Brian Caulfield
@brian_caulfield
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Professor in Transportation, Dept of Civil Engineering, Trinity College Dublin, Research in Transport, Public Transport, Transport Emissions & Climate Change.
Trintiy College Dublin
Joined February 2020
I have followed lots of people here over to where the skies are blue.....
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Fantastic new tool launched by @TIITraffic Transport Infrastructure Ireland, developed by @AECOM to measure the impacts 5 greenways across Ireland. https://t.co/nG03UczOig
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Fantastic article by @CEO_DublinBus @dublinbusnews "The choice is ours. Retreat or progress. Dubliners deserves progress." Billy Hann: Why Michael O’Leary and Dermot Desmond are so wrong on axing MetroLink
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Fantastic news..... now to deliver it Dart expansion to Drogheda approved in move to supercharge commuter capacity
irishtimes.com
Northern line improvements may lead to controversial shuttle replacement for Howth suburb
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Great to chat on @IrelandAMVMTV this morning on issues around poor rural public transport. I got to discuss our @Researchirel funded CONUNDRUM project and how our research is looking into new ways of solving these issues @niamhmcherry @tcdengineering @UCD_Geography
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Autonomous cars are reshaping transport in the US & China but can they ever navigate Ireland’s narrow city streets? In today’s @Independent_ie I look at the promise, the policy gaps, and the MetroLink debate. https://t.co/A04VDule60?
independent.ie
In 2017, the world’s tech evangelists promised a near future in which fleets of driverless cars would transform cities. Ireland may have been little more t...
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MetroLink delivery should be prioritised, US multinationals tell Government
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Nine in 10 US corporations happy with Irish operations, AmCham members say, with 68% planning further investment over next five years
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Never has a transport project in Ireland been as analysed, appraised, criticised and debated as much as this... my contribution to @RTEBrainstorm this morning Why Metrolink is a much needed connection for North County Dublin https://t.co/yxtb0Uahin via @rte
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Excellent article by Justine McCarthy. Michael O’Leary and Dermot Desmond’s MetroLink comments show you can be rich and wrong
irishtimes.com
Rich men are not always right. Let’s listen to the experts
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We better tell all the cities globally like Paris, Melbourne, Auckland etc they should down tools now. AI will make Dublin’s MetroLink obsolete, says Dermot Desmond
irishtimes.com
Businessman says Government should abandon project as AI will lead to rise in self-driving cars
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Work on first of 12 BusConnects corridors will begin in September but when will all 12 be complete? Construction of first Dublin bus corridor of BusConnects project to start within weeks | Irish Independent
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Construction is to begin within weeks on the first of 12 dedicated bus corridors planned under the BusConnects project in Dublin.
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Whatever about damaging tariffs, this is a terrible deal for climate 🌍 The EU has agreed to buy US energy i.e. to import more highly polluting oil & fracked gas 🛢️⛽️ Our Govt is towing the line by opening up new LNG terminals. We can’t accept this 🚫 🏭 @labour
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Sporting legend, Maeve Kyle, a trailblazer in Irish women’s athletics & Trinity alumna 1946–50 has passed away. She broke barriers as Ireland’s 1st female Olympian in 1956, was the 1st Irish triple Olympian competing in the 1960 & 1964 Olympic Games & earned 58 Irish hockey caps.
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Once more for those in the back - Metrolink is not only an airport line It serves 15 other stations, connecting 127 schools, 3 universities, 5 hospitals, and making over 175k people and 250k jobs accessible by foot to a stop. An estimated 18% of passengers will use airport stop
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I joined @hlinehan and @PatLeahyIT this morning on the @IrishTimes Inside Politics podcast to discuss yesterdays National Development Plan review launch https://t.co/puCrZxIiZS
irishtimes.com
Inside Politics podcast with Hugh Linehan
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What’s stopping Ireland from building the transport system we need? @tcddublin's Prof @brian_caulfield joins the Amplified podcast to talk infrastructure, political will, and why we must invest in metros, rail and skills to hit 2030 targets. 🎧 Listen: https://t.co/eFSunARroh
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77% of NDP review submissions prioritised transport investment (low response rate) Metrolink's €2bn funding & support will see the project start construction, pending planning permission But the devil is in the detail, how will the rest of the €20bn be spent ..roads vs pt?
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Colm McCarthy on @rtenews just now saying a full cost-benefit analysis hasn't been done on Metrolink.... its been done several times..... 100's of pages here on it: https://t.co/OlUevrVOEw Specifically the economic appraisal is here:
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Govt inexplicably rolling back on key road safety plans. Why is this so difficult? Lowering speed limits is proven to save lives. Just look at Wales. Plans to lower 100kmh speed limits unravel as new AI cameras to spot drivers on phones stalled
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Plans to lower national speed limits to help reduce road deaths have been gutted, with start dates pushed back and opt-out clauses added.
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📢 New research on e-cargo bike parking in Ireland. We make several observations on cycle parking planning that could help to advance more e-cargo-bike-inclusive cycle parking futures. Thank you to @SEAI_ie for funding the work. Open access: https://t.co/uszUEiXwn4
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