MacCurtain Street Public Transport Improvement Scheme

he MacCurtain Street Public Transport Improvement Scheme is the latest traffic management initiative targeted at supporting increased economic activity and providing improved accessibility to the city centre by foot, bicycle and public transport.

The MacCurtain Street area is a vibrant area of Cork City. It is a hive of activity, during the day with shops and cafes, as a hub for education and at night as a busy social destination. While there are high volumes of pedestrians in the area, MacCurtain Street remains a through route for traffic travelling from the North to the South and East. This high level of vehicular traffic coupled with the dated public realm takes away from the charm of this beautiful area. Cork City is heavily reliant on the car as a mode of transport. The high car dependency puts immense pressure on our current infrastructure with delays and congestion commonly experienced throughout our network. The population of Cork is projected to grow over the coming years. As such, if we continue to rely on the car as our mode of choice, these problems of delays and congestion will only increase. The Cork Metropolitan Area Transport Strategy (CMATS) aims to address these problems, through the provision of viable and sustainable alternatives to the private car.