Michael Moynihan: What Madrid’s metro teaches us about Cork’s transport woes

Cork’s traffic is a mess, and public transport isn’t much better. Madrid’s metro shows how things could change

Traffic on the N40 westbound towards the Bloomfield Interchange on the South Link, Co Cork.

THE TRAFFIC in Cork is not improving at all, is it?

Every week there seems to be at least one gridlock apocalypse which shuts the city down. Public transport? Bus Éireann may be moving to the 21st century with payments, but when, and please don’t say the 22nd century.