For example from my house to my grandfathers on a sunday you would have to walk/drive/ride to FG station catch the train to Roma St then catch the 385 back out to the Gap. Having a feeder bus for that trip isn't any incentive to use it when to drive to his house is only about double what it is to drive to the station.
Yes, I agree; For something like this, you need good frequency, and the frequency is terrible on the weekends.
Bicycle is the last 'active transport' or maybe taxi but, yes, for this one it looks like Car, Car, Car.
There is a feeder bus route which connects these places, the 362, which travels from Michelton & Keperra stations to The Gap. It links FG Rail with the 385 BUZ.
Unfortunately, it has the following "frequency profile":
Weekdays: Hourly beginning 7:05 am and then last service at 4:56 pm
(Way to go!!! You can't even get home on this one!)
average waiting time = 30 minutes (may as well walk, its probably faster)
Saturday: Two hourly, beginning 8:37 am and then cutting out at 2:37 pm.
average waiting time = 1 hour (nobody is going to bother to transfer to something like this)
Sunday: Nothing! No service.
If patronage is low, this could possibly be dealt with by increasing the frequency, travelsmart program in that area and making the route longer to connect more places and connect more people (the last suggestion is employed by SmartBus). Possibly linking Toowong and/or Chermside?
Transfer waiting times are small for the first few services, but then increase to 15 minutes or so after that-- more time lost.
6-7 minutes should be OK.
Generally most routes like this probably need a look at to see how they can be made into something people will want to use.