22 Apr 2012: Brisbane: Council Elections 2012: Who will offer a Bulimba Glider?

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Media release 22 April 2012

Brisbane: Council Elections 2012: Who will offer a Bulimba Glider?

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 Lord Mayoral Candidates to commit to the introduction of a 'Bulimba Glider' - high frequency bus service between Bulimba and the CBD.

Robert Dow, Spokesman for RAIL Back On Track said:

"The problems in the Bulimba 'no go' public transport blackout zone are well known - low frequency bus services, terrible weekend an night services, services that disappear immediately after peak hour, buses doing safari tours of Bulimba back-streets and services becoming one way only at night."

"These problems have been recently detailed by the Quest South East Advertiser together with a long history of major parking problems in Bulimba that could be fixed with a decent bus upgrade (1)."

"During the Brisbane City Council election campaign we have seen promises for free sunscreen in parks, traffic light countdown timers, and so forth. Why not tackle a bread-and-butter issue that matters to a lot of people facing high registration, rising car insurance premiums and costly petrol - fix public transport."

"The Maroon CityGlider should be scrapped and used to fund a Bulimba Glider service. A large amount of development in Bulimba has  occurred in Bulimba in recent years, and the Brisbane City Council appears to have dropped the ball on this issue, and have known about the problems since 2009."

"Now is the perfect opportunity to fix it. BUZ Bulimba!"

Reference:

1. Busy Bulimba could use its own Cityglider service  http://railbotforum.org/mbs/index.php?topic=7603.msg95415#msg95415

Contact:

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

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