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Dublin Transportation Office Annual Report & Accounts 2006= The number of bus passengers has increased by 13917(45.57%) from November 1997 to November 2005.There has, however, been a reduction in passengernumbers of 2.41% over the last 12 months= Bus average speeds in the morning peak werefaster than the corresponding car speedsin 6 out of the 13 QBCs monitored= Of the schemes introduced in the 12 months leadingup to November 2005, where monitoring has takenplace, the following results are of interest:= Earlsfort TerraceContra-fl ow bus laneOn the section between Camden Street andWestmoreland Street there has been a savingof 4 minutes 15 seconds in bus averagejourney times in the morning peak.= Howth Road QBCOn the section between Raheny and Fairview therehas been a saving of 7 minutes 23 seconds inbus average journey time in the morning peak.As for previous years, these results were published as acomprehensive annual report, available at www.dto.ie.A detailed Infrastructure Audit on 13 QBCs wasundertaken in summer 2006; the previous audit hadbeen undertaken in summer 2003. The 2006 auditrevealed the following major improvements:= The number of bus shelters with level platforms forease of passenger boarding had increased by 40%= The number of bus stops with timetableinformation had increased by 38%= The number of bus stops with route and network mapshad increased from none in 2003 to 420 in 2006= The number of bus stops with information on fareshad increased from 27 in 2003 to 442 in 2006.A further round of QBC Monitoring was undertakenover a 3-week period in November 2006.< Road User MonitoringThe DTO’s annual Road User Monitoring Surveys collatedata gathered by the DTO and other relevant agencies. Thesurveys measure trends in road usage and the performanceof the road network against objectives set out in A Platformfor Change. Specifically, the surveys measure trends in:= Road use volumes by mode= Journey times and delays experienced byroad users (car, bus, pedestrian)= Facilities available to cyclists and pedestrians= Road traffic casualties= Environmental air pollution.The information helps identify strengths and weaknessesin infrastructure performance, and is prepared primarilyfor local authority engineers, planners and managersas well as relevant government Departments andagencies. Reports are also available to the generalpublic on the DTO website at www.dto.ie.Some of the key findings in the 2006 Report, presentedto the DTO Steering Committee in October, include:Mode Share: Car journeys made up 54% of all trips inthe Dublin region in March-May 2006, increasingto 56% in June-July 2006. In the Mid-East region,car journeys made up 77% of all trips in March-May 2006, declining to 68% in June-July 2006.Motorists: GDA national road traffic continued togrow in 2005, but at a slower pace than in 2004.Substantial increases in weekday traffic flowswere experienced in the 3-hour period before7am on the M50 and on national radial roads.Cyclists: Inbound cycle trips crossing the M50cordon over the morning peak period increasedby 12.6% in the two years from 2003 – 2005.Pedestrians: a 9% increase in the provision of droppedkerbs for mobility impaired pedestrians was recordedat crossing points surveyed in 2006 compared to2005, and 77% of junction arms had pedestriansignals in 2006, an increase of 6% over 2005.page 22
Luas ‘Before and After’ Impact StudyThe DTO commissioned a survey of the attitudestowards Luas, and people’s travel patterns, along the twoLuas corridors and in control areas not served by Luas(Drumcondra, Lucan, Rathfarnham). Interviews wereconducted with residents, employers and retailers in theselected areas. Residents also completed detailed traveldiaries. These data were then compared with data from asimilar pre-Luas set of surveys, conducted in 2004 in advanceof the opening of the new service, in order to establish theimpact of Luas on people’s traveling behaviour and attitudes.These survey results will be published in 2007.< Bus Luas comparisonIn 2006, the DTO commissioned a study of thecomparative benefits of bus and Luas operations inDocklands, in preparation for the Line C1 public inquiry.< Motorcycles in Bus LanesIn response to a proposal from the Road Safety Authority, theDTO produced a report on safety issues relating to permittingmotorcycles to use bus lanes. As a result of this report,and of subsequent inter-agency discussions, the RSA thencommissioned a study to consider appropriate next stepsin relation to motorcycle safety and bus corridor safety.< Port Tunnel Impact Assessment (‘Before’ study)The DTO conducted traffic surveys at key locations inthe vicinity of the Dublin Port Tunnel, in advance of itsopening, in order to establish a benchmark against whichdata from a subsequent post-opening survey (to beconducted in 2007) will be compared, in order to assessthe impact of the new facility on traffic patterns.page 23
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