4 Mar 2012: SEQ: Legacy way's 2000 daily express buses - we don't believe it ..

[ozbob]

Discussion for P443 trial > http://railbotforum.org/mbs/index.php?topic=11508.0

[hU0N]

Missed opportunity. Imagine a busway branching off INB at Countess Street, under Petrie Terrace, over ICB, station and portal at the stadium/Castelmaine St, then dropping underground and joining the tunnel where it passes under the Paddo.

[ozbob]

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19th June 2015

P443 Rocket Bus trial via Legacy Way

Good Morning,

A trial of the P443 Rocket Bus via Legacy Way is welcome.  However it does expose the failure to properly enable Legacy Way for buses as indicated by the former Lord Mayor of Brisbane Campbell Newman (see below).

Because the bus connection from Legacy way to Inner Northern Busway was not done, buses using Legacy Way tunnel really have a circuitous route at the CBD end, particularly outbound which works against faster journey times.

The P443 bus service is a peak hour service only.  The present timetable has 7 peak inbound services, and 6 peak outbound services.

A long way from the claimed ' 2000 express buses daily' ..

Must be an election looming.

The Legacy Way bus connection failure is a 'world class' example of poor politics and failed transport planning in the ' smarter state ' ..

Oh. dear.

Best wishes
Robert

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

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30th May 2015

Re: SEQ: Legacy way's 2000 daily express buses - we don't believe it Campbell!

Good Morning,

If the Legacy Way bus bull isn't enough deceit.  We can add the BaT tunnel propaganda exercise ( http://railbotforum.org/mbs/index.php?topic=2034.msg156875#msg156875 )  to the deceit pedalled by our failed Governments.

What a shocking situation we have with public transport in Queensland.  Will the incompetence and misrepresentation be rewarded?  Of course, it is in their DNA ..

Best wishes
Robert

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

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16th May 2015

SEQ: Legacy way's 2000 daily express buses - we don't believe it Campbell!

Greetings,

Lots of hype building concerning Legacy Way.  The way the community has been conned concerning the lack of a bus connection from Legacy Way to the Inner Northern Busway is deplorable.  But it again highlights the failing attitude of Governments, Brisbane City Council and the transport authorities with respect to public transport.

Here is the letter where the former Lord Mayor of Brisbane stated up to 2000 daily express buses on Northern Link (the original name for Legacy Way).



We note a Queensland Parliament E-petition for the extension of the Eastern Busway.

Prioritise the Eastern Busway completion to Redland City

>> http://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/work-of-assembly/petitions/e-petition?PetNum=2388

This petition is being promoted by the Deputy Mayor.  Amazing hypocrisy that Council, State and Federal Governments could not find the $50M to enable Legacy Way for ' 2000 express buses daily '  out of project savings,  but think that a billion dollars or more for a busway extension is fine ..

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Media release 4 March 2012 re-released 16th May 2015

SEQ: Legacy way's 2000 daily express buses - we don't believe it Campbell!

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 highlighted the promise that 'bus users will be able to benefit with up to 2000 express buses able to use Northern Link each day' (1).

Robert Dow, Spokesman for RAIL Back On Track said:

"RAIL Back On Track at the time doubted claims whether 2000 'express' buses per day was truly genuine (see calculations below) and wondered if it was just 'transit-wash', which is using fringe benefits of public transport to curry up favour for a road project whose actual purpose is to provide more road space and resources for car travel (2)."

Calculations

2000 express buses
18 hours per day 2000 buses / 18 hours of service = 111 buses per hour on average
60 minutes in one hour = 3600 seconds in one hour
3600 seconds in one hour / 111 buses per hour
is a bus every 32 seconds
(or assuming all the trips are return trips, a bus a minute).

"One of the most audacious publicly obvious failings in Western Suburbs transport planning was boasting about making a $300 million dollar 'saving' on Legacy Way but then, in the same release, claiming that $50 million dollars could not be found for a bus interconnection to the busway to allow council's own buses to use the Legacy Way (Northern Link Tunnel)"

"The idea of public transport being able to use Legacy Way appears to have been set up to fail and nothing but 'transit-wash'.

"Brisbane City Council is continuing its bizarre record of removing bus lanes from Brisbane's most unreliable road - Coronation Drive, so that its own bus services carrying its own ratepayers are all slowed down and bus operating costs for its own fleet are increased."

"RAIL Back On Track again calls for the total abandonment of 'balanced transport' policies and a shift to 'rebalanced transport' based around walking, cycling, buses, ferries and rail."

References

1. http://railbotforum.org/mbs/index.php?topic=4459.msg35456#msg35456

2. Greenwashing, Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenwashing

Contact:

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

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Farce!

Best wishes
Robert

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

[ozbob]

Discussion P443 trial > http://railbotforum.org/mbs/index.php?topic=11508.msg157769#msg157769

[ozbob]

Missed opportunity. Imagine a busway branching off INB at Countess Street, under Petrie Terrace, over ICB, station and portal at the stadium/Castelmaine St, then dropping underground and joining the tunnel where it passes under the Paddo.

Amen!