Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 5 November 2024
Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport
Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 31 - Transport (Supplementary)
11:00 am
James Lawless (Kildare North, Fianna Fail)
There is one other point that is related. I have asked my Department and the NTA, and will be asking the NTA again today, to ensure that the TFI real-time app is improved. It is a source of frustration for people when they are waiting for a bus. I have done it myself. You go onto the app to see if the bus is due and it says it is, but actually it is a ghost bus that does not turn up. I think it has got a lot better, from my own direct experience of using the bus and train. It has improved hugely but there are still issues where it is not always as accurate as it should be. I have asked the NTA about really improving it and getting it to a level where people can rely on it 100%, so that real-time arrival times are actually met and the bus is in front of you when the app tell you that it is.
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