Bridge to Brisbane - early 2 Sept 2012

[ozbob]

http://translink.com.au/travel-information/network-information/event-transport/details/729

Bridge to Brisbane

Public transport services to the event

Shuttle buses

Pre-race shuttle buses will operate from the finish venue (O'Connell Terrace at RNA Showgrounds) to the start lines of both the 10km and 5km events between the following times:

    10km event (4am to 6.30am)
    5km event (7.30am to 9am).

These times may be subject to change.

Check back closer to the event for any extra shuttle bus details.
Additional trains

Extra train services will also operate to the event:
Departure station    Departure time    Stops    Arrival station    Arrival time
Ipswich    3.45am    All stations    Murarrie    5.15am
Bowen Hills    4.20am    All stations    Murarrie    4.50am
Bowen Hills    4.55am    All stations    Murarrie    5.25am
Bowen Hills    5.05am    All stations    Murarrie    5.35am
Bowen Hills    5.15am    All stations    Murarrie    5.45am
Bowen Hills    5.23am    All stations    Murarrie    5.55am
Bowen Hills    5.30am    All stations    Murarrie    6.00am
Ferny Grove    4.27am    All stations    Murarrie    5.41am
Northgate    4.57am    All stations    Murarrie    5.25am
Varsity Lakes    4.20am    All stations    Murarrie    5.51am
Cleveland    5.30am    All stations    Murarrie    6.00am

[ButFli]

Heard of some problems getting people to the 10KM start on time. Some buses not arriving until well after the race had already started. So late that the equipment at the start line was already packed up so competitors were unable to officially start the race and were effectively disqualified.

Buses to the 5KM start were also arriving right up until start time.

It is unfortunate but can't be helped, I guess. 

[BrizCommuter]

Heard of some problems getting people to the 10KM start on time. Some buses not arriving until well after the race had already started. So late that the equipment at the start line was already packed up so competitors were unable to officially start the race and were effectively disqualified.

Buses to the 5KM start were also arriving right up until start time.

It is unfortunate but can't be helped, I guess.

Happens every year. BrizCommuter has heard reports in previous years of bus drivers getting lost and/or getting stuck in congestion. To be honest, the Bridge to Brisbane now has too many competitors to organise well (given the starting point being in the middle of nowhere), and too many competitors getting in the way to get a good 10k time.

[somebody]

This gets 40000 people - half the city to surf.  So what's your plan?  Public transport has too much trouble moving a lot of people so more cars might do it better?

[Gazza]

This gets 40000 people - half the city to surf.  So what's your plan?  Public transport has too much trouble moving a lot of people so more cars might do it better?

Agreed, why is it any worse than a Lions game?

[ButFli]

This gets 40000 people - half the city to surf.  So what's your plan?  Public transport has too much trouble moving a lot of people so more cars might do it better?

To be fair, the City2Surf start is within walking distance of Central and City Circle stations. It's much easier to bring a mass of people to the centre of your radial transport network than it is to send them to a far extremity. Brisbane's transport network brings far more than 40000 people to the CBD with relative ease every weekday morning. Turn the Bridge to Brisbane into Brisbane to Bridge and transport would be improved.

Clearly, it will never happen. There is something unappealing about running toward a great big concrete bridge.

Agreed, why is it any worse than a Lions game?

It isn't? There are more than a few bus loads of spectators arrive late to a Lions game. The only difference is that the consequences are somewhat less for a spectator.

[BrizCommuter]

This gets 40000 people - half the city to surf.  So what's your plan?  Public transport has too much trouble moving a lot of people so more cars might do it better?

The answer is in your post. City to Surf. It starts in the CBD, well served by public transport. Return is less of a problem as everyone does not finish at once (unlike the start where they all start at once).

[somebody]

This gets 40000 people - half the city to surf.  So what's your plan?  Public transport has too much trouble moving a lot of people so more cars might do it better?

The answer is in your post. City to Surf. It starts in the CBD, well served by public transport. Return is less of a problem as everyone does not finish at once (unlike the start where they all start at once).

That's not the only factor.  City2Surf starts at 8am.  The 10km event for b2b starts at 6:10am.  Far more regularly scheduled trips have arrived for the NSW event, but it has quite a number of specials too.

Surely the PT performance regarding Bridge to Brisbane isn't really acceptable.  E.g. there are no services from the Caboolture or Shorncliffe lines.  Not sure why you seem to be lumping it in the "too hard" basket.