Show Notes
New figures from the Central Statistics Office reveal that eight in ten households are located within two kilometres of a bus stop while almost seven in ten are near a high frequency bus service. Joining Ciara to discuss this is Adrian Kavanagh, Geography Lecturer at Maynooth University and Brian Caulfield, Professor in the School of Engineering at Trinity College Dublin.
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