599

[ozbob]

http://download.translink.com.au/timetables/071001_598,599.pdf

[#Metro]

Trial buses every 15 minutes.
Nobody is going to catch a bus that comes every 30 minutes.

[#Metro]

Time to fix suburb-suburb and cross town transport.
http://download.translink.com.au/timetables/071001_598,599.pdf

This bus has so many problems: poor frequency, timetable is very difficult to remember and inconvenient stops, but it has so much potential in improving suburb-suburb transport.

• Livery: New bright orange all bus wrap just like the CityLoop, Spring Hill loop or the CityGlider
• Frequency: Increase the frequency to every 15 minutes off peak, possibly a trial of every 10 minutes on selected sections or during peak hour/school hour
• Timetabling: Timetabling looks random apart from 2 services per hour. Clock face timetable is essential.
• Timetabling: Synchronize with a rail station or service. A good candidate is Indooroopilly station
• Routing:

There are places where the bus is separate from the other buses or the stop is near another one that is served by a different route. This makes transfers harder and forces people to walk or go searching for the bus stop. An example is Chermside.

• Numbering:

The numbering should be easy to remember. Route 1 and Route 2 are proposed.

[#Metro]

How to increase patronage on the GCL???

GIMMICKS!!! 



Photograph modified from R.Dow...

[#Metro]

If they wrap buses in ads for Bologaise sauces, telstra phones etc, why can't they wrap it in something that will increase patronage?
Wraps can be quickly removed, like any other full bus advertising wrap.

[Otto]

The original GCL buses did have the names of the Shopping Centres that they serviced plastered all over their sides.. ( pre Expo 88 )