22 Apr 2022: Brisbane ' Metro' Pilot electric bi-articulated bus is here!

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Brisbane ' Metro'  Pilot electric bi-articulated bus is here!

22nd April 2022

RAIL Back On Track supports the improvement of the Brisbane bus network.  The move to electric bi-articulated buses on the core busway routes will allow for proper long overdue Brisbane bus network reform, and is welcomed and strongly supported.

The 'Brisbane Metro' is not what is generally accepted to be a true metro system, which is a heavy railway with exclusive rights of way.  The Brisbane Metro is in fact a Bus Rapid Transit system.  The so called ' metro vehicles ' are electric bi-articulated (bi-artic) buses (double-articulated buses).  This is the first time bi-articulated buses will be used in Australia, although bi-articulated buses are in service globally in around 14 countries at present.

The Lord Mayor has made a point of mentioning the wide tinted panoramic windows on the bi-articulated buses. We do hope that advertising wraps are not applied over the windows!  Windows on public transport vehicles are to provide vision into and out of the vehicles, they should NOT be used as a platform for advertising wraps.

Reference:

BCC: The metro

https://www.brisbane.qld.gov.au/traffic-and-transport/public-transport/brisbane-metro/the-metro#pilot-testing

Robert Dow
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RAIL Back On Track https://backontrack.org

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