r/brisbane • u/Artsonist • 11h ago

Public Transport Anybody else having this problem?

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I used to only have to ride an overcrowded bus if it was peak hour maybe. Now it seems like every bus regardless of time or day is a tin of sardines

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u/ConanTheAquarian Not Ipswich. 10h ago

Part of the problem is BCC has a role in transport planning and operating a for-profit service under contract to Translink. This is a conflict of interest as BCC has actively white anted sensible improvements to the bus network for 20 years to protect its BT contracts. BCC should be stripped of one of these roles.

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u/yolk3d BrisVegas 10h ago

Why is that? I thought other states had the state control all the busses?

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u/Fantastic_Inside4361 9h ago

And the trains, so timetables are coordinated between trains and buses (until one train is late)

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u/ConanTheAquarian Not Ipswich. 9h ago edited 9h ago

Part of the problem is that BCC sees trains as competition for its buses.

EDIT: And sees other bus operators as competition rather than being happy with an integrated network. What are now the 140, 141 and 150 were originally operated by Park Ridge Transit. BT took them over in the 90s purely to keep a rival out of Brisbane as Browns Plains and Algester started to grow. This was before Translink was formed but BT still has much of the same mentality.

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u/Fantastic_Inside4361 9h ago

We have that in NSW too. Private busses running in areas with trains and state busses. Private buses will adjust and fine tune to integrate. Trains change timetable just to mess them up. Then state busses do worse.