Was reading in the times today that Minister Dempsey has abandoned the idea of opening up the Dublin Bus Market to competition. Needless to say the trade unions were jumping with joy. I think it is a disgrace that once again the government has bottled a big decison and let vested interests dictate policy.
I used to live in Swords. I remember the rubbish service that Dublin Bus used to offer from the Airport until Aircoach came along. Suddenly, Dublin bus went from offering one bus every half a hour if lucky to having one every few minutes and the introduction of cross city routes.
More recently, Swords Express started a service from Swords to town via the port tunnel in less than 20 mins compared to the journey time of over a hour on offer by Dublin Bus. The buses are packed at peak time especiallly. Now Dublin Bus want to introduce the same service on the route and are apparently objecting to Swords Express changing its route to service some of the estates at the outskirts of Swords.
Competition works and maybe the trade union movement can explain why they are so against companies coming in and creating jobs.
I used to live in Swords. I remember the rubbish service that Dublin Bus used to offer from the Airport until Aircoach came along. Suddenly, Dublin bus went from offering one bus every half a hour if lucky to having one every few minutes and the introduction of cross city routes.
More recently, Swords Express started a service from Swords to town via the port tunnel in less than 20 mins compared to the journey time of over a hour on offer by Dublin Bus. The buses are packed at peak time especiallly. Now Dublin Bus want to introduce the same service on the route and are apparently objecting to Swords Express changing its route to service some of the estates at the outskirts of Swords.
Competition works and maybe the trade union movement can explain why they are so against companies coming in and creating jobs.