The council finally confirmed the express route is happening. It has been a grind getting here but I am relieved we can stop wasting hours in traffic. Keep an eye on the schedule announcements to ensure they actually follow through on these plans.
November 29, 2016
Final supporters
With traffic in Galway city getting worse with each passing day and no chance of improving any time soon it's time that an express bus between Galway City Center and Parkmore was started. Ideally there would be one run each hour, preferably in the 12 minute past slot so as to ensure that staff working in Parkmore would have a chance to utilise the service.
An express bus would allow drivers to actually make use of public transport in the city as currently it simply isn't worth their time given that on any given day the 8am bus can take close to an hour to get from the city center to Parkmore, this morning (September 27) the 8am 409 bus took 58 minutes to complete its journey.
When getting from Galway city center to Parkmore and back can take close to 100 minutes each day it simply isn't a worthwhile service. An express bus would drastically cut down on the time and offer a better all round service. Something as simple as bypassing the Doughiska road would drastically cut down on travel time. On days when an express bus has been run and avoided this area instead using the dual carriage way the travel time has been considerably shorter.
Updates
September 30, 2016
The momentum behind this request proves how many of us are exhausted by the daily commute. Seeing this many people agree that the system is broken keeps me going even when the progress feels slow.
Reached 100 supporters
September 30, 2016
47 Comments
This would help most of the people working on the surroundings, including myself.
This would be needed. I have to live in doughiska to get to work on time. Cannot even think of moving to a better place as the traffic in ireland sucks. If there was a express bus from centre to parkmore, I would have a better place to live
1. Yes, an express bus is one that would have no stops along the way. 2. There's a number of routes the bus can take so as to bypass the worst of the traffic, especially the Dunnes Briarhill exit where a bus can take up to 25 minutes to get through. On a couple of occasions, direct buses have been run on the 409 route and have taken a fraction of the time a normal bus would.
Badly badly needed. Makes life torture at times. And at race times, loyal customers are forgotten about and dropped anywhere. Not the drivers fault.
I would even go a step further and have a bus line going from B&Q in Knocknacarra over City Centre to Parkmore.
great idea
fantastic idea, would make a huge difference to travel in galway
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The council finally confirmed the express route is happening. It has been a grind getting here but I am relieved we can stop wasting hours in traffic. Keep an eye on the schedule announcements to ensure they actually follow through on these plans.
November 29, 2016
Final supporters
With traffic in Galway city getting worse with each passing day and no chance of improving any time soon it's time that an express bus between Galway City Center and Parkmore was started. Ideally there would be one run each hour, preferably in the 12 minute past slot so as to ensure that staff working in Parkmore would have a chance to utilise the service.
An express bus would allow drivers to actually make use of public transport in the city as currently it simply isn't worth their time given that on any given day the 8am bus can take close to an hour to get from the city center to Parkmore, this morning (September 27) the 8am 409 bus took 58 minutes to complete its journey.
When getting from Galway city center to Parkmore and back can take close to 100 minutes each day it simply isn't a worthwhile service. An express bus would drastically cut down on the time and offer a better all round service. Something as simple as bypassing the Doughiska road would drastically cut down on travel time. On days when an express bus has been run and avoided this area instead using the dual carriage way the travel time has been considerably shorter.
Updates
September 30, 2016
The momentum behind this request proves how many of us are exhausted by the daily commute. Seeing this many people agree that the system is broken keeps me going even when the progress feels slow.
Reached 100 supporters
September 30, 2016
47 Comments
I now have a car but used to rely on the bus to get to Parkmore which was time consuming and sporadic. An express bus as well as the normal service would be a great idea.
This would help most of the people working on the surroundings, including myself.
This would be needed. I have to live in doughiska to get to work on time. Cannot even think of moving to a better place as the traffic in ireland sucks. If there was a express bus from centre to parkmore, I would have a better place to live
1. Yes, an express bus is one that would have no stops along the way. 2. There's a number of routes the bus can take so as to bypass the worst of the traffic, especially the Dunnes Briarhill exit where a bus can take up to 25 minutes to get through. On a couple of occasions, direct buses have been run on the 409 route and have taken a fraction of the time a normal bus would.
Badly badly needed. Makes life torture at times. And at race times, loyal customers are forgotten about and dropped anywhere. Not the drivers fault.
I would even go a step further and have a bus line going from B&Q in Knocknacarra over City Centre to Parkmore.
great idea
fantastic idea, would make a huge difference to travel in galway
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I now have a car but used to rely on the bus to get to Parkmore which was time consuming and sporadic. An express bus as well as the normal service would be a great idea.