Number of reported bus service disruptions from 23 Jan - 16 Apr 2023

[ozbob]

Reported bus service disruptions by Translink
Record is kept here > https://railbot.info/forum/index.php?topic=229.0 

For the period 8 September 2022 through to 20 January 2023 average reported bus disruptions per day was 80.

For period 23 January 2023 through to  16 April 2023 the average was reported bus disruptions per day was 110, a 38% increase.

School resumed 23 January 2023

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Translink Reported Bus Service Disruptions

Date	Day	Number	Date	Day	Number	Date	Day	Number
23 Jan 2023	Mon	66	20 Feb 2023	Mon	127	20 Mar 2023	Mon	147
24 Jan 2023	Tue	62	21 Feb 2023	Tue	110	21 Mar 2023	Tue	85
25 Jan 2023	Wed	113	22 Feb 2023	Wed	158	22 Mar 2023	Wed	111
26 Jan 2023	Thu PH	29	23 Feb 2023	Thu	169	23 Mar 2023	Thu	155
27 Jan 2023	Fri	137*	24 Feb 2023	Fri	138	24 Mar 2023	Fri	196
28 Jan 2023	Sat	31	25 Feb 2023	Sat	44	25 Mar 2023	Sat	53
29 Jan 2023	Sun	33	26 Feb 2023	Sun	15	26 Mar 2023	Sun	30
30 Jan 2023	Mon	93	27 Feb 2023	Mon	92	27 Mar 2023	Mon	148
31 Jan 2023	Tue	352*	28 Feb 2023	Tue	103	28 Mar 2023	Tue	134
1 Feb 2023	Wed	89	1 Mar 2023	Wed	139	29 Mar 2023	Wed	150
2 Feb 2023	Thu	140	2 Mar 2023	Thu	143	30 Mar 2023	Thu	133
3 Feb 2023	Fri	147	3 Mar 2023	Fri	211	31 Mar 2023	Fri	264
4 Feb 2023	Sat	48	4 Mar 2023	Sat	28	1 Apr 2023	Sat	84
5 Feb 2023	Sun	25	5 Mar 2023	Sun	11	2 Apr 2023	Sun	34
6 Feb 2023	Mon	108	6 Mar 2023	Mon	99	3 Apr 2023	Mon	87
7 Feb 2023	Tue	158*	7 Mar 2023	Tue	109	4 Apr 2023	Tue	116
8 Feb 2023	Wed	171	8 Mar 2023	Wed	137	5 Apr 2023	Wed	116
9 Feb 2023	Thu	95	9 Mar 2023	Thu	133	6 Apr 2023	Thu	198
10 Feb 2023	Fri	131	10 Mar 2023	Fri	241	7 Apr 2023	Fri	20
11 Feb 2023	Sat	43	11 Mar 2023	Sat	36	8 Apr 2023	Sat	60
12 Feb 2023	Sun	27	12 Mar 2023	Sun	25	9 Apr 2023	Sun	19
13 Feb 2023	Mon	116	13 Mar 2023	Mon	93	10 Apr 2023	Mon	28
14 Feb 2023	Tue	131	14 Mar 2023	Tue	136	11 Apr 2023	Tue	60
15 Feb 2023	Wed	208	15 Mar 2023	Wed	138	12 Apr 2023	Wed	137
16 Feb 2023	Thu	233	16 Mar 2023	Thu	131	13 Apr 2023	Thu	152
17 Feb 2023	Fri	351	17 Mar 2023	Fri	205	14 Apr 2023	Fri	170
18 Feb 2023	Sat	52	18 Mar 2023	Sat	43	15 Apr 2023	Sat	26
19 Feb 2023	Sun	10	19 Mar 2023	Sun	21	16 Apr 2023	Sun	22

*27th January 2023 there was a bus with mechanical failure that blocked CC outbound for a while, and both directions of busway closed while bus was removed. This has bumped it up a bit.

*31st January 2023 Industrial action with Gold Coast bus services. Massive service cancellations.

*7th February 2023 Broken down bus on SEB. Lots of delays. These are generally not reported individually.

*7-10 April 2023 Easter holiday period.

*1-16 April school holidays

[ozbob]

Remember this is just the ' reported ' service disruptions.  We know a number are not reported.
You can cross the reference the RSS feed against the twitter feed, they are obviously not up to task at the out-sourced IT mob.

Still, gives a relative idea of the degree of the 'state of shambles' of the bus network is in!

And it varies from ratsh%t to super ratsh%t! 

Put that in your pipe and smoke it         




The Saints were a Brisbane rock band which formed in 1973.
The band was founded by Chris Bailey (RIP).  On the money the Saints!!

[ozbob]

Interesting to note the increasing trend of reported service disruptions as the week proceeds 

It is not getting any better.

For the period 8 September 2022 through to 20 January 2023 average reported bus disruptions per day was 80.

For this period the average was reported bus disruptions per day was 110, a 38% increase.

[ozbob]

Sent to all outlets:

Update on the number of reported bus service disruptions by Translink Queensland

17th April 2023

Further to our interim report on the 15th March 2023 (1) we can now report the overall reported bus service disruptions for the period 23 January 2023 through to the 16 April 2023. This covers the first school term and holiday period.

For the period 8 September 2022 through to 20 January 2023 average reported bus disruptions per day was 80.

For period 23 January 2023 through to 16 April 2023 the average reported bus disruptions per day was 110, a 38% increase.
Disruptions on the bus networks are getting worse, not better (see https://railbotforum.org/mbs/index.php?topic=15050.0 ).

Please note this is just the ' reported ' service disruptions.  We know a number are not reported, but it gives a good idea of how the bus networks are performing.  Most of the reported service disruptions are service cancellations due to a lack of bus drivers.

Interesting to note the increasing trend of reported service disruptions as the week proceeds.  There could be a number of reasons for this, for example driver fatigue, illness, drivers tired of doing extra shifts.  Be interesting to know the ' official explanation ' for this trend. The jurisdictions with the biggest problems are the Gold Coast and Brisbane.

It might be time for the Minister for Transport and Translink to detail what is being done to address the driver shortfall.  In the case of Brisbane, it might be time to do some network reorganisation and rather than continue to run buses in parallel to rail, and start feeding the rail network properly.

Daily Translink Reported Bus Service Disruptions
https://backontrack.org/docs/bus/service_disruptions/busreported26.jpg



Average reported daily bus service disruptions
https://backontrack.org/docs/bus/service_disruptions/dailyaverages1.jpg




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

Reference:

1. Bus networks in serious disarray
https://railbotforum.org/yourls/4v
15th March 2023

[ozbob]

Facebook ...

Update on the number of reported bus service disruptions by Translink Queensland 17th April 2023 Further to our...

Posted by RAIL - Back On Track on Sunday, 16 April 2023

[ozbob]

https://twitter.com/railbotforum/status/1647970226015985667

[ozbob]

https://twitter.com/ozbob13/status/1647971406431526919

[ozbob]

Sent to all outlets:

Re: Update on the number of reported bus service disruptions by Translink Queensland

20th April 2023

Greetings,

Been reported in the Gold Coast Bulletin that the State Government is investigating changes to working visas to plug holes in bus driver shortages.

Gold Coast bus driver shortages: State government's surprise solution
https://www.goldcoastbulletin.com.au/news/transport/gold-coast-bus-driver-shortages-state-governments-surprise-solution/news-story/73b91bdadc2a74ee576beff66fa80329

Despite the headline, this is not a surprise solution, in fact it was discussed a number of times in 2022, but it seems it has taken a while for the State Government to get on the bus!

I had a chance meeting with a retired Brisbane bus and tram driver the other day.  He made the comment that getting retired drivers to resume driving ( another touted solution to the driver shortage ) needs financial support for the necessary medical and licence fees.  I thought that was good point and needs investigating as well.  Retired bus drivers are reluctant to return to driving if it is going to cost them upfront expenditure.

We continue to monitor the number of reported bus service disruptions at  https://railbotforum.org/mbs/index.php?topic=15142.0
Yesterday, Wednesday 19th April 2023, 131 reported service disruptions.  Not going too well is it?

Best wishes,
Robert

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

Sent to all outlets:

Update on the number of reported bus service disruptions by Translink Queensland

17th April 2023

Further to our interim report on the 15th March 2023 (1) we can now report the overall reported bus service disruptions for the period 23 January 2023 through to the 16 April 2023. This covers the first school term and holiday period.

For the period 8 September 2022 through to 20 January 2023 average reported bus disruptions per day was 80.

For period 23 January 2023 through to 16 April 2023 the average reported bus disruptions per day was 110, a 38% increase.
Disruptions on the bus networks are getting worse, not better (see https://railbotforum.org/mbs/index.php?topic=15050.0 ).

Please note this is just the ' reported ' service disruptions.  We know a number are not reported, but it gives a good idea of how the bus networks are performing.  Most of the reported service disruptions are service cancellations due to a lack of bus drivers.

Interesting to note the increasing trend of reported service disruptions as the week proceeds.  There could be a number of reasons for this, for example driver fatigue, illness, drivers tired of doing extra shifts.  Be interesting to know the ' official explanation ' for this trend. The jurisdictions with the biggest problems are the Gold Coast and Brisbane.

It might be time for the Minister for Transport and Translink to detail what is being done to address the driver shortfall.  In the case of Brisbane, it might be time to do some network reorganisation and rather than continue to run buses in parallel to rail, and start feeding the rail network properly.

Daily Translink Reported Bus Service Disruptions
https://backontrack.org/docs/bus/service_disruptions/busreported26.jpg



Average reported daily bus service disruptions
https://backontrack.org/docs/bus/service_disruptions/dailyaverages1.jpg




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

Reference:

1. Bus networks in serious disarray
https://railbotforum.org/yourls/4v
15th March 2023

[ozbob]

https://twitter.com/railbotforum/status/1648747571215761408

[ozbob]

Interviews on Mornings ABC Gold Coast Radio 20th April 2023. Host Sarah Cummings.

Minister Mark Bailey, Robert Dow RBoT

Minister discusses the bus driver shortages and visa changes, and a bit on the M1

Robert Dow discusses solutions to the bus driver shortages.

Here --> https://backontrack.org/docs/abcgc/abcgc_mb_rd_20apr23.mp3 6.0MB

[ozbob]

^ It has taken near on a year, at least the Minister for Transport is talking publicly about the bus driver shortages.  The Government needs to give more support to the bus operators in recruiting drivers, a point I make in the interview on the 20th April 2023 on Gold Coast ABC Radio ^.