Transport

DCU president calls on Eamon Ryan to speed up BusConnects rollout after MetroLink comments

The National Transport Authority’s landmark redesign of the capital’s bus network has faced a series of delays

Minister for Transport Eamon Ryan TD and NTA CEO Anne Graham at the launch of the first phase of the BusConnects network in 2021.

The president of Dublin City University has hit out at Eamon Ryan to speed up the delivery of BusConnects after the minister for transport said the MetroLink would be operating by the early 2030s.

Responding to the Green Party leader’s comments on Thursday about the €9.5 billion rail line, Daire Keogh said residents of the northside were still waiting for the new E1 bus route to be rolled out amid well-publicised delays to the BusConnects ...