Pádraig Hoare: NTA's BusConnects Cork is a capitulation, not a compromise

The mentality of climate action being needed but not here and now has to change and we must get serious about public transport and active travel, writes Pádraig Hoare

The amended design for the BusConnects Cork sustainable transport corridors removes planned cycle lanes in favour of saving car-parking spaces. Picture: Clare Keogh

The National Transport Authority (NTA) is hailing its newly revamped €600m BusConnects plan for Cork as a victory for compromise.

To those who yearn for the public transport revolution to get people out of cars and onto buses and bicycles, the words concession or even capitulation would be more appropriate.