GLUAS Light Rail for Galway

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GLUAS Light Rail for Galway
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Who is behind GLUAS?

• Local business people Chamber GCBA
• Experts of light railway design
• Academics and Students.
• Representative of H.S.E.
• An Taisce
• Political representatives
• Construction and Development Industry
• Community interests

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Why now?

• When a barrel of oil reaches 100, then
  everything becomes possible

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Why now? Oil prices are rising
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Why now? Traffic in Galway
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Key questions

• Is Galway too small for a light Rail system?
• Is a light rail solution too expensive for
  Galway?

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Cities that similar to the size of Galway - with
light rail
Lausanne, Rouen, Grenoble
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GLUAS Route Proposals

• Current route proposals based on
• Population clusters and densities
• Key sites and destinations
• Cost effectiveness
• Minimal disruption of existing transport system