City traffic changes will impact on both residents and businesses

Being a resident of Dublin, I am writing to offer my views on the proposed changes to the city-centre traffic flow.

I agree with Senator David Norris, who has described the measures as “tyrannical” and grossly unfair to city-centre residents; with Prof Alan Titley (Emeritus), who has said that they are contrary to the life of a city; with Timmy Dooley, TD, who has said the measures are a “hollowing-out” of the city centre; with Prof Des O’Neill, Dublin geriatrician, who has said that “access to all forms of transport is a lifelong health strategy”; and, particularly, with the spokesperson for the Automobile Association, who has said that the measures are “ideologically driven” rather than “traffic driven”.

The damage that would ensue to city-centre businesses, particularly in retail, from the implementation of these plans, has been well-aired and the claims for a benefit to tourism are, rightly, disputed.