Chapter 2
Core Strategy
Issues / Recommendations / Observations
Sub. No.
Chief Executive’s Response & Recommendation
just how it will increase active travel but how it will disincentivise private car travel. An ambitious target of creating the first car- limited city would create substantial positive international coverage for Cork City. For examples of how to inconvenience car use relative to active and public transport see cities such as Groningen which has extensive public transport.
No change. (iii) Response: CMATS is the most up to date study based on the Cork Metropolitan Area and therefore has been used to inform the preparation of this plan.. Automated cycling counters have been installed along a number of strategic routes and will continue to be rolled out across the City.
(iv)
Recommendation: No change.
(iv) Response: As detailed in Chapter 4 Cork City Council is committed to encouraging and promoting a significant increase in the uptake of active travel as an alternative to car travel. This is evident by the many projects detailed in Chapter 4 and 6 of this Plan to improve pedestrian and cycling infrastructure. It is not considered that an approach to ‘inconvenience car use’ within the City is an appropriate solution as this w ould result in worsening issues of traffic congestion. The approach outlined in Chapter 10 is to limit car parking in the Docklands, in line with the stated vision to create a people centric extension of the city that optimises its proximity to the city centre and promotes active travel and public transport. Achieving Compact Growth and delivery of the 15 minute city are key goals set out in the Core Strategy, which seek to reduce commuting by locating people and services in close proximity to another. Recommendation: No change.
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