{"id":88,"date":"2005-12-02T17:00:55","date_gmt":"2005-12-02T17:00:55","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","slug":"31\/B\/C_and_17A_bus_routes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davidhealy.com\/?p=88","title":{"rendered":"31\/B\/C and 17A bus routes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Following a motion of mine at the Area Committee meeting, Dublin Bus<br \/>\nsent two representatives to the November Meeting of the Area Cttee. to<br \/>\ndiscuss the bus services around the Howth peninsula. <\/p>\n<p>There was a good discussion, but no firm results.&nbsp; Dublin Bus will<br \/>\nget back to the Councillors in relation to the suggestions made.  Minor changes discussed<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>the 1640 31B from town going around the hill down to Howth Dart Station to facilitate students getting home from Sutton Park.<\/li>\n<li>31B service on Saturday evenings (currently the last bus from the Summit is at 1740.<\/li>\n<li>linking the 31C timetables to the Dart timetables.<\/li>\n<li>running the 31 via Offington and Greenfield Rd. to bring it closer to people living in Strand Rd. and uphill from it.\n  <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\nMajor changes discussed<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A dedicated bus around the peninsula linking in to the Dart<br \/>\nthrough the day, especially when it&#8217;s most needed in the morning and<br \/>\nevening rush hours<\/li>\n<li>Extending the 17A which current runs from Finglas to Howth<br \/>\nJunction to run through Sutton Cross and around the hill to<br \/>\nHowth.&nbsp; This would provide a bus link to both Howth Dart station<br \/>\nand to Howth Junction (which has more trains). It would also facilitate<br \/>\naccess without a change from Howth\/Sutton to Coolock, Santry, Ballymun,<br \/>\nand Finglas, getting you within walking distance of Beaumont Hospital<br \/>\nand DCU, as well as enabling interchange with most Northside bus routes<br \/>\nwithout going into the city centre.&nbsp; Conversely it would give<br \/>\naccess to the natural amenities of the Hill of Howth to a large section<br \/>\nof the population of Dublin.&nbsp; The 17A is run by a different garage<br \/>\n(Harristown) to the 31( Clontarf) sowill have to be discussed within Dublin Bus. \n  <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\nAdditionally, it was pointed out to Dublin Bus that Fingal County<br \/>\nCouncil has been putting some money into the local bus service in<br \/>\nBalbriggan and if (a real if) there is parking revenue in Howth some<br \/>\ncould be used to fund improvements in bus services.&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/p>\n<p>Also, Dublin Bus expressed concern about their inability to use the bus<br \/>\nspace in front of Howth Dart Station.&nbsp; It was pointed out that<br \/>\nthis is marked bus space and parking should be enforced at this<br \/>\nlocation.&nbsp; Having used this as one of the reasons to stop the 31B<br \/>\nat the Summit, they are now using the Dart Station as a terminus for<br \/>\nthe 31C.&nbsp; A number of people locally, including myself, want to<br \/>\nsee the area in front of the station as an open, welcoming plaza,<br \/>\nrather than an obstacle course for pedestrians accessing the station<br \/>\nand hopefully this can be included in Fingal&#8217;s traffic management<br \/>\nproposals.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, I have noticed since the meeting that they are parking<br \/>\nthe 31C on the road outside the Dart Station, where it blocks road<br \/>\nusers view of both the traffic lights and of pedestrians starting to<br \/>\ncross the&nbsp; road.&nbsp; I had already raised the danger of bus<br \/>\nstops being located like this (the stop at Howth Library is the same)<br \/>\nwith the Transport Department who agreed it wasn&#8217;t safe.&nbsp; Using<br \/>\nthis stop as a terminus rather than a stop is much worse and I will<br \/>\nraise it with Dubliin Bus directly.<\/p>\n<p>Dublin Bus is examining these options and will respond.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following a motion of mine at the Area Committee meeting, Dublin Bus sent two representatives to the November Meeting of the Area Cttee. to discuss the bus services around the Howth peninsula. There was a good discussion, but no firm results.&nbsp; Dublin Bus will get back to the Councillors in relation to the suggestions made. 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