Regarding amendment 6.2, i have serious concerns with the following
'It also includes demand management and behavioural change measures to manage daily travel demand more efficiently and to reduce the journeys taken by private car.'
As a resident in fingal, i absolutely object to unelected council officials dictating and interfering with what mode of transport people can choose from when and where. Is the council adding this amendment because they are embarassed that the majority of the public are not using your silly cycle lanes? So now you want to force people off the road in order to use your cycle lanes?
What are these demand managements? What are these behavioural change measures? Who gave you the authority to reduce journeys taken by private car? In the 2019 local elections nowhere was it stated that the council was going to begin dictating what mode of transport people can use.
Is the council going to send their staff to every estate in fingal and block their driveways in order to prevent journeys from private vehicles? Serious 1984 dystopian vibes happening here!
I will always use my private car for whatever journey i like. I will take the bus when i want to. It is not up to the council to make these decisions for us. Sorry to break the news for you but i am not getting soaked waiting for the bus with 5 shopping bags! I will be using my car and your active travel department will not stop me or anyone else from doing so.
The council is seriously overstepping the mark from being a local authority to becoming a nanny state forcing us what to do and act.
The private car is the reason why people live and work in fingal! Without it, fingal would probably be the poorest local authority due to its spatial and geographical locations, attracting absolutely nobody!
If the council is to proceed with this amendment i will not be complying and will continue to choose what mode of transport suits me best. It is not any of your concerns.
As i am tying this, its around 4pm, dark and cold and here is the council trying to stop people from driving by any means necessary. Seriously out of touch with reality.