MOBILITY AND PUBLIC REALM
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS
This goal aligns with the following Sustainable Development Goals:
STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES
Create one of the cleanest cities in Europe through effective and innovative waste management and environmental enforcement action.
Maintain and renew the public realm to support ease of movement, create enjoyable public spaces that are uniquely Dublin, and contribute to making our city safe and accessible for all.
Provide an accessible low-traffic environment in the city to enable public transport, active travel, and public realm improvements.
Transform the way people walk, wheel and cycle in the capital by creating an Active Travel Network that improves access, connectivity and social cohesion for all.
Complete the transition of water services to Uisce Éireann and ensure continual engagement to facilitate the economic growth of the city.
OUTCOME MEASURES
- Improvement in the classification of areas that when surveyed were unpolluted/litter free/slightly polluted (NSI)
- Improved citizen perception of a clean city
- Increase in tonnage of material collected from recycling facilities by material (textiles, glass, dry mix, general from civic amenity sites)
- Improved citizen perception of safety in the public realm
- Annual measure of traffic crossing the Canal Cordon broken down by transport mode
- Annual traffic counts in the core City Centre area, broken down by transport mode, including the pedestrian mode
- Pavement Condition Index Scoring (NSI)
- Increased active travel mode share - target of 25% by 2030.
- Percentage of residents within 400 metres of the Active Travel Network - minimum target of 40% by 2029 and 95% by 2034
KEY STRATEGIES AND PLANS
- National Waste Management Plan for a Circular Economy 2024-2030
- Dublin City Council Public Realm Strategy and Masterplan
- Dublin City Centre Transport Plan
