Radical plan proposes banning cars from some parts of Dublin city

A CGI of how Dublin's Gardiner Street might look following the implementation of the draft Dublin City Centre Transport Plan 2023, published Wednesday. Picture: Dublin City Council

Cars will no longer be permitted on some Dublin city streets, and a significant amount of road space will be reallocated for use by public transport, cyclists and pedestrians under a radical overhaul of the capital's transport strategy. 

The draft Dublin City Centre Transport Plan 2023, announced by Dublin City Council and the National Transport Authority (NTA) on Wednesday, aims to transform Dublin city centre into a "low traffic environment" by removing two out of every three cars in the city centre which do not have a destination there.