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The road to sustainable transport? Rural transport programmes and policies in Ireland

Year: 2009

Type: book-chapter

Abstract: Today many rural dwellers in the Republic of Ireland depend on the private car to access services, employment, education, healthcare and recreation and thus shoulder a disproportionate share of the burden of insufficient public transport. But car dependency does not only affect rural Ireland: those who live in Irish cities, towns and their sub-urbanised hinterlands also experience accessibility problems and reduced 'walkability' resulting from sprawl and a lack of transport alternatives. Recent census figures illustrate the geographical and demographic expansion of urban centres such as Dublin, Cork and Galway which are now extending well into their (semi-) rural hinterlands where public transport is often unavailable. Car dependency thus represents a key challenge for national transport policy in general, and rural public transport provision in particular.

Source: ARAN (University of Galway Research Repository) (Ollscoil na Gaillimhe – University of Galway)

DOI: 10.13025/20436

Author: Rau, Henrike

Language: English

Topic: Transportation Planning and Optimization

Subfield: Transportation

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Sustainable cities and communities, Reduced inequalities, Industry, innovation and infrastructure

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W204808758

FWCI: 14.81

Cites: 23

Cited by: 9

Related to: 10