TransLink Transit Authority – Annual Report 2010-11

[#Metro]

In a lot of cases, the planners are saying that the task is huge, cannot be done without this new piece of infrastructure,

The BUZ network is a revolution of sorts in PT that happened without having to pour concrete! Take BUZ 444- no busway out that way and good patronage growth on that. What about BUZ 199! No busway for that either except for CC! Tying service improvements to 'delivery of infrastructure X' does not make sense- we can get very good PT on the current network now- so this "lets wait around for months/years/decades/forever" for the magical concrete to come along really isn't necessary.

I think completion of the Core Frequent Network- 15 minute trains beginning with two tier express on the Ips-Caboolture line is the top priority #1 with regards to rail along with completion of the BUZ Core Frequent Network components- wynnum road BUZ/Ipswich Road BUZ and Centenary BUZ.

The reality is they don't want to *do* anything. Talking about action is fine. Glossy brochures are fine. Mountains of paper is fine. Throwing crumbs is fine- paint brush there, single service there...

I will believe it when I see the printed timetable showing it.

[somebody]

In a lot of cases, the planners are saying that the task is huge, cannot be done without this new piece of infrastructure,

The BUZ network is a revolution of sorts in PT that happened without having to pour concrete! Take BUZ 444- no busway out that way and good patronage growth on that. What about BUZ 199! No busway for that either except for CC! Tying service improvements to 'delivery of infrastructure X' does not make sense- we can get very good PT on the current network now- so this "lets wait around for months/years/decades/forever" for the magical concrete to come along really isn't necessary.

I think completion of the Core Frequent Network- 15 minute trains beginning with two tier express on the Ips-Caboolture line is the top priority #1 with regards to rail along with completion of the BUZ Core Frequent Network components- wynnum road BUZ/Ipswich Road BUZ and Centenary BUZ.

The reality is they don't want to *do* anything. Talking about action is fine. Glossy brochures are fine. Mountains of paper is fine. Throwing crumbs is fine- paint brush there, single service there...

I will believe it when I see the printed timetable showing it.

To be fair I think a lot of this could be the outgoing CEO's fault, as well as the previous Transport Minister who he was appointed under.  A new CEO may be more pro active and can do.  It would be hard to be worse.

[SurfRail]

A new CEO may be more pro active and can do.  It would be hard to be worse.

I hope not... 

[dwb]

I hope not... 

+ 1 lol

[ozbob]

From the Couriermail click here!

Extra 100 million trips expected to be made on southeast Queensland public transport by 2018

Extra 100 million trips expected to be made on southeast Queensland public transport by 2018

    by: Robyn Ironside
    From: The Courier-Mail
    October 05, 2011 3:00AM

GETTING up close and personal with fellow public transport commuters is only going to get worse in coming years with an extra 100 million trips expected to be made in southeast Queensland by 2018.

The annual TransLink report tabled in State Parliament last week predicts 288 million trips will be taken annually seven years from now - up from 178.6 million in 2010-11.

"The majority of these new journeys will occur on what are already our busiest peak routes, particularly those leading in and out of Brisbane City," read the report.

Already 86 buses a day in Brisbane are forced to ignore waiting passengers because they are full and commuter group Back on Track fears the daily crush will soon be unbearable.

"It would seem this ambitious patronage target is quite unachievable on present policies," said Robert Dow from Back on Track.

"Firstly it would need Cross River Rail to be expedited to have the capacity in the rail system to support the growth."

Projects outlined in the report to provide "a better customer experience" include the extension of the Northern and Eastern Busways, the Moreton Bay Rail Link and the Cross River Rail.

No date has been set for the busways' completion, the 12.6km Moreton Bay Rail Link is not due to be finished until 2016 and the Cross River Rail is unlikely to be ready before 2020.

Mr Dow said southeast Queensland was heading into a "looming transport failure".

"The public is losing patience with failures to implement cheap, practical & obvious solutions," he said.

"What is needed is more frequent off-peak services and later operating hours to increase patronage overall and spread the peak-hour load."