Transport Insights has recently been commissioned by the Coach Tourism and Transport Council of Ireland (CTTC) in responding to the National Transport Authority’s (NTA’s) competitive tendering proposals for the Irish bus market. Transport Insights canvassed CTTC members’ views, and reviewed the NTA approach and economic evidence base underpinning NTA’s proposals for bus markets in Dublin,…
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Sinead Flavin has recently been engaged by the National Transport Authority (NTA) to provide support to their Smarter Travel Workplaces programme. Speaking on the appointment, Transport Insights’ Managing Director, Ciaran McKeon commented “building on behavioral change and sustainable transport expertise within Transport Insights core team, we are delighted to have been appointed by NTA to…
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Remember the good old days? The days of economic growth and jobs for all? The time when a peak hour journey on Dublin’s M50 motorway filled the region’s commuters with dread and horror? Dublin Transportation Office’s (DTO) annual Road User Monitoring Reports provide tangible evidence of the experiences of commuters in the time preceding the…
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Considering health and the environment in our work as transport planners Planning, environmental considerations and health are historically linked. Modern urban planning practices as we know them came about in response to the spread of infectious diseases through poor air and water quality in the tenement buildings of developing industrial cities of the 19th and…
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Is the Government’s goal of achieving 10% electric vehicle usage or 230,000 vehicles by 2020 achievable? Let’s start by looking at recent purchasing patterns, then we’ll consider both the benefits and barriers inhibiting the transition to electric power, before considering what the future holds in store. First, some recent trends So how many electric vehicles…
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