M50 Cordon Report 2023 : Report on inbound people movements across the M50 Cordon

Abstract

The M50 Cordon is a cordon of traffic survey locations that encloses Dublin City. Classified Junction Turning Counts and Pedestrian surveys were undertaken at 43 locations to determine the traffic flows crossing the M50 Cordon inbound during the key traffic periods for a typical weekday, i.e. AM (07:00 - 10:00), Lunch Time (10:00 - 13:00), School Run (13:00 - 16:00), PM (16:00 - 19:00) and 12hr (07:00 - 19:00). Vehicle occupancy surveys were undertaken at 28 sites and Pedestrian and Cycle only surveys were undertaken at 4 locations along the Cordon at key pedestrian and cycle only routes i.e. parks and dedicated pedestrian and cycle corridors. In addition to this, Bus Occupancy surveys were undertaken at 31 bus stops to determine the number, occupancy and frequency of bus services crossing the M50 Cordon, as well as inbound movements via the Dublin Port Tunnel and M1. Passenger numbers from the Annual Luas Census (Transport Infrastructure Ireland) and Annual Rail Census (Iarnród Éireann) were also used to determine the passengers travelling across the M50 Cordon inbound via Luas and Heavy Rail, respectively.