Unless public transport funding is doubled minimum, this can’t work. There’s too many cars already and universities keep letting more students in every year.
I live relatively close to UL and there’s no bus route where I could get there in a convenient manner.
Available-Lemon9075 on
Accommodation shortage prevents students living near to University
Forces them into long commutes
Takes away ability to drive to university for rural students who already have totally insufficient public transport options
mcsleepyburger on
It’s getting harder and harder to live here by the day.
69_me_so_slowly on
I cycle to college and am probably greener than the average Irish person and even I think this is a stupid, badly though out measure. Only about half of my class of 40 live within 25kms of the city. Two people deferred the year due to accommodation shortages in Galway as it is
PixelTrawler on
Good job they sorted out all the nearby accommodation first.
anatomized on
okay so build more accommodation closer to universities. build a decent public transport system. just telling people they can no longer do x won’t solve anything. ah fuck it why do i even bother these cunts don’t fucking care.
tronborg2000 on
Well this will go down a treat… any more room in the asylum
AhGowan on
Idiots
Danji1 on
This is just fucking stupid, we have to put a stop to this bullshit.
JumpStart2002 on
Surely this will be done based on reserving places for people who genuinely have no public transport options in the middle of nowhere right ?
How about we have more school buses going so we can cut down on the amount of parents clogging the roads during half the day
marquess_rostrevor on
It’s good that they’re tackling this instead of building accommodation near the universities.
jhanley on
Every member of the Green Party should be forced to live in rural Ireland and commute across town each day to see how it impacts on their lives. If you live outside Limerick and need to get to UL you’ll have a tough time.
QualityDifficult4620 on
The optics of this are bad considering that students are also struggling to get accommodation near campus. It’s tone deaf.
The thing that irritates me is that it’s more of the Irish polarisation approach to climate policies: it’s always less of something with no alternative, never more. There’s no “give and take”, it’s always “take”.
Public transport infrastructure is crumbling, it’s not an excuse, but start to fix that before making blanket cuts to infrastructure.
sheppi9 on
Fix the problem…. No, let’s add another problem. The Irish government at its best.
thesame_as_before on
I work in a university and live 100km away. There are no train or bus links and I have a family.
SilentBass75 on
Anyone expecting expensive private parking, funded by TDs friends to pop up to address this need? Or is that just me being cynical…
No-Instance2381 on
The way to combat things like climate change is by improving local services (public services, accommodation, etc), taking away options without a decent replacement in place is a nightmare and it only takes away from the quality of life.
On some level I understand it as my university had the option between new accommodation or more parking spots and parking spots won as people were saying it’s too expensive to rent and their isn’t enough housing (which more accommodation would fix both problems) and a good way the government can enforce these changes is by putting a deadline on these matters they want to solver causing people to prepare for the future
Dorcha1984 on
I study at a distance and live well over an hour away but luckily only have to be there once a month.
Pity the students who cannot afford to live near campus and have to travel daily.
Cannot see this doing the greens any favours especially after the bike shed.
Impressive_Essay_622 on
Cos driving Irish people away from education will definitely lead to good long term consequences for the environment…..
Wolfkatmousey on
Difficult-Set-3151 on
MTU in Cork is a fucking joke to get to.
The one bus, arrives some of the time. Usually late, and is then full from the very first stop.
I wasn’t there as a student but I was flabbergasted by how people accepted this.
MrSierra125 on
Gonna say it: you have to provide alternatives before getting rid of car parks
NooktaSt on
Students are one of the groups of society who are happy to live in apartments close to university. It just needs to be provided.
If you start restricting it now you just damage those who can’t afford to move out.
danius353 on
Please read the article; it’s only wheres there’s adequate public transport available, so that’s nlt actually going to affect many universities right now given the state of our bus and rail systems.
> Universities will be required to phase out the use of car parking for most staff and students **in areas where there is a range of public transport options**
Mal234_ on
Invest in public transport and student accommodation first in order to make such a policy change feasible.
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No one is going to like that.
Unless public transport funding is doubled minimum, this can’t work. There’s too many cars already and universities keep letting more students in every year.
I live relatively close to UL and there’s no bus route where I could get there in a convenient manner.
Accommodation shortage prevents students living near to University
Forces them into long commutes
Takes away ability to drive to university for rural students who already have totally insufficient public transport options
It’s getting harder and harder to live here by the day.
I cycle to college and am probably greener than the average Irish person and even I think this is a stupid, badly though out measure. Only about half of my class of 40 live within 25kms of the city. Two people deferred the year due to accommodation shortages in Galway as it is
Good job they sorted out all the nearby accommodation first.
okay so build more accommodation closer to universities. build a decent public transport system. just telling people they can no longer do x won’t solve anything. ah fuck it why do i even bother these cunts don’t fucking care.
Well this will go down a treat… any more room in the asylum
Idiots
This is just fucking stupid, we have to put a stop to this bullshit.
Surely this will be done based on reserving places for people who genuinely have no public transport options in the middle of nowhere right ?
How about we have more school buses going so we can cut down on the amount of parents clogging the roads during half the day
It’s good that they’re tackling this instead of building accommodation near the universities.
Every member of the Green Party should be forced to live in rural Ireland and commute across town each day to see how it impacts on their lives. If you live outside Limerick and need to get to UL you’ll have a tough time.
The optics of this are bad considering that students are also struggling to get accommodation near campus. It’s tone deaf.
The thing that irritates me is that it’s more of the Irish polarisation approach to climate policies: it’s always less of something with no alternative, never more. There’s no “give and take”, it’s always “take”.
Public transport infrastructure is crumbling, it’s not an excuse, but start to fix that before making blanket cuts to infrastructure.
Fix the problem…. No, let’s add another problem. The Irish government at its best.
I work in a university and live 100km away. There are no train or bus links and I have a family.
Anyone expecting expensive private parking, funded by TDs friends to pop up to address this need? Or is that just me being cynical…
The way to combat things like climate change is by improving local services (public services, accommodation, etc), taking away options without a decent replacement in place is a nightmare and it only takes away from the quality of life.
On some level I understand it as my university had the option between new accommodation or more parking spots and parking spots won as people were saying it’s too expensive to rent and their isn’t enough housing (which more accommodation would fix both problems) and a good way the government can enforce these changes is by putting a deadline on these matters they want to solver causing people to prepare for the future
I study at a distance and live well over an hour away but luckily only have to be there once a month.
Pity the students who cannot afford to live near campus and have to travel daily.
Cannot see this doing the greens any favours especially after the bike shed.
Cos driving Irish people away from education will definitely lead to good long term consequences for the environment…..
MTU in Cork is a fucking joke to get to.
The one bus, arrives some of the time. Usually late, and is then full from the very first stop.
I wasn’t there as a student but I was flabbergasted by how people accepted this.
Gonna say it: you have to provide alternatives before getting rid of car parks
Students are one of the groups of society who are happy to live in apartments close to university. It just needs to be provided.
If you start restricting it now you just damage those who can’t afford to move out.
Please read the article; it’s only wheres there’s adequate public transport available, so that’s nlt actually going to affect many universities right now given the state of our bus and rail systems.
> Universities will be required to phase out the use of car parking for most staff and students **in areas where there is a range of public transport options**
Invest in public transport and student accommodation first in order to make such a policy change feasible.