BCC: Who is leading the pack at this time? Public and active transport

[ozbob]

Have your say!

[ozbob]

Well,  it has been a most interesting campaign so far. 

Grandma always said '  always strive to say something kind Robert '  Ok Grandma ... 

[#Metro]

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[red dragin]

Where is the "I don't live in BCC so I don't have to vote for any of them" option 

[James]

Too early to call at this point. The election is still almost 2 months away. Whoever announces proper bus network reform will take the cake.

On an unrelated point, Noddy has some pretty poor PT policy IMO. Look at this video... not a single train station or light rail in sight.

[ozbob]

 

[ozbob]

Letter to the Editor Queensland Times 2nd February 2016 page 17

Brisbane needs to look closely at its network reform ideas

[ozbob]

Noddy Joke

One Morning, bright and early, Noddy was awoken by his alarm clock "thank you Alarm clock" he said "for waking me up this morning so I can go and see my best friend Big Ears."

He put his little red coat and blue hat & trousers on and went down stairs for his breakfast.

He ate his cereal (? fruit loops) as fast as he could and said "Thank you bowl and spoon for letting me eat my breakfast from you, so I can go and see my best friend Big Ears."

He then went to his little red and yellow car. He drove all the way across Toyland and stopped at Big Ears' house and said "thank you little red and yellow car for letting me drive you to see my best friend Big Ears".

He marched up to the front door and knocked on it... Big ears came to the door... Big ears looked at Noddy and said

" P%ss off Noddy, you give me the sh%ts!"   

[ozbob]

Have your say, rebooted the poll ..

[#Metro]

It is still quite singular and skimpy at this stage.

The Greens have mainly kept to tinkering with fares as their big policy. CentenaryGlider is welcome, but their policy suite in the PT area needs to be 'fuller'. Throw in BulimbaGlider, a few more BUZ routes and you'd have a more fuller policy suite.

The ALP have the Light Rail. Essentially puts steel wheels on the CityGlider bus at a cost of $1.2 billion and adds no new destinations to the network. This is very serious as the major trip generators - UQ, PA Hospital, RBWH are already served every 5 minutes by route 66 buses. As LRT runs in Priority B and buses in Priority A, LRT is likely to be slower and less frequent than the route 66 bus.

Unlike The Greens, ALP has a fuller policy mix. In addition to LRT, they have thrown in two transitways and a number of LX removals to round out their offering. Recently announced $20 million for bus upgrades "somewhere" Light Rail aside, it is a good balance of offerings.

Main weakness is that it is drip, drip drip... very irritating and hard to follow. Extreme lack of detail - map did not specify roads (!) LRT would run on, and even now nobody knows which suburbs will have the improved buses. Terrible way to treat voters.

Team Quirk have focused SINGULARLY on Metro as the headline act. No other PT policies beyond that. No new buses, BUZ routes or CityGliders announced yet. Metro is questionable, and even if built, would take at least 10 years to deliver - long after Quirk has left office. Proposal requires construction on non-BCC land and infrastructure. For this reason, is is unlikely to be built.

Needs more 'side dishes' to complement the main Metro proposal, such as new BUZ routes.

[ozbob]

Already a clear policy leader.  It is amazing that both the LNP and ALP have such serious issues with transport policy.  Crass politics leads to very poor outcomes.

Public transport in SEQ will not be majorly improved while BCC acts as it does.  No one it seems in Government or Council has the courage to sort the bus network.  Government, BCC, unions are all gutless. So mediocrity reigns ...