Readers' Blog: Bus fiasco a waste of taxpayers’ money
Brendan Fehily’s frustration and outrage at the 208 Bishopstown bus service is totally justified but unfortunately, his experience is but the tip of the iceberg. (Irish Examiner letters 15/12/2018). By way of background, Bus Éireann and the National Transport Authority (NTA) decided in July of 2012 to increase the frequency of a number of Cork City bus routes from 20 to 10-minute intervals.
To achieve this new utopian target, it was necessary to invest in a huge taxpayer funded capital programme, in consultant designed truncated bus lanes, a fleet of new double deck buses as well as extra driving, administration and maintenance staff. Fuel and maintenance costs would at least double as a result.
