L’Irlanda ha registrato la seconda più alta quota di trasporto da autobus, allenatori o carrelli (15,4% del totale passeggeri-chilometri) nell’UE

It’s true but I looked into this before. We have a high share when you measure it by kilometers, but if you do it by number of trips it’s just 4% for 2023. Basically Irish people use public transport less often but travel long distances when they do.

Head to page 21: [https://www.nationaltransport.ie/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/NTA_NHTS2023_IpsosBA_Report_27August2024.pdf](https://www.nationaltransport.ie/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/NTA_NHTS2023_IpsosBA_Report_27August2024.pdf)

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It’s one of the main arguments for Metro Link that is never said.

We have a chronic shortage of bus drivers, even with the State really pushing in recent years for expansion of services.

Being automated, Metro Link will release significant manpower back for other bus service uses.

And that’s a really sad thing. It’s to compensate for the lack of other public transport. I don’t like sitting in busses for hours just to go to work from North Dublin to South Dublin. But there is absolutely no other way for me to make this journey that also saves time, except if I drive a car or bike for 10km one way without good cycling infra in place. Busses at the moment in Ireland are a compensatory mechanism for the lack of transport planning to assist the daily commute. This should change.

Because we don’t walk enough.