that’s the sort of plan lots of Dubliners have been crying for for years! Dublin City center is crossed by motorway-like big roads that make the area pretty unbearable, extremely noisy, stinky and very risky too (especially since lots of drivers think traffic lights shouldn’t be cared of durring peak time). Streets and roads are public spaces that belong to all citizens, and the argument brought by drivers who claim the roads because they pay high taxes is invalid (unless they sue the gov. in high-court and change constitution). Cars in cities are generally space invasive and are known to devaluate property market. Last thing: It rains more in the Netherlands than in Ireland, yet, Amsterdam is almost car free..

When I hear the words public transport I end up in a fit of laughter as this term is a joke unless you live close to a city.
I live in Kilpedder Co.Wicklow and when my daughter wants to go to dundrum shopping centre she has to first walk to the bus, then take the bus to the dart, take the dart to dublin and then take the
Luas back to Dundrum. Before you even get there half the day is gone.
Talking about Luas… W H Y is there no park and ride facility from Brides Glen ???
Huge amounts of empty space all around and not a single parking space.
Leo Varadkar…please get your finger out and clean up this utter mess of a transport system.
And I dare you to wait at the local bus stop ( not shelter ) in the winter.

Brilliant idea, overdue in my opinion. For all those who think the city will become inaccessible, the fact is all the city centre car parks will still be available with these improvements, it just means once you get out of your car, the experience will be improved dramatically. Why is College Green so shabby and unpleasant to walk through when it could be the greatest public space in Ireland? Didn’t wider footpaths vastly improve O’Connell Street? Wouldn’t Westmoreland Street be incomparably better with similar wider footpaths, cleaner without so much visual clutter in the form of signs and randomly placed street furniture? This plan will improve the experience of the city for tourists too, helping tourism. It’s win/ win as far as I can see. Obviously the public transport needs to be continually improved too, which is happening with the Luas link up.

Excellent idea.

I trust then that some of my car tax will be refunded to be replaced with a walking tax ???

The number of umbrella eye-gouging incidents will soar. Wet, tired, cranky walkers…? More pressure on health service. :p

You can bet the driving route into city council offices won’t be pedestrianised!

I think it’s a fairly good idea to be fair.
Ok, people will have to walk.
Though eh.. isn’t it about time for most of them? >:D

Millions given in tax breaks to build car parks, monkeys would manage the city better than DCC

If they want to encourage people using the city as pedestrians more often it seems strange that for so long they have been removing public toilet facilities, public seating, having city center bus stops with no rain cover (nassau Street for example), and leaving pavements in rag (if not dangerous) order in some cases ( temple bar cobbles are a joke at this stage with broken stones and embedded glass). If they want people in numbers in the city then they have to provide the basics to allow them to move freely, rest, and shelter. Basic stuff, but I doubt seriously the Council are up to the task with their hands off, we’ll only fix it if it is reported, attitude.

another good idea bad idea time !

Do planners not realise we live on a rainy little island? Car free zones work great in Spain, but dragging your wet miserable self around without a vehicle in irish towns and cities is why we all end up in giant dry covered shopping centers in the burbs instead.

Removing the vehicle access sucks the soul right out of irish towns. Don’t do it.

Only way that could work is if the public transport system pulls it’s head our of it’s arse. Tighten up,a bus or train that’s on time would make a huge difference. Standing in the rain for 30-45 minutes,weighed down with shopping bags, waiting for a bus is a joke and would put anyone off. Whereas,going to a city and having a wander around,doing a little shopping,heading to a bus SHELTER for a bus that arrives on it’s scheduled time and getting to another destination would actually be lovely. I’d go to Dublin much more if that were the case. Last time I went in though I had my son in the buggy,ignoring all the other details, the train ride was awful. It was 25 minutes late and we were pushed around pretty badly. That’s a few months ago,I just don’t want to bring my son in around that crap again

TED Talk Paul Steely White of Transportation Alternatives New York http://youtu.be/PQ47OByEyLY

Without a truly viable alternative to private transport in the city (and without any forseeable prospect of a metro system) this is yet another short-sighted plan from our masters.

Yet another reason not to go near Dublin City.

Great idea – but we need the public transport infrastructure before much of the proposals can reasonably be enacted!

Good, hate cars in the city! Only taxis, buses and various public servants should be allowed drive in the city.

Watch the number of claims sky-rocket!!!

Hard enough drivin thru the city as it is, with amount of idiots who just step out in front of you!

Bad idea. :( traffic has eased significantly in the past 4 or 5 years

Until we have a decent public transport system how can anyone expect people not to use their cars.
Try get a dart or Luas around 5pm from the city and tell me that’s a pleasant way to travel.
Just this week all public transport hiked up prices.
Sorry Until there’s a proper system I’ll use my car.

Blah, blah blah, forget about investing in giving Dublin a facelift and put the money into schools and health. I met somebody at the weekend who had 50 people in her primary school class. Put the money into the actual welfare of our citizens and not superficial things like this.