Service: Public Transport Planning

Public transport planning involves designing and optimising public transport systems to meet user needs, deliver wider societal benefits, and ensure their financial sustainability. Our team has extensive experience of both public transport infrastructure and service planning, including shuttle bus service provision, bus priority planning, bus terminus and depot planning, urban rapid transit/ metro and metropolitan rail schemes planning.

We also analyse the potential impact of development proposals on public transport networks, assessing the quantum of development than can be accommodated based on existing/ proposed service provision, and potential supplemental interventions to accommodate additional development-related passenger demand.

Key components of our service offer include:

  • Public transport boarding, alighting and ticketing data analysis
  • Public transport occupancy surveys’ specification, design and execution
  • General Transit Feed Specification (GTFS) data analysis
  • National Public Transport Access Notes (NaPTAN) data analysis
  • Generalised travel cost analysis (public transport, car, comparative etc.)
  • Visualisation of outputs using GIS software
  • Passenger demand forecasting
  • Public transport capacity studies/ public transport capacity assessments
  • Developing and optimising routes (alignment and frequency)
  • Infrastructure planning (bus stops, bus termini and depots etc.)

Our Latest Service: Public Transport Planning Projects



Public Transport Capacity Assessments

Client: Multiple developersDuration: June 2022, ongoing Project Summary Transport Insights has been commissioned by multiple developers to assess the capacity of existing and planned future public transport networks in accommodating development proposals. To date, the primary focus has related to Large-Scale Residential Development (LRD) and mixed-use development proposals within Dublin and the surrounding region. The…
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South Dublin Public Transport Accessibility Review

Client: South Dublin County CouncilDuration: September 2016 to February 2017 Project Summary Transport Insights, with Systra as sub-consultants, was commissioned by South Dublin County Council to undertake a public transport accessibility review of South Dublin County, one of four local authority areas in County Dublin. Key tasks undertaken for this project included a detailed evidence…
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Sport Ireland Campus Public Transport Network Assessment

Client: Sport IrelandDuration: June to October 2023 Project Summary Transport Insights was commissioned by Sport Ireland (SI) to undertake an Area Based Transport Assessment (ABTA) for SI Campus, in Blanchardstown, Dublin 15. As part of the ABTA process, Transport Insights undertook a Public Transport Network Assessment (PTNA) to assess the capability of the current and…
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