Government policy is to get people out of their cars and moving more sustainably. This will mean using public transport more, as well as more cycling and walking.
Minister for Transport Eamon Ryan has said reallocating road space will be a key policy.
The changes are being driven by climate targets, but advocates also argue more sustainable transport will make cities more livable and enjoyable spaces.
However, will those changes work for everyone?
RTÉ News has been hearing from some people with disabilities about their concerns.
Sophia Mulvaney is a young activist, wheelchair user and spokesperson for the campaign group Access for All.
She campaigns to make public transport accessible for people with disabilities. Like many of her generation, Ms Mulvaney wants climate action, but says it will not happen as fast as it needs to unless everyone is included.
One long-standing issue is lifts at train and DART stations in Dublin, which sometimes are broken.
Iarnród Éireann does provide information online to let people know if lifts at stations are working, but Ms Mulvaney says that system is unreliable.
"If I want to go out somewhere with my friends that would involve the train, I wouldn't be able to, because I wouldn’t be able to rely on getting there in a calm manner," she said.
"It would be loads of extra hassle that an able-bodied person wouldn’t have to go through."
Ms Mulvaney says travelling by bus in Dublin can also be stressful, because there is just one space for a wheelchair on each bus.
If a bus arrives and there is already somebody with a wheelchair or a buggy on board, then she has to wait for another.
It also means she cannot travel with another wheelchair user.
"If I had a friend that was also in a wheelchair we’d have to go on separate buses," she explained.
Ms Mulvaney thinks that at the moment, public transport is not an option for everyone.
"They tell us to leave the cars at home and to go on buses and trains and more public transport, but if they want proper climate action then it needs to include everyone and not exclude any sort of minorities," Ms Mulvaney said.
Chris White, the CEO of the National Council for the Blind Ireland, points out that only 6% of people with a disability use public transport and says sustainability will have to mean including more people.
"Things like bus stops that have cycle paths through them are very challenging," he said.
Mr White says the NCBI is all for sustainable transport, but it needs to be done with consideration for everyone.
"It's all very well to say we’ll have more cycle lanes, and we’ll have electric cars, but both of those things have a direct impact on people with sight loss who have become used to...a way of navigating around the city," he said.
Cycle lanes can also be of benefit to some people who have a disability.
Susanne McKenna takes out an adult tricycle from the Bike Hub in Dun Laoghaire every week. It is free to use and comes with an electric motor to help her pedal.
She has had a brain injury and when asked to describe what her weekly cycle does for her, she says that "It’s magic".
"I always cycled everywhere all my life and then when I had the stroke, I couldn’t cycle anymore, because I’m blind on my left side, I’m not allowed to drive anymore. It totally changed my whole life, took everything away," Ms McKenna said.
She is accompanied on her cycles by a companion to keep her safe and says this weekly taste of freedom is possible because of the segregated bike route.
"It has to be a cycle lane, because first of all, I’m not insured unless I’m on a cycle lane and because of my eyesight," she said.
"I know, when I’m on a cycle lane, I keep the white line to my right."
While each person with a disability has a unique set of needs and attitudes to sustainable travel, they all want their voice to be heard.
Ms McKenna said that people are "very unaware of people with disabilities in Ireland" and she talks of an architect friend who says every architecture student should spend a week in a wheelchair.
Ms Mulvaney wants action rather than words.
"They need to actually do what they say they’re going to do and not just saying 'we’ll do that in the next 10 years or the next 20 years’, because no that’s good enough," she said.
"They need to be doing it now or they need to be doing it as soon as possible."
Mr White said that the first thought must always be consideration and "how we support not only the 55,000 people with sight loss in Ireland but the 650,000 people with disabilities in our country".
The Government says it is committed to ensuring people with disabilities and their representatives are meaningfully involved in developing policies on sustainable transport and this will be done in line with Ireland’s obligations under the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
Disability groups will be among the stakeholders at the National Sustainability Mobility Forum, which is meeting for the first time this week in Athlone.
The forum is taking stock of sustainable mobility policies and feeding into their further development.
