13 Aug 2014: CheckYourBus: Brisbane City Council Bus Network Map at new URL!

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Media release 13th August 2014

CheckYourBus: Brisbane City Council Bus Network Map at new URL!

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 has encouraged residents across Brisbane City to CheckYourBus!

Robert Dow, Spokesman for RAIL Back On Track said:

"RAIL Back on Track welcomes the prime time news coverage by 7 news last evening on buses in the BCC area and recent radio coverage of the same. Brisbane residents are paying around $400 per annum to Brisbane City Council for buses so we think it is only fair that a service quality map showing what services are like in their local area is available."

"Neither BCC nor TransLink has publicly released a system map of the bus network, despite this being standard practice overseas, for example, in Vancouver (Canada) and Toronto (Canada). We therefore plotted our own."

"Now Brisbane residents can see for themselves the BCC bus services in their own area with our CheckYourBus map, now at an easier to access web address, which is here:

--> http://tiny.cc/checkyourbus

"RAIL Back on Track seeks bipartisan commitment to full scale bus network and rail reform from all parties contesting the 2015 Queensland Election. Queensland Rail must be put on a path to driver only operations and the BCC bus network must be rationalised. This way, low cost and abundant public transport for SEQ can be guaranteed."

CheckYourBus
http://i998.photobucket.com/albums/af104/tramtrain/CheckYourBusPNG_zpsc1cc4a96.png



Contact:

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

References:

Channel 7 News Public Transport Black Spots http://t.co/9oo4euXLsq (2 minutes:31 seconds)

Interview 4BC Drive with host Ben Davis and Robert Dow on the map and problem areas
http://backontrack.org/docs/4bc/140730_002ed.mp3

9 Jul 2014: Brisbane City Council Bus Network Map Released
http://railbotforum.org/mbs/index.php?topic=10812.msg144053#msg144053

Basics: the case for frequency mapping
'A transit map that makes all lines look equally important is like a
road map that doesn't show the difference between a freeway and a
gravel road.'
http://www.humantransit.org/2010/08/basics-the-case-for-frequency-mapping.html

Feedback Link for Check Your Bus map
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1tG-bkFM-f8Wwz-4xDGvWAkEL4_Zi_AW8ixyMVB72bHM/viewform?usp=send_form

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