Greater Dublin Area Draft Transport Strategy 2011-2030

1.1 Purpose of this documentThe National Transport Authority has a statutoryobligation to prepare a Strategic Transport Planfor the Greater Dublin Area 1 . This document setsout the National Transport Authority’s StrategicTransport Plan for Greater Dublin Area (GDA) forthe period up to 2030 (the Strategy).The GDA encompasses the Dublin and Mid-EastRegions, that is, the area represented by thefour Dublin local authorities of Dublin City, DunLaoghaire-Rathdown, Fingal and South Dublintogether with the three adjacent counties ofKildare, Meath and Wicklow in the Mid-East Region.The Strategy has been prepared as part of theongoing transport planning process for the GDAthat began with the publication of the DublinTransport Initiative (DTI) in 1995. Prior to theestablishment of the National Transport Authority(the Authority), the Dublin Transportation Office(DTO) held this remit, and the DTO commencedpreparatory work on this Strategy in late 2007,which the Authority took over in December 2009.1.2 The hierarchy of transport plansThe Strategy presented in this document is astrategic transport plan for the GDA for the next20 years. It is not, however, a standalone documentor blueprint to instantly address all transport issueswithin the GDA. Its purpose is to represent thetop level within the hierarchy of transport plansfor the region that will include an ImplementationPlan 2 and a Strategic Traffic Management Plan 3both of which will be published by the Authoritysubsequent to the adoption of the Strategy. TheStrategy is not intended to represent a short termsolution to transport deficiencies, rather it sets outa longer term framework for transport in the GDA.The Implementation Plan and Strategic TrafficManagement Plan will be vital in ensuring that thepolicies and objectives of the Strategy as set outin this document are achieved. These two laterplans (and the Strategy itself) will be reviewedevery 6 years. This will allow for consideration ofissues which are constantly changing and whichcannot be fully assessed within the Strategy,such as the availability of funding. In addition anychanges to current forecasts of population andemployment growth will need to be taken intoaccount . The preparation and implementation ofthe aforementioned plans will be fundamental tothe success of the Strategy.2 Section 13 (1) of DTA Act 20081 Section 12 (1) of DTA Act 20083 Section 64 of DTA Act 2008Chapter 1: page 1 www.2030vision.ie