Sir, - There is a very simple way to solve Dublin's traffic problems. No, not more bus lanes or higher parking costs. All that is needed is for the traffic lights to be co-ordinated in a more sensible say, and for the number of lights to be reduced overall.
Drive through Blanchardstown village at any time of day. From the church at one end to the Chinese restaurant at the other, a distance of less than 0.4 of a mile, I counted six sets of traffic lights (although one set, installed some time ago, has never been switched on). These lights are not co-ordinated, so if you get through the ones at the church, you will undoubtedly be stopped at the hospital, and so on. This system ensures there will always be traffic jams. Apart from the frustration for tired motorists who just want to get home, there must a significant health risk and damage to the environment from the constant emissions of carbon monoxide in this area. -Yours, etc., Rynagh MacCarthy,
Castleknock, Dublin 15.