9 Apr 2012: SEQ: Regular bus-jams outbound are wholly avoidable

[ozbob]

Media release 9 April 2012

SEQ: Regular bus jams outbound are wholly avoidable

RAIL Back On Track (http://backontrack.org) a web based community support group for rail and public transport and an advocate for public transport passengers calls for the regular bus-jams in the evening peak to be resolved.

Robert Dow, Spokesman for RAIL Back On Track said:

"Currently, buses bound for West End prevent buses from accessing South Bank for a significant portion of the traffic light cycle.  This causes traffic to bank up and buses to be unable to access the Cultural Centre platform."

"This would not apply if West End bound buses, and the 202 bus did not traverse Cultural Centre platform two.  That would also remove a phase from the traffic light cycle at Merivale St and Melbourne St.  Almost everyone would have a net win from this change (1).

"Similarly, outbound rocket services go out with low loadings for reasons  we have detailed recently but basically because of poor city stop locations (2).

"These problems also occur outbound in the morning peak and intermittently through the day."

"There is little excuse for allowing these problems to continue almost every work day. Bus passengers are becoming frustrated with the constant bus-jam and delays."

References:

1.  Cultural Centre platform 3 proposal http://railbotforum.org/mbs/index.php?topic=7286.0

2. End the 'radical experiment' of divided city bus stop locations http://railbotforum.org/mbs/index.php?topic=8073.0

Contact:

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

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