Further confirmation that Dublin City Council is proceeding with the Dublin City Centre Transport Plan measures planned for this year has been welcomed by a local councillor. Most of the main elements of the 2023 plan rolled out to date have been bus priority measures. Cllr Karl Stanley (Soc Dems) said: Some good local news for Dublin the next phase of the traffic plan is due to improve Gardiner St and the area around Connolly Station and Busras this year. Hopefully, the positive outcome from the last phase will stop the usual suspects from panicking this time.The news was reported in The Irish Times this morning after IrishCycle.com reported most of the same details of the next steps of the plan back in October. The next steps confirmed by the report, and briefing response issued to councillors in October, include the planned two-way cycle path on Gardiner Street and work to make the Beresford Place/Amiens Street gyratory safer for cycling, which is to include a link to connect Clontarf to City Centre route currently stops at Connelly Station to the quays. IMAGE: A concept image of the two-way cycle path and greening on the street.IrishCycle.coms reporting in October followed awritten question asked by Cllr Feljin Jose (Green Party) who asked the chief executive to outline the next phases of the City Centre Transport Plan, including timelines for each phase. A written response in the name of Richard Shakespeare, chief executive of Dublin City Council, said: The main focus for 2025/2026 of the City Centre Transport Plan is the College Green Dame Street Project. He also mentioned the Gardiner Street and Beresford Place/Amiens Street gyratory plans.On Gardiner Street, the transport plan outlines: As a 1.2km-long corridor, Gardiner Street is a primary north-south link for North Dublin with high flows of traffic. As traffic interventions take effect, the street can be reconfigured to better facilitate public transport, pedestrian and cycle movements, while providing much-improved public realm. Safeguarded by a verge lined with trees, a 2-way cycle lane across the whole length of the corridor can afford fast cycling journeys.Additionally, a dedicated bus lane can be created for the southern half of the scheme, between Beresford Place and Parnell Street/Summerhill. The intersection between Beresford Pl and Gardiner St could become an attractive Gateway into the area through the use of signage, colour and lighting along the Loopline bridge andits arches, the plan outlines.It added: The interface of the street with Diamond Park can be developed as a landscape buffer to protect the space and the playground from vehicles and noise. This also affords the opportunity to create a landmark mid-street, with a light sign that announces Diamond Park. Lighting along the entire corridor can be used to reinforce the proposed intervention. Using the green verge as a the key unifying feature of the proposal, lighting will be provided at two levels, both shedding a light across the street at higher level and over the near-side pedestrian and cycling below canopy level.On College Green and Dame Street, as reported by this website previously, ahead of the long-term plaza plan, a plan to remove buses from the east-west section of College Green is being progressed. This was reflected in the updated BusConnect map published last year (see this PDF or also below)Buses will be moved off the route the BusConnects bus routing programme continues. In April 2025, the council said it expected that buses would be removed from College Green by Summer 2026, but its unclear if that timetable will still be met.