Media release 6th January 2015 Brisbane Bus Reform: Brisbane City Council’s Bus Network - What Went Wrong? RAIL Back On Track (backontrack.org) a web based community support group for rail and public transport and an advocate for public transport passengers today releases a summary report into issues with BCC’s bus network and calls all parties contesting the 2015 Queensland Election to support bus reform. As part of our New Bus Network Proposal for Brisbane, we release an additional summary report detailing what went wrong with the BCC bus network. The Lord Mayor is on record stating that the BCC bus network is ‘not broken’. We disagree. Now, anybody can download our report and see why fares escalated. Download Report Here > Frequency is Freedom backontrack.org/docs/bus/reform/BusReformBlueprint.pdf PDF 4.8MB We show: * Who gets frequent bus service in Brisbane, and the suburbs that are public transport black holes under BCC’s ‘no transfer’ philosophy (pages 5 - 8 ). * How bus reforms rejected by BCC are being implemented in Brisbane’s sister city of Auckland, New Zealand (page 10). A package of improvements in Auckland has seen train patronage grow 17% (2014) and bus patronage grow 7% (2014). In contrast, Brisbane bus patronage fell by 1 million and traffic congestion increased by 3%. * The cost escalation mechanism. Upgrading the bus network while insisting all buses drive direct to the CBD and not adjusting the surrounding legacy network leads to escalating costs which implies increased fares. (pages 11 - 12) * How BCCs bus network and anti-interchange philosophy places buses exactly where they are least required, wasting resources and congesting the Brisbane CBD. As an example we analyse the Moggill Rd/Coronation Drive corridor showing that this also leads to too few buses in the suburbs, causing long waits for BCC’s own residents. (Pages 14 -16) * How BCCs bus network philosophy leads to a bus network that leaves entire suburbs without decent bus service (e.g. Yeronga, Bulimba, Centenary, Albany Creek) (Page 17 - 18) * How BCCs bus network philosophy leads to an enormously complicated, fragmented, expensive-to-run, low frequency network in the suburbs. (i.e. 15 different bus routes to the Centenary suburbs, where none frequent). Despite BCC’s in-house 2013 review, examples still exist of where service does not properly match the distribution of residents and straightening is required (Page 20). Our analysis suggests Brisbane City Council was a key driving force behind the escalating 15% fare increases. While BCC does not set fares, it does set bus supplier costs, and obviously, higher costs equals higher fares. Private bus operators bidding for contracts within the Brisbane area should offer to do what BCC refuses to do - offer to run a simple, frequent and connected-style bus network. The sooner Brisbane gets new bus operators that are willing and able to undertake the difficult task of bus network reform, the sooner fares can come down and patronage falls reversed. Contact: Robert Dow Administration [email protected] RAIL Back On Track backontrack.org References: Citys public transport will never improve while run by opposing sides Couriermail 11th April 2012 pages 18-19 backontrack.org/docs/cm/cm_11apr12_p18.jpg backontrack.org/docs/cm/cm_11apr12_p19.jpg Coronation Drive Analysis (Diagram) s998.photobucket/user/tramtrain/media/BR_wasteogram_zps01c22678.png.html Brizcommuter brizcommuter.blogspot.au/2013/04/brisbane-city-council-bus-network.html brizcommuter.blogspot.au/2013/03/brisbane-city-council.html brizcommuter.blogspot.au/2013/03/more-of-brisbane-city-councils-not.html New Year, New Bus Operators? railbotforum.org/mbs/index.php?topic=11164.0 2014 – A Year in Review Part 1 – PT, Auckland Transport Blog transportblog.co.nz/2014/12/29/2014-a-year-in-review-part-1-pt/ Brisbane Buses: Call for CityGlider in Centenary Suburbs brisbanetimes.au/queensland/brisbane-buses-call-for-cityglider-in-centenary-suburbs-20141104-11gxl3.html New Bus Network Proposal > tiny.cc/newnetwork New Bus Network Proposal Survey > tiny.cc/busreform Current BCC Bus Network > tiny.cc/checkyourbus
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