Ireland’s new ten-year government road safety strategy launched – first step to ‘Vision Zero’

The Irish Government has launched the country’s fifth Road Safety Strategy 2021-2030. The primary aim of the new strategy is to reduce the number of deaths and serious injuries on Irish roads by 50% over the next 10 years. This means reducing deaths on Ireland’s roads annually from 144 to 72 or lower and reducing serious […]

Transport will be the sector that presents the biggest challenge to meeting emission targets, according to Irish minister

Transport will be the sector that presents the biggest challenge to meeting new emission targets in Ireland, according to its Transport Minister Eamon Ryan. The Government launched its ambitious Climate Action Plan this week, which aims to have 500,000 more walking, cycling and public transport journeys a day by 2030 as well as a target […]

Ireland’s sustainable mobility policy aims to drive up public transport use

The “core purpose” of the State’s forthcoming sustainable mobility policy will be to get people out of private cars and to use public transport, bicycles or walk, the secretary general of the Department of Transport in Ireland has said. Ken Spratt told the Oireachtas Committee on Transport the new policy will differ from the current […]

Irish government commits to two-to-one spending ratio on public transport and roads

The Irish government has committed to honoring its commitment to a two-to-one spending ratio on public transport to roads as part of its National Development Plan. The plan, reports the Evening Standard, sets out the big transport and road projects the government will spend money on from now until 2030. Michael McGrath said public transport […]