Bus delays, cancellations ...

[somebody]

The 402 does something a bit different in that it supplements the 412 rather than replacing it.

[Golliwog]

The 470 manages to do that turn because it doesn't. It comes from the Sherwood road side which doesn't have anything blocking it.

[#Metro]

It can be done. Takes a bit of planning. The bus route can be altered to be similar to route 470.
Yes 412 supplements the 402, but most people on the 412 also get off at Toowong.

The general principle that the western suburbs buses should be turned into feeders still stands.

[ozbob]

http://www.translink.com.au/servicechange.php?1281679237

Delays to Coronation Drive services

Inbound services using Coronation Drive can expect delays of up to 15 minutes due to a multi-vehicle crash on the Pacific Motorway at Greenslopes.   Delays are back to Toowoong.

Where possible services are being rerouted via Milton Road.

Outbound services are experiencing only minor delays.

Affected services

   * Bus number 411
   * Bus number 412
   * Bus number 433
   * Bus number 444
   * Bus number 450
   * Bus number 453
   * Bus number 454
   * Bus number P455

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Long delays to inbound Westside services using Coronation Drive due to accident on Pacific Motorway - http://twurl.nl/uyk6qk
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[somebody]

Doh!!

So the 450 is experiencing delays even though it doesn't operate today, the P455 is experiencing delays in spite of being an outbound Milton Rd service and the 417, 445, 430, 435 and 460 aren't?

[#Metro]

Oh look, more delays on Coronation Drive again! 
Add 15 minutes to the bus timetables.
Delays are backed up all the way to Toowong. I think that is going to take more than 15 minutes to BUZ through there.

Feeder buses now! 
     

Affected services

    * Bus number 411
    * Bus number 412
    * Bus number 433
    * Bus number 444
    * Bus number 450
    * Bus number 453
    * Bus number 454
    * Bus number P455

They might have have got a few numbers wrong (maybe they have a template because it happens so frequently).

[tronixstuff]

From the old ABC building to the RE at Toowong took ten minutes at ~1450h. Would be worse now...

[ozbob]

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Ipswich Buses - Returning to normal peak schedules as earlier accident on Ipswich Mtwy has now cleared.
12 minutes ago via API

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Long delays still occurring to inbound bus services using Coronation Drive - http://twurl.nl/uyk6qk
8 minutes ago via API

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http://www.translink.com.au/servicechange.php?1281679237

Delays to Coronation Drive services

Inbound services using Coronation Drive can expect delays of up to 20 minutes due to heavy congestion caused by an earlier crash on the Pacific Motorway at Greenslopes.  Delays are back to Toowong.

Where possible services are being rerouted via Milton Road.

Outbound services are experiencing only minor delays.
Affected services

    * Bus number 411
    * Bus number 412
    * Bus number 433
    * Bus number 444
    * Bus number 450
    * Bus number 453
    * Bus number 454
    * Bus number P455

[somebody]

I would wonder if we should prod them again for the T2 lane inbound on Coronation Drive which was promised?  It should really be a 24 hour bus lane, of course.

[ozbob]

Yes, it is good to document the delays.  All adds to the cause ..

There is a NRL game at Milton this evening as well.   The Ippy services will be well loaded as well, Ekka, footy and bus delays ...

[#Metro]

Inbound services using Coronation Drive can expect delays of up to 20 minutes due to heavy congestion caused by an earlier crash on the Pacific Motorway at Greenslopes.  Delays are back to Toowong.

Oh, it just got worse!

I would wonder if we should prod them again for the T2 lane inbound on Coronation Drive which was promised?  It should really be a 24 hour bus lane, of course.

A T2 would be good, but I think an overall journey would still be faster with an interchange plus boosted feeder bus frequency.

In a situation like this, some people will deliberately flout the signage and use the T2 lane.
Other people will see this and think "well if other people are doing this", the T2 lane will then become like any other congested traffic lane. Policing it will have no effect because, firstly the police have to find some way to get there among massive congestion, secondly in a situation like this you will look really heartless if you start fining people*, and thirdly there are just too many people doing the wrong thing!

The time I got caught on Coronation drive in a ridiculous peak hour jam was when the overhead traffic tidal flow system was still in place (its gone now). So presumably, the engineers saw the congestion and thought "lets switch that lane off to relieve congestion" because when I was stuck in that thing for ages, there was no bus lane for my bus!

* And we know this because the QLD Motorways waived all the tolls today or yesterday when it got congested due to an accident.

[somebody]

A T2 would be good, but I think an overall journey would still be faster with an interchange plus boosted feeder bus frequency.

In a situation like this, some people will deliberately flout the signage and use the T2 lane.

This is just one advantage of the 24 hour bus lane.  It can be camera enforced.

[ozbob]

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Congestion on Coronation Drive is clearing. Passengers may experience only minor delays.
15 minutes ago via API

[ozbob]

http://www.translink.com.au/servicechange.php?1281942951

Delays to Coronation Drive services

Inbound bus services travelling on Coronation Drive can expect delays of up to 15 minutes due to an earlier accident on Ipswich Road.

Where possible services are being rerouted via Milton Road.


Affected services

    * Bus number 402
    * Bus number 411
    * Bus number 412
    * Bus number 414
    * Bus number 433
    * Bus number 444
    * Bus number 445
    * Bus number 453
    * Bus number 454
    * Bus number P443

[#Metro]

Still happening... 
Feeder buses now!

[Jonno]

Where oh where has all the congestion busting roads gone? Oh where oh where can they be.  TransApex is a complete and utter failure and all future plans should be axed and an Independent Inquiry instigated into Transport Planning in SEQ!!!!!!

[#Metro]

Inbound services using Coronation Drive can expect delays of up to 20 minutes due to heavy congestion caused by an earlier crash on the Pacific Motorway at Greenslopes.  Delays are back to Toowong.

Inbound bus services travelling on Coronation Drive can expect delays of up to 15 minutes due to an earlier accident on Ipswich Road.

Where possible services are being rerouted via Milton Road.

What is really puzzling me is how accidents on Ipswich road and in places like Greenslopes are backing up all the way to Toowong?
How is that possible? It's on the other side of the city!

[#Metro]

Maybe that Green Bridge should be built from West End to Toowong for buses and later LRT.
People must be doing a U-bend- driving from 8 Mile Plains into the CBD and then out to Indooroopilly and Toowong.

an interesting thought...

and another one-- on both occasions they could have used the Clem 7

[O_128]

Something has to be done about coro drive it took me 40 min to get from uq to toowong on the 412

[somebody]

Something has to be done about coro drive it took me 40 min to get from uq to toowong on the 412

Indeed.  Seems the public are against it though.

[Jonno]

Yes but that same public are happy to increase the pollution along the roads plus the cost of road trauma and infrastructure if it means they save 5 mins.  Time to educate them on the perils financially and health wise of their folly.

[#Metro]

Sometimes you have the benefit of having the traffic banked up to Toowong.
When I see this, I jump off the bus and use the train.

Do not trust Coronation Drive!
Being stuck on Coro, surrounded by a sea of traffic, inching your way to the CBD is just a nightmare.
The worst thing is that you can't always tell if it is blocked at Toowong-- Russian Roulette!

[somebody]

No, the worst part is that you can't rely on the train.  Even in peak hour there are sizeable gaps in the timetable.

[#Metro]

Toowong has trains every 15 minutes in the off peak at 9, 24, 39 and 54 minutes past the hour.
After 7pm the service drops back to every 30 minutes (Fix the frequency!  ).

The average wait for a City bound train if someone decided to randomly appear at the train station is 7.5 minutes,
and it just takes 10 minutes flat to get to Central. The total journey time would therefore be something like 18 minutes.

By the time the bus managed to get through 15 minutes (it is often far, far more than this!) additional traffic on Coronation Drive, and then complete its normal journey time, passengers who had transferred would be walking out of Central Station.

Feeder buses speed up journeys because:
A shorter route means more buses can be put on, higher frequency, and cutting the waiting time at the bus stop
Trains are faster than buses
Trains run on exclusive alignment, far more reliable than buses on Coro will ever be, even with a bus lane.
No intersections or traffic lights
Does not clog the CBD streets with buses
Because there are no car lanes involved, no need to fight against the road lobby for bus lanes

Put extra trains in peak hour on, and get people to transfer.
Feed me!   hi frequency   hi frequency hi frequency

[somebody]

I think you should have a look at the counter peak timetable!

And a train every 15 minutes isn't really particularly good in my view.

[#Metro]

I think you should have a look at the counter peak timetable!

But that was the counter peak timetable.

The peak timetable (i.e. people leaving the CBD at 5pm bound for Toowong) has trains departing Central at 5:06pm, 5:09, 5:17, 5:21, 5:27, 5:34, 5:42 and 5:48 pm.
That's about 1 every 7.5 minutes on average (metro-like perhaps?). The average waiting time if someone turned up randomly at Central in peak would be just under 4 minutes.
Again, the time to get to Toowong is 10 minutes flat.

Total journey time: ~15 minutes

Again, people would be walking out of Toowong station by the time the bus crawled through all the traffic delays.

And a train every 15 minutes isn't really particularly good in my view.

And neither is a bus stuck on Coro drive for exactly the same amount of time.
If there is a problem with the train network... it should be fixed by putting more trains on.

      A train every 5 minutes in peak on the Ipswich line would bring it to Perth standard. To do this 4 new trains services in peak will need to be put on. As there is already a train every 15 minutes off peak, the buses need to be re-organised to feed and be timed to rail. The night services need gaps filled will two extra trains per hour (maybe to Sunshine Coast?) to bring them to every 15 minutes. 15 min off peak trains should be extended to Ipswich if possible.

Voila! Brisbane's first metro line. Why wait until 2026 for a metro? We can have one now.

[somebody]

I would point you to the outbound AM gaps 8:14am-8:37am, 6:55am-7:14am, 6:25am-6:55am
and inbound PM: 15:54-16:16, 17:08-17:35

[#Metro]

I would point you to the outbound AM gaps 8:14am-8:37am, 6:55am-7:14am, 6:25am-6:55am
and inbound PM: 15:54-16:16, 17:08-17:35

Well then QR should fill the gaps then! Problems should not be left on the rail system to snowball like they have in many places.
The increased patronage from the feeder bus network will force them to improve services.

[#Metro]

http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/km-traffic-jam-on-m1/story-e6freoof-1225906288323

A WHOPPING 11km of southbound traffic is at a near-standstill on the M1.

Huge delays are expected to continue for some time.

Due to a two-car two-truck accident, southbound traffic from Exit 20 (to Springwood) and Exit 31 (to Logan Motorway) is blocked.

I wonder if this accident will impact Coronation Drive again today.
This problem will not go away.

[Jonno]

Our road transport system is a failure.  Meanwhile our Lord Mayor continues to praise the failing Clem 7 while carnage is being experienced all around.  Worst case of Tunnel Vision I have ever seen!!!

[ozbob]

http://www.translink.com.au/servicechange.php?1282282791

Delays to 444 service

Passengers travelling inbound on the 444 bus service can expect delays of up to 20 minutes. This is due to an earlier single vehicle crash on Moggill Road in Pinjarra Hills.

Outbound services are experiencing delays of up to 10 minutes, with heavy traffic congestion back to Kenmore Village. 
Affected services

    * Bus number 444
    * Bus number P443

[ozbob]

http://www.translink.com.au/servicechange.php?1282629594

Delays at Deagon Deviation

Passengers travelling on the 315, 690 and 695 services between Sandgate and Redcliffe can expect delays of up to 20 minutes, due to emergency road works at the intersection of Brighton Road and the Deagon Deviation.

Delays can be expected in both directions.
Affected services

    * Bus number 690
    * Bus number 695

[WTN]

I encountered short "signal failure" on the busway today. The 172 outbound got stuck around 6:45pm and at the lights exiting Woolloogabba station. The lights stayed red for 5 cycles (10 minutes) before the bus driver rang bus control and had the lights changed. A long line of buses flowed out onto Stanley St.

[#Metro]

Ouch! Signal failure on the Busway, that's unheard of!

[Golliwog]

But does happen. It could have been the detector loop in the road failed and so the signal box never got a signal saying there was a bus waiting so the signals never changed.

[ozbob]

http://www.translink.com.au/servicechange.php?1282809445

Delays on Captain Cook Bridge

Services on the Captain Cook Bridge may experience delays of up to 10 minutes due to heavy traffic congestion caused by a multi-vehicle crash inbound after Vulture Street on the Captain Cook Bridge.

Delays are being experienced in both directions. 

Where possible services will be diverted via the Busway.

Affected services

    * Bus number 114
    * Bus number 118
    * Bus number 121
    * Bus number 131
    * Bus number 134
    * Bus number 136
    * Bus number 153
    * Bus number 155
    * Bus number 156
    * Bus number 161
    * Bus number 162
    * Bus number 171
    * Bus number 178
    * Bus number 181
    * Bus number 186
    * Bus number P119
    * Bus number P129
    * Bus number P133
    * Bus number P137
    * Bus number P141
    * Bus number P142
    * Bus number P151
    * Bus number P157
    * Bus number P173
    * Bus number P176
    * Bus number P179
    * Bus number P189
    * Bus number P201
    * Bus number P206
    * Bus number P207
    * Bus number P208
    * Bus number P211
    * Bus number 566
    * Bus number 577
    * Bus number 579
    * Bus number 573
    * Bus number 575
    * Bus number 551
    * Bus number 561
    * Bus number P581
    * Bus number P569
    * Bus number 571
    * Bus number 261
    * Bus number 299
    * Bus number 243
    * Bus number 251
    * Bus number 257
    * Bus number 265
    * Bus number 267
    * Bus number 271
    * Bus number 279
    * Bus number 273
    * Bus number 275
    * Bus number 281

[#Metro]

  Wow, I can just imagine the load Cultural Centre is going to come under!

Feeder buses. The solution is sitting under the Department's nose. 
Sigh.

[somebody]

Hmm, weird that an inbound accident delays these outbound routes.

[ozbob]

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Cpt Cook Bridge Bus Services are returning to normal peak schedules. less than a minute ago via API

[Golliwog]

Hmm, weird that an inbound accident delays these outbound routes.

Not really. The buses have to get into the city somehow.