13 Feb 2009: SEQ: If QR industrial action occurs next week ...

[ozbob]

Media Release 13 Feb 2009

SEQ:  If QR industrial action occurs next week, make public transport free Monday and Wednesday

RAIL Back On Track (http://backontrack.org) a web based community support group for rail and public transport and an advocate for public transport users has called for public transport on the TransLink network to be free on Monday and Wednesday should industrial action disrupt the Citytrain network.

Robert Dow, Spokesman for RAIL Back On Track said:

"We earnestly hope that even at this late stage a compromise can be reached by QR and the rail unions."

"However, the  promised transport chaos on Monday and Wednesday of next week will make it very difficult for bus and ferry operators to cope.  RAIL Back On Track calls for free travel for Monday and Wednesday.  There will be many delays and gridlock, and it is unreasonable to expect people to pay for a struggling service.  If people are forced to pay for fares it will only add to the delays and confusion on the buses and ferries.

"Anyone who holds a seasonal ticket such as a current weekly or monthly should be offered an expiry extension of up to two days as well."

Contact:

Robert Dow
Administration
admin@backontrack.org

[dwb]

Absolutely and they should have some cops out with traffic hats and give buses over cars in parks of the city!

I'm sure it would have been part of the emergency plan that started to get developed when the riverside expressway was closed. Just because it is two days and by industrial action doesn't mean similar measures to where they were getting to (not what they actually did) shouldn't be enacted.

[ozbob]

From the Brisbane mX 13th February 2009 page 1

Strike fare go



Thanks Mr Mickel for directing free travel on the buses and ferries had the strike action eventuated.