Bus delays, cancellations ...

[ozbob]

http://www.translink.com.au/servicechange.php?1276741853

Route 555 diversions in the CBD

Elizabeth St, Brisbane has been reduced to one lane of traffic due to a burst water pipe at the intersection of Elizabeth and Albert Streets.

Route 555 (Loganholme bus station to Brisbane City) buses will be able to use stop number 81, near the intersection of George and Elizabeth Streets. Stops 82 and 83 near the intersection of Albert Street are unable to be used.

Some delays may be experienced.

[ozbob]

http://translink.com.au/servicechange.php?1276842541

Service Disruption: Bus Route 385

Passengers may experience delays boarding bus route 385 at King George Square and Cultural Centre bus stations due to a large number of passengers travelling to Suncorp Stadium.

Shuttle buses will operate from 5pm this afternoon departing from the Cultural Centre and King George Square bus stations to transport patrons directly to Suncorp Stadium.

[ozbob]

http://translink.com.au/servicechange.php?1277187663

Service Disruption to Sunnybank Bus Routes

Brisbane Transport advised TransLink that bus routes 130, 135, 139, 140, 155 and 160 are delayed up to 30 minutes.

This is due to a traffic incident on Mains Road causing traffic congestion throughout Sunnybank.

[ozbob]

Artha not talking to Martha ...

It has come to our attention that the 391 campus shuttle service has not been running as per the published timetable.

Facilities Management has been in contact with Translink who have informed us that there was an error made in their roster service, whereby the 2009 Semester break timetable was being used instead of the agreed 2010 timetable. As of 10am today (Tuesday 29 June), Translink have organised an immediate fill-in service to enable the buses to once again run at 15 minute intervals (approximately).

We are aware that the missed services on Monday and Tuesday of this week have resulted in staff being unable to get to meetings and work on time. Facilities Management apologise for the inconvenience, stress and frustration that this has caused. Thank you to all staff who took the trouble to inform us of this issue.

the 391 is a shuttle that runs between QUT GP and QUT Kelvin Grove

[ozbob]

http://www.translink.com.au/servicechange.php?1277864314

Bus delays - Brunswick Street, Fortitude Valley

Delays for passengers on bus routes 193, 195, 196, 197 and 199 due to an accident  on the corner of McLachlan Street and Brunswick Street, Fortitude Valley. McLachlan Street is currently closed.

[ozbob]

http://www.translink.com.au/servicechange.php?1278487596

Bus delays: northern and western suburbs

Many buses departing the Brisbane CBD for northern and western suburbs are delayed due to very heavy traffic congestion on Lutwyche and Gympie roads and Coronation Drive.

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[#Metro]

Bus lanes    bus lanes  bus lanes

How many delays this month now?

[ozbob]

http://translink.com.au/servicechange.php?1279093444

Bus Delays Lutwyche Road

Due to a coach breakdown on Lutwyche Road, Lutwyche, some outbound 300 series buses will be experiencing delays of up to 20 minutes.

Affected services

   * Bus number 300
   * Bus number 301
   * Bus number 302
   * Bus number 303
   * Bus number 304
   * Bus number 305
   * Bus number 306
   * Bus number 307
   * Bus number 308
   * Bus number 310
   * Bus number 311
   * Bus number 312
   * Bus number 313
   * Bus number 314
   * Bus number 315
   * Bus number 320
   * Bus number 321
   * Bus number 322
   * Bus number 325
   * Bus number 326
   * Bus number 327
   * Bus number 328
   * Bus number 330
   * Bus number 333
   * Bus number 334
   * Bus number 335
   * Bus number 336
   * Bus number 337
   * Bus number 338
   * Bus number 340
   * Bus number 344
   * Bus number 345
   * Bus number 346
   * Bus number 350
   * Bus number 351
   * Bus number 352
   * Bus number 353
   * Bus number 354
   * Bus number 357
   * Bus number 358
   * Bus number 359
   * Bus number 360
   * Bus number 361
   * Bus number 362
   * Bus number 363
   * Bus number 364
   * Bus number 367
   * Bus number 370
   * Bus number 372
   * Bus number 373
   * Bus number 375
   * Bus number 376
   * Bus number 377
   * Bus number 378
   * Bus number 379
   * Bus number 380
   * Bus number 381
   * Bus number 382
   * Bus number 383
   * Bus number 385
   * Bus number 390
   * Bus number 391
   * Bus number 393
   * Bus number 396
   * Bus number 397
   * Bus number 398
   * Bus number 399
   * Bus number N310
   * Bus number N330
   * Bus number N385
   * Bus number N390
   * Bus number P331
   * Bus number P332
   * Bus number P339
   * Bus number P341
   * Bus number P343
   * Bus number P344
   * Bus number P356
   * Bus number P374
   * Bus number P384

[tronixstuff]

Artha not talking to Martha ...

It has come to our attention that the 391 campus shuttle service has not been running as per the published timetable.

Facilities Management has been in contact with Translink who have informed us that there was an error made in their roster service, whereby the 2009 Semester break timetable was being used instead of the agreed 2010 timetable. As of 10am today (Tuesday 29 June), Translink have organised an immediate fill-in service to enable the buses to once again run at 15 minute intervals (approximately).

We are aware that the missed services on Monday and Tuesday of this week have resulted in staff being unable to get to meetings and work on time. Facilities Management apologise for the inconvenience, stress and frustration that this has caused. Thank you to all staff who took the trouble to inform us of this issue.

the 391 is a shuttle that runs between QUT GP and QUT Kelvin Grove

That's just the tip of the iceberg with QUT...

[ozbob]

http://translink.com.au/servicechange.php?1279097084

Bus Delays Coronation Drive

Due to earlier traffic incidents, there are delays on Coronation Drive and Milton Road affecting bus routes 411, 412, 415, 416, 417, 433, 444, 445, 453, 454 and 460.
Affected services

    * Bus number 411
    * Bus number 412
    * Bus number 415
    * Bus number 416
    * Bus number 417
    * Bus number 433
    * Bus number 444
    * Bus number 445
    * Bus number 453
    * Bus number 454
    * Bus number 460

[#Metro]

Why am I not surprised?!

Take the train.

[Mozz]

At 3.45pm jumped on my Giant CRX4 roadbike and took off down ann street, hit north quay and the traffic outbound on the riverside expressway was stopped, drove along the coro drive bikeway and at 3.50 the traffic was banked up halfway along coro drive going inbound to the city - chaos I tell you chaos.

[ozbob]

Twitter

TransLinkSEQ
 
Bus services through Eight Mile Plains station - delayed up to 35 minutes due to bus breakdown.
2 minutes ago via API

[ozbob]

Twitter

TransLink SEQ
 
Delays on bus routes 402, 411, 412, 444, P443. Visit http://translink.com.au for more.

8 minutes ago via API

[ozbob]

Twitter

TransLinkSEQ
 
Inbound bus services Chermside to the City can expect delays due to an earlier incident on Lutwyche Rd in Lutwyche.

10 minutes ago via API

[ozbob]

Twitter

TransLink SEQ
 
Disruptions to outbound Southside bus services due to heavy traffic on the Logan Motorway after an earlier incident at Rochedale.
4 minutes ago via API

[Jonno]

Bus lanes bus lanes bus lanes....smart smart smart

[#Metro]

No traffic and no delay, feeder buses to rail is the way.

[Golliwog]

http://www.translink.com.au/servicechange.php?1280907855
Disruptions to services to Western Suburbs

Passengers may experience delays of up to 15 minutes due to heavy traffic congestion on Coronation Drive, Milton Road and the Centenary Highway.

Affected services
•Bus number 385
•Bus number 412
•Bus number 444
•Bus number P384
•Bus number P443

[#Metro]

Disruptions to services to Western Suburbs

Passengers may experience delays of up to 15 minutes due to heavy traffic congestion on Coronation Drive, Milton Road and the Centenary Highway.

Surprise surprise, which roads are they again?
The sooner more trains are put on the Ipswich Line and the majority of bus routes are re-organised into timed rail feeder services, the better.  

Feed me!  feeder bus feeder bus  feeder bus feeder bus

[ozbob]

Twitter

TransLink SEQ
 
Passengers travelling on Northbound services may expect delays of up to 30 mins due to heavy traffic on Gympie Road in Chermside Aspley.
about 1 hour ago via API

[ozbob]

Twitter

TransLinkSEQ
 
Westside passengers travelling on Coronation Drive can expect delays of up to 15 mins due to heavy traffic - http://twurl.nl/jafjca

23 minutes ago via API

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http://www.translink.com.au/servicechange.php?1281426448

Delays on Coronation Drive

Services using Coronation Drive can expect delays of up to 15 minutes due to heavy traffic congestion.  Both outbound and inbound routes have been effected.

Customers are advised to consider other transport options.
Affected services

    * Bus number 402
    * Bus number 411
    * Bus number 412
    * Bus number 428
    * Bus number 444
    * Bus number 454
    * Bus number P443
    * Bus number P458
    * Bus number P459
    * Bus number P461

[#Metro]

15 minutes! That's more than it takes to transfer from bus to rail at an interchange!


Other transport options? Like what? A car? So they too can sit in the traffic jam?

Time to get feeder buses feeding rail happening!

[Jonno]

Twitter

TransLinkSEQ
 
Westside passengers travelling on Coronation Drive can expect delays of up to 15 mins due to heavy traffic - http://twurl.nl/jafjca

23 minutes ago via API

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http://www.translink.com.au/servicechange.php?1281426448

Delays on Coronation Drive

Services using Coronation Drive can expect delays of up to 15 minutes due to heavy traffic congestion.  Both outbound and inbound routes have been effected.

Customers are advised to consider other transport options.
Affected services

    * Bus number 402
    * Bus number 411
    * Bus number 412
    * Bus number 428
    * Bus number 444
    * Bus number 454
    * Bus number P443
    * Bus number P458
    * Bus number P459
    * Bus number P461

What happened to the Go Between Bridge and the fancy (yet ugly) flyover reducing congestion.  What it hasn't worked?  Surely not.  It has worked everywhere else in the world....oh hang on that should be "IT HAS NEVER WORKED ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE WORLD".  Any easy mistake to make.  Pity it cost us so much.

[#Metro]

TransLink et al. cannot expect people to shift to some imaginary alternative when this keeps happening on Coronation drive. It will only get worse as Brisbane becomes bigger.

IMHO the only buses that should be running down Coronation drive should be an articulated BUZ 444 and the BUZ 412.
There is no need for any other buses to be going down Coronation drive. They should all be re-arranged to become feeder bus services that terminate at railway stations. An interchange at Indooroopilly should be seriously looked at.

And while they are at it, throw in a few more trains on the Ipswich Line.

[#Metro]

I don't believe I am reading this. Something very serious must have happened.

South East Busways closure

The South East busway is closed from the Cultural Centre to Eight Mile Plains busways stations due to a police incident.

This closure is affecting inbound and outbound services.

Buses are following alternate routes.

Passengers between Cultural Centre to Eight Mile Plains in bound and outbound should consider alternate arrangements.

It is anticipated that the affected busway and stations will be closed for several hours.


Affected services

    * Services to be advised

http://translink.com.au/servicechange.php?1281438964

[tronixstuff]

Vehicle accident. http://www.translink.com.au/servicechange.php?1281438964
I hope there were not any serious injuries.

[Otto]

The busway was closed between Woolloongabba and Buranda...

Also, due to flooding, 200's where terminating at Carindale Shopping Centre, unable to continue to Carindale Heights + later on, Deshon street went under causing 200's to travel via Stones Corner.

[ozbob]

From the Courier Mail click here!

Woman killed in Buranda bus-lane crash

Woman killed in Buranda bus-lane crash

   * Jason Tin
   * From: The Courier-Mail
   * August 10, 2010 11:56PM


A WOMAN is dead after driving into the wrong lane and colliding with a bus at Buranda.

Police are investigating whether heavy rain contributed to the crash, which occured about 8.40pm on Tuesday night.

A police spokesman said the woman, the sole occupant of the vehicle, may have taken a wrong turn and ended up travelling along the Buranda bus lane in the wrong direction.

The woman died at the scene.

RIP,  the cost of road trauma in lives is not acceptable.  The cost in terms of ongoing management of road trauma injury is breaking the nation.

[Jonno]

What makes my blood boil is that the Medicial fraternity and bureaucrats are not interested in discussing dramatic ways to reduce the road toll and trauma costs.  They take a "oh well that's life approach...oh by the way we need more hospital beds and staff".  It is not sustainable and not morally right either.  The AMA should be screaming about this everyday!!!!!

[somebody]

TransLink et al. cannot expect people to shift to some imaginary alternative when this keeps happening on Coronation drive. It will only get worse as Brisbane becomes bigger.

IMHO the only buses that should be running down Coronation drive should be an articulated BUZ 444 and the BUZ 412.
There is no need for any other buses to be going down Coronation drive. They should all be re-arranged to become feeder bus services that terminate at railway stations. An interchange at Indooroopilly should be seriously looked at.

And while they are at it, throw in a few more trains on the Ipswich Line.

So you would truncate the 411 & 417?  What about the 415?  I'd also see a need for some all stops service between Indro and the city.

In the long term, I see a need for the 444 to re-route via the Freeway and Milton Rd with a different BUZ heading Moggill-UQ.  I do not think patronage is there yet.

[ozbob]

Twitter

TransLinkSEQ
 
Westside services using Coronation Drive may be delayed by 15 mins due to heavy congestion

about 2 hours ago via API

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Clear now ..

[#Metro]

TransLinkSEQ

Westside services using Coronation Drive may be delayed by 15 mins due to heavy congestion

Not again!

So you would truncate the 411 & 417?  What about the 415?  I'd also see a need for some all stops service between Indro and the city.

Chop them off! Sure we can tweak this and that, but the principle is that most of the Western Suburbs buses should get chopped into feeders and the bits left over fed back in to boost the frequency.

[somebody]

So you would truncate the 411 & 417?  What about the 415?  I'd also see a need for some all stops service between Indro and the city.

Chop them off! Sure we can tweak this and that, but the principle is that most of the Western Suburbs buses should get chopped into feeders and the bits left over fed back in to boost the frequency.

I would not support such a move.  Toowong-city is too short to inflict a change on pax.

[#Metro]

Disagree. 402 does it.
Pax will welcome the frequency boost and waiting time reduction at the bus stop to 417 (worst bus route in Brisbane award?) and 411 that can come when services are turned into feeders. 6 minutes timed interchange vs 15 min + stuck on Coro drive?

[Golliwog]

But the 402 isn't a standard route! It's just there to deal with uni students going from the campus to the station. And if you have the 411/417 truncate at Toowong like the 402, then in the morning peak they are going to have to cross the road at the lights, which take ages to change. There is the overpass but that takes you across to the station from which you would have to back track and cross the same intersection just on a different leg of it. Not a practical solution.

[#Metro]

But there is nothing 'special' about 402. So we can't have feeder buses because people have to walk across roads?
I have done this transfer myself.

People cross the intersection all the time. There is also a pedestrian tunnel if people don't want to cross.
I recall once being stuck in a jam on Coro Drive there and it took well over 40 minutes to go from Toowong to Boomerang St. It was hell.

A proper upgrade might see the route altered to terminate in the turnaround (where 470 is) located directly next to the shopping centre, negating the need to cross any intersections. A long term solution would be to look at building a proper interchange.

   

It is doable, practical, and takes far less time than 15+ minutes stuck on Coronation drive in full view of your destination.
Traffic on Coronation drive will only get worse with time. There is a perfectly good railway line that has absolute priority and separation; it should be used.

All the other routes in the Western Suburbs should be looked at as well. An interchange needs to go in at Indooroopilly rail station;
I took a bus trip down there a week or so ago in PM peak hour and I think it is do-able. 412 and 444 can be exempted from conversion.

If people don't want to catch a train, change to a 444 or 412. 

[Jonno]

The issue here is no bus lanes not stopping bus routes.  Each and ever main road must have a frequent service running in a dedicated and preferrably separated lane. Feeder services alone are not the answer.  We also need a network of bus routes ghat run up and down every major road interconnecting the rail and busways.

[Golliwog]

...I was always assuming we were talking about changing to a bus at Toowong. Changing to the train would work alright, but I can't see your change to have the 402 (what what ever else) stop in the turn around bay there working. Theres not just the traffic island but the current turning lane which is usually full of cars which would stop the bus from getting through even if there wasn't a traffic island. I doubt a keep clear zone on the turnign lane would work as theres very little space for the turning queue as is, and you would need a large space to comfortably turn a bus there.

Also, have you ever used that underpass? Last I used it it was poorly lit, full of junk and screamed "MUG ME HERE!" Its also poorly signed, I didn't even know it was there until it was shown to me.

[#Metro]

In response to Jonno, I agree. The first condition-- running buses down main roads is already satisfied, and will continue to be satisfied by keeping keeping BUZ 412 and BUZ 444 running down Coronation Drive.

The second condition -- that we have feeder buses isn't satisfied and is where PT in the Western Suburbs falls down. Even with bus lanes, the level of service will still be inferior to that of rail. Buses in bus lanes are category B level ROW, while rail with its grade separation and exclusive use is category A level ROW.

It isn't necessary to run any other routes IMHO other than the two above on Coronation Drive IMHO. This also undermines the argument that the North Link Tunnel will be needed to benefit public transport buses. Not at all.

Theres not just the traffic island but the current turning lane which is usually full of cars which would stop the bus from getting through even if there wasn't a traffic island. I doubt a keep clear zone on the turnign lane would work as theres very little space for the turning queue as is, and you would need a large space to comfortably turn a bus there.

Route 470 manages to execute this turn with minimal trouble daily. It can be done. All options have their own problems, even the status quo has problems-- add 15 minutes plus plus for being in traffic. I just think the problems of crossing a road, doing a transfer or getting a bus to do a turnaround in front of Toowong are far less than being stuck on Coronation Drive.

The bus lanes have been lobbied for and have not eventuated. Time to try another idea.