Dublin's proposed metro is part of an overall plan for public transport in the city which includes:
A £2.2 billion provision for light rail(LRT), new buses, new bus routes and expanded Dart and Arrow services contained in the National Development Plan 2000 to 2006.
An estimated £4.3 billion investment from the public/private partnership in the proposed metro system.
An integrated public transport system allowing numerous opportunities to make complex journeys between bus, rail, Luas and LRT.
An integrated ticketing system which allows the passenger to purchase a single ticket for complex journeys involving bus, train or light rail. The system to also allow passengers to break their journey, for example parents delivering children to school, and resume without buying a new ticket. The possibility of competitive services between bus, rail and LRT
The servicing of zoned land for housing, providing new transport routes which will allow housing to be developed at higher density, thus helping to ease the current housing crisis
A new independent statutory agency with responsibility for the procurement of all major rail-based public transport. The work of the Light Rail project office and planning for the metro will be assumed into this agency.
A new Bill to provide the framework for the Government's proposed PPPs which will involve the private sector in designing, building, operating and financing key road, rail and other services.
The Taoiseach Mr Ahern is to announce further details of transport initiatives for the Dublin region next September.