Bus Éireann calls for extension of 'Pana ban'
The time-regulated bus lane was designed to facilitate the street's estimated 1,000 bus movements daily, but the car ban is being flouted every day. Picture: Denis Minihane
Bus Éireann has called for a major extension of the so-called "Pana ban" on Cork's main street to help more buses run on time.
It was among a raft of suggestions made by the company in a briefing to public representatives this week on its decision to cut hundreds of bus services per week from the high-frequency 202, 202A, 205, 208, and the 24-hour 220 routes from October 20.
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