How to do Indro bus interchange.

[Derwan]

Here are the tender documents.  I can't see in the terms and conditions of the eTender site that I cannot share them.

http://www.derwan.com/railbot/PPB1012-specification.zip

[newbris]

Interesting that the tender documents heavily reference the translink SEQ network review and suggest they may still happen and must be taken into consideration. eg 444 terminating at Indro.

[James]

Interesting that the tender documents heavily reference the translink SEQ network review and suggest they may still happen and must be taken into consideration. eg 444 terminating at Indro.

Bus review changes proposed for the Indooroopilly area were not by any means revolutionary. And they still very much could be. If you could put this in tomorrow, you could cut off the 425, 430, 433, 435, 453 and 460 at Indooroopilly without much pain for anybody.

Taking a read through, already noticed a few errors.

Other routes to/via Indooroopilly Shopping Centre and the bus interchange include: 425, 235, 444, 250, 453,
454, 460, 433, 468, 415, and 414.

I'm going to assume they meant 435 and 450. They've also completely forgotten the 430 in their analysis. Not even TransLink knows all the buses that run down the Coro Drive conga line.

[ozbob]

Media release 15th September 2013



SEQ: Indooroopilly: Think Bus, Fill Train

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 welcomes interest
in an Indooroopilly Bus-Rail interchange.

Robert Dow, Spokesman for RAIL Back On Track said:

"By dividing the transport task between buses and trains, the frequency of buses can be
boosted and passenger waiting time can be slashed for little or no extra cost. Instead of
buses driving all the way to the CBD, often in Coronation Drive gridlock, buses can be
turned back at the train station to increase bus frequency near people's homes, cutting
waiting time."

"TransPerth, Western Australia has become a world leader in this field. The WA government
has built bus interchanges directly above train stations. Using identical trains to that
of Queensland Rail TransPerth trains outperform Queensland Rail on almost every metric -
frequency, connectivity, span of service, fares, cost recovery, and number of passengers
using the system."

"We need to follow Perth's lead - send buses to train stations. Only by doing this can
passengers get higher all day frequency near their homes for little or no extra operating
cost to the government."

"Our members' ideas on an Indooroopilly bus interchange appear in the link below.


http://i.imgur.com/JegYkA6.jpg

Reference:

1. How to do Indro bus interchange http://railbotforum.org/mbs/index.php?topic=9732.0

Contact:

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