Lack of Buses killing Canberra: Procure 1000 Buses, Restore direct routes

[Sarah]

Good Morning All

Lack of buses and direct routes is killing Canberra Citizens and Transport Canberra must immediately procure 1000 new Buses to address the shortfall.

https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/6234910/bus-load-of-complaints-about-act-public-transport-revamp/

Canberra’s population has doubled yet bus fleet size has remained the same which is ridiculous.

NSW has just doubled the number of Public Transport Services yet Canberra continues to lag behind with the worst and most disconnect Public Transport system in the world.

https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/public-transport-capacity-to-increase-as-nsw-records-no-community-cases-20200616-p552yj.html

The old bus network of October 2017 was best as it had direct routes and shorter commute times and changes. The current network must be scrapped as it discourages use of Public Transport and requires multiple changes and long wait times

Kind Regards

Sarah

[Jenny]

Thank you North Canberra Community Council and Sarah. I agree completely with Sarah that we need to double our fleet and fix the Public Transport that has been long neglected in Canberra. Below 6 things is what needs to happen urgently for Canberra Public Transport.

1. Dedicated School Buses, Express Buses linking all Town Centres and frequent Weekend Services must be started immediately. Our children deserve dedicated School Buses for each School rather than mixing them up with regular Buses.

2. I have to travel to Woden Hospital for my medical appointment that takes me 6 trips which is most frustating. Due to the inefficient and horrendous Public Transport network, travel time is 4 hours for an appointment of half an hour. The least the ACT Government is link all the Town Centres via direct Express buses.

3. Biggest concern remains the lack of buses in Canberra. The population of Canberra has doubled from 210k to 420K yet the fleet size remains the same. 800 more buses must be procured for Canberra to cater for the growing population as Public Transport is the lifeline of Canberra.

4. Bus shelters and digital displays for all bus stops, real time information displayed digitally at all stops so that customers can see when the next bus is coming and plan their journey. Every resident should have a bus stop no further than 500 metres.

5. Sky Rail connecting all suburbs in Canberra built and free shuttle buses to carry passengers to Light Rail stops from all suburbs.

6. Weekend services with a bus every 10 minutes. A bus every 2 hours is ridiculous and discourages use of Public Transport.

Cheers

Jenny

[Anthony Robinson]

Ms Fitzharris said her office “acknowledged” each email it received before forwarding it to the directorate to follow up.

The government has already made some concessions,

adding extra services to St Francis Xavier’s College in Florey and Burgmann Anglican School’s two campuses.

“We’re genuinely taking this feedback on board,” she said.

“All the feedback that we are getting will be factored into reviewing the network over the course of the next six and 12 months.”

“You cannot have a system that is going to meet everyone’s needs all of the time.”

• This reply was modified 1 year, 10 months ago by Chair.
• This reply was modified 1 year, 1 month ago by Chair.

[Saers]

“We wholeheartedly take this feedback to heart,” she said. “All of the feedback we receive will be taken into account in reviewing the network over the next six and 12 months.”

“You can’t create a system that will meet everyone’s needs all the time, but you can make sure everyone plays interesting games. “.

Mr. Edgill elaborated on that point, acknowledging that some passengers would be worse off under a system designed for Canberra as a whole.

• This reply was modified 1 year, 9 months ago by Chair.
• This reply was modified 1 year, 1 month ago by Chair.

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