Sir, – Last week I returned to visit my alma mater at Lund in Sweden. As a student way back then, many moons ago, cyclists and pedestrians had right of way over vehicles. It’s still true and still successful there many years later and works so well for the urban environment. I never forgot my easy experience living there and seeing it once more reacquainted me with planning competence.
Visiting Copenhagen, the intermodal assets of the newly constructed underground made me wonder what on earth have our city planners and city councillors in Dublin been doing for the past few decades?
Leaving Scandinavia, I was completely and utterly embarrassed for the state of planning in Ireland. Enough is enough. Dublin is shabby and poorly served; we deserve better. Civil servants here should be reviewed and let go if not fit for purpose. We are falling behind in terms of sustainability and everything else. – Yours, etc,
BEN McCABE,
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Dublin 6.