The National
Transport Authority
National Older Persons Council Convention
November 2016
Tim Gaston
Director of Public Transport Services
What We Do
Bus, Rail & Light Rail
Services
Heading
Taxi & Bus Licensing
Investment Projects
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Integration & Technology
Transport Planning &
Policy
Personal Travel Choices
What We Do
We manage for the Department of Transport
• The Regional Cities Grants for sustainable transport
• The national Accessibility Fund
• The Rural Transport programme
• the national Smarter Workplaces travel programme
• Oversight and funding of the Green Schools programme
Rural Transport Services
• 80% Demand Responsive services
• Managed by 17 local offices (down from 35)
• Over 1.7m passenger journeys per year
• Addressing rural isolation
• Re-examining all services to get better coverage and links to other public
transport services
Rural Transport Services
• Developed a central booking service with a Driver app and an online
booking facility
• Developed a brand & website – Locallink.ie
• Many Locallink offices in local authority premises
• Retendering all service contracts in 2016/17
Locallink service in Cavan
Locallink service in Cavan
Locallink service in Cavan
Demand responsive service,
Locallink Kerry
Accessible transport, Locallink
Kerry
The Locallink Kerry team
Accessible bus, Bus Éireann
Boarding the LUAS
Irish Rail: new lift at Connolly
Station
Free Travel Scheme
Active Use DSP FT Cards
(estimated)
Estimated
Number of Valid
Cards¹
Estimated
Number of
Active Cards²
Estimated
% in Active
Use
31-May-2016
645,682
237,071
37%
31-Aug-2016
673,676
264,853
39%
31-Oct-2016
723,693
267,766
37%
Date Measured
1. “Valid” cards are cards where the Leap Card back-office believes that a card is not in an invalid state and hence possibly could
be used.
2. “Active” cards are those that have had at least 1 transaction (of any type) at any time over the last 6 months.
DSP FTP Usage by Transport Operator
Bus Eireann
9.9%
Luas
3.1%
CBOs
1.7%
Irish Rail
10.3%
% Share of Total DSP Transactions
(2016 YTD)
Dublin Bus
75.0%
DSP FTP Time of Day Distribution
Public transport technology and
integration developments
National public transport
database has been built
•
All bus stops, rail station platform
entrances, taxi ranks, ports, airports
National intermodal online
journey planner has been
completed
•
Available at
www.transportforireland.ie
Real Time Passenger
Information
•
•
Signs in main cities and roll-out to
main towns
Real Time for all stops/stations on
web, sms and app
Leap Card Scheme
• Integrated ticketing via our Leap card is live and
successful - over 1.4 million cards sold
• Adult & Child Leap Cards
• Visitor Leap Card
• Family Leap Card
• Over 70% of all trips in GDA on Leap;
• Significant growth in Cork (10% of journeys),
• Launched Pay-As-You-Go on Irish Rail in Cork;
• Kids Go Free very successful – 200% increase in
trips, 20,000 free child cards issued;
Public transport technology and
integration developments
Transport Maps & Bus Stop Poles
• New programme to replace bus
poles
• Shared poles
• Easily replaceable head plate for
changes
• Stainless steel – maintenance free
• Better information on carousel
• Better route maps
• Stop specific timetable Programme
commencing in Cork
Integrated Information
Integration Developments
• Transport brand developed
for public transport
• Developing as a one stop
shop for information and
planning across all services
Public Transport Services Key Points
Additional PSO provided to meet cost of public transport
services for 2016 & 2017 across all providers
Significantly increased demand for public transport services
for all ages, including older people
Public Transport providers seeking to improve access and
quality of services being provided
Under-provision of the cost of the Free Travel Scheme
(Estimated under-provision of €20m+ for the Free Travel Scheme)