From the Archive: Tramway to chaos as Dublin speeds towards more gridlock
In the mid-1990s, two new light rail routes were supposed to reduce Dublin’s car chaos. But, argued Nick Mulcahy, most of the proposed accompanying measures would never see daylight, and so chaos would remain
December 17, 1995
Property developers Johnny Ronan and Richard Barrett may have been a little surprised when they opened their newspapers last Wednesday morning. On the day they were unveiling plans for a big hotel development on the AIB site at the corner of Westmoreland Street and College Green in Dublin, they were confronted by an artist’s impression of a light rail station right outside what they propose as the hotel’s front door.
