Rather that getting on, and getting things done, it seems that Queensland politicians are just playing silly games. A few weeks back, LNP Brisbane City councillors suggested that the Queensland Government should fund the free CityHopper ferry as they used it in a promotional video. This week, the ALP Queensland Government suggested that Brisbane City Council fund some Queensland Rail (QR) services after using imagery of QR trains in a Brisbane Metro promotional video. Quite frankly, both parties need their heads banging together. Rather than fighting congestion, the Queensland Government and Brisbane City Council just seem to be fighting each other. With both the Queensland Government and Brisbane City Council working on different agendas, the losers are Brisbane commuters who are seeing no action in resolving Brisbane's major public transport issues which are:
- The need for Cross River Rail to increase suburban rail capacity, and add more train stations to Brisbane.
- The need for bus network reform to make more efficient use of the existing busway infrastructure and increase the population of Brisbane served by high frequency bus routes.
As BrizCommuter has mentioned before, Brisbane City Council appears to have lost the plot on transport issues (notably around the unnecessary Brisbane Metro Subway System) and should be removed from both running buses, and public transport planning. Brisbane Transport (buses) either should be privatised or transferred to a state government related organisation (as per QR).
Couldn't agree more with your two recommendations BC! There was a detailed review of the bus network a few years back which seemed to get stuck under the wheels of the political inaction express...wonder if that will ever be dusted off again?
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