART arrived within minutes of me getting to the station, bus ( Read more... )

Since I will need to figure out a regular means of getting from Chez Waider to (approximately) the Guinness Brewery, and more immediately from Chez Waider to the Life Bar, I've been poking at the various websites of Dublin Bus and the DART to see what my options are. For the latter trip, the DART is closed this weekend due to the ongoing upgrade ( Read more... )

Bizarrely, common sense appears to have prevailed. Who'd've thunk? Now I want to know how, if a majority of the drivers voted against action, this ended up in the labour court in the first place?

For the last two years or more, there has been near-constant disruption on Dublin's commuter rail service (the DART) because they've been extending platforms to accomodate larger trains. Now that they're almost finished, the drivers are threatening to go on strike unless they're paid more money for driving the longer trains. Gah.

However, the Railway Procurement Agency had to review warning signs on the routes following a series of collisions between trams and cars. It is currently planning to extend the Tallaghtline to the Dublin Docklands and the Sandyford line to Cherrywood.
That latter bit would put the south end of the line in reach of, say, my bike.

A spokesman for the RPA told ireland.com that although the current roadmarkings "meet the highest international standard, they will see if they can make them more suited to the Irish culture".
RPA is the Rail Procurement Agency, who have some responsibility for the Luas.

So far this week there have been three Luas collisions. Commentary from the political parties:
Opposition Party Person: People need to respect red lights at Luas junctions. (direct quote not given in article)
Incumbent Party Person: "It is not sufficient to say that road users need time to get used to sharing road space with the Luas. People need ( Read more... )

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