Madam, – I was disappointed to learn of the High Court challenge by 12 Dublin businesses to the “bus gate” at College Green (Home News, October 27th). I think this is short-sighted retrograde step that seeks to hold this city and her people back.
It is clear that journey times by bus have shortened enormously, that there is a significant increase in cyclists and that all this has led to a less congested capital. In 1979 Grafton Street was pedestrianised amid protests that proved to be ill-founded, and 30 years later “bus gate” faces similar problems.
Dublin City Council took the brave step and it is my hope that it will hold the line. Should Brown Thomas et al win, it will be a case of one step forward and 12 steps back. – Yours, etc,