Public transport service for Wicklow town & surroundings

The Issue

Over 2 hrs again this evening standing waiting for the 133 missed the gym again. The most annoying factor is realtime/google maps gives you an ETA but that invisable bus passes so you wait for the next one. More often than not this is invisable as well meanwhile you need the loo or run to the shop cause you've missed dinner but  no wait realtime now says 10 mins so you dont move for fear of missing it.

Dont know how anyone copes that has small kids in childcare & needs to be home to collect its just not possible when you have to use public transport.  Or the college students that might have evening jobs or part time college hours so much time wasted standing waiting when you could have stayed in the library & finished that assigment or extra study.

Wicklow is steadily growing & new estates are flying up & as we all know the N11 is getting worse by the day for drivers with people leaving their homes earlier & earlier. Does it not make common sense to have a regular, reliable public transport system operate from Wicklow . A system that serves Bray & Arklow as well as this is non existent.

With tax saver tickets available  & a decent service this would cut down on traffic & see fewer accidents on the N11.

On average commuters from Wicklow to Dublin pay up to €250 per month (before taxsaver) a little less for students. Now if you were paying this for your broadband service & it kept turning off would you put up with it ? NO so dont put up with this service lets get it sorted & make that commute a relaxing one .

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The Issue

Over 2 hrs again this evening standing waiting for the 133 missed the gym again. The most annoying factor is realtime/google maps gives you an ETA but that invisable bus passes so you wait for the next one. More often than not this is invisable as well meanwhile you need the loo or run to the shop cause you've missed dinner but  no wait realtime now says 10 mins so you dont move for fear of missing it.

Dont know how anyone copes that has small kids in childcare & needs to be home to collect its just not possible when you have to use public transport.  Or the college students that might have evening jobs or part time college hours so much time wasted standing waiting when you could have stayed in the library & finished that assigment or extra study.

Wicklow is steadily growing & new estates are flying up & as we all know the N11 is getting worse by the day for drivers with people leaving their homes earlier & earlier. Does it not make common sense to have a regular, reliable public transport system operate from Wicklow . A system that serves Bray & Arklow as well as this is non existent.

With tax saver tickets available  & a decent service this would cut down on traffic & see fewer accidents on the N11.

On average commuters from Wicklow to Dublin pay up to €250 per month (before taxsaver) a little less for students. Now if you were paying this for your broadband service & it kept turning off would you put up with it ? NO so dont put up with this service lets get it sorted & make that commute a relaxing one .

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Petition created on 16 October 2019