22% More Drive to Work than in 2002

[krayZpaving]

A new CSO report released today shows that 22% more people now travel to work, school and college by car than in 2002.

The report, entitled 'Travel to Work, School and College', which was part of the 2006 Census, showed that 57% of workers (1.1m) drive to work by car. When vans, trucks and other vehicles are included, this figure rises to 70%.

Particularly startling among the figures was the report that 55% of children who are driven to or from school are travelling less than 1km each way.

Labour Spokesperson on Transport, Tommy Broughan TD, said that the figures should act as a wake-up call to the Ministers for Transport and Education.

The dominance and growth of the national car fleet is also apparent in the continuing increase in the numbers of primary school children being driven to school (up to 247,000 from 217,000 in 2002 and 168,000 in 1996). The 2006 figures represented 55% of the total primary school population and 44,000 of those children were driven one kilometre or less, reflecting parents’ road and other safety concerns.

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[Inverness]

Great! Ireland is turning into one big Los Angeles! Without the sun!!!

Well done FF!

[stretchneil]

It really is a joke. And the lack of park and ride facilities has to be a contributing factor....

[krayZpaving]

'Park and Ride' 1km away from the school for the kids

[HanleyS]

This is BS. They didn't recognise that the workforce has increased. Percentage driving a car has gone from 55% to 57% of total. A 2% increase in the percentage of people driving to work.

Of course the total number driving has increased by 22% because the workforce has increased by nearly that amount. The thread title is nonsense.

[cyberianpan]

Dublin Bus buses:

1) Low floors: hence lots of movement, you are slung & flung all over place
2) Tiny seats: over 5' 8" your knees are squashed
3) Too many stops: stops are barely 5 minutes walk apart. Making them 10 minutes apart would add only minutes to our walks but in halving the stops would vastly speed up the flow.

Blue Airport Buses:

1) High floors
2) Well sized , comfortable seats
3) Stops are a solid 10 minutes walk apart

Dublin Bus to become like Blue Bus ?



No wonder people drive.


cYp

[EoinMn]

I don't like the blue buses. Because they are coaches, made for long distance journeys, rather than buses made for short urban journeys.
Coaches are less wheelchair friendly and harder to bring bags on. The bags problem is, of course, because they are designed to have bags stowed underneath, which is not practical on short trips.

[HanleyS]

Overall the percentage of workers driving and being driven has increased by 1% from 70% to 71%. Where on earth did the 22% figure come from?

This total and utter poppycock (as PR would say). Do Labour think we are thick?

[alonso]

Only 521 secondary schoolgirls in the State cycle to school, down from over 19,000 in 1986

[Inverness]

No wonder we are all getting fat!