RAIL - Back On Track Forum

Media release 13th January 2015

Brisbane Bus Reform: 'FREE' bus upgrade for Seven Hills and Carina!

RAIL Back On Track (http://backontrack.org) a web based community support group for rail and public transport and an advocate for public transport passengers calls on Campbell Newman and Annastacia Palaszczuk to upgrade buses for Seven Hills and Carina residents.

Robert Dow, Spokesman for RAIL Back On Track said:

"As part of RAIL Back on Track's New Bus Network Proposal for Brisbane Seven Hills and Carina residents will get a bus upgrade. Our proposal for the 200 bus service recycles existing resources, can be achieved at virtually ZERO cost and requires no new infrastructure; this means it can be implemented within the first 100 days of winning office."

"The current BUZ 200 Carindale service duplicates the high frequency 222 Service from Coorparoo all along Old Cleveland Road to Carindale. Under bus reform, this duplication would go, giving high frequency bus service to more people in Seven Hills and Carina."


http://backontrack.org/docs/bus/reform/bus200.jpg
Image Credit: Whistling Nixie

New Bus Network Proposal > http://tiny.cc/newnetwork

New Bus Network Proposal Survey > http://tiny.cc/busreform

Current BCC Bus Network > http://tiny.cc/checkyourbus

A new Hi 200 Carindale bus would service:

* Queen Street Bus Station
* SE Busway through to Wooloongabba
* Macrossan Avenue
* Stanley Road
* Meadowlands Road
* Carindale Interchange.

"Maps comparing the current Brisbane City Council bus network to our New Bus Network Proposal are available (see links). RAIL Back on Track has also published extensive bus reform proposals for this election, including for marginal electorates such as Bulimba and Brisbane Central."

"The existing 222 Carindale service via the Eastern Busway can also be upgraded to a bus every 10 minutes all day at virtually zero cost with this proposal. Over time, super-buses capable of carrying 150 passengers should be phased into this route. International precedents show that super-buses can be run on surface streets with no busway infrastructure at all (e.g. Stockholm Bus Lines 3, 4, Paris RoissyBus to Paris-CDG Airport)."

"These simple reforms to the BCC bus network will result in greatly improved bus service for residents of East Brisbane, Norman Park, Seven Hills, and parts of Camp Hill and Carina. CityGlider-style stop spacing means high speed for all passengers and strong additional patronage along this improved route."

"Any public transport policy that does not have bus contracting and bus network reform at its core is unlikely to generate the necessary funds to pay for upgrades required all across Brisbane. The political party that offers genuine reform of rail and bus networks, together with fare reform, is the political party able to guarantee low cost and abundant public transport for all."

"We look forward to the response by Campbell Newman and Annastacia Palaszczuk, and swift publication of detailed transport policies on their respective websites."

Robert Dow
Administration
admin@backontrack.org
RAIL Back On Track http://backontrack.org

References:

The Principles Of Bus Network Reform, Frequency is Freedom
http://backontrack.org/docs/bus/reform/bus_reform.pdf

City's public transport will never improve while run by opposing sides Couriermail 11th April 2012 pages 18-19
http://backontrack.org/docs/cm/cm_11apr12_p18.jpg
http://backontrack.org/docs/cm/cm_11apr12_p19.jpg

The contracting of urban bus services – Recent Australian developments
Ian P. Wallis and David J. Bray, Research in Transportation Economics
Volume 48, December 2014, Pages 48–61.
http://doi:10.1016/j.retrec.2014.09.031

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