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Brisbane Bus Network Shake-Up Triggers Commuter Backlash

Council modelling predicts faster or similar trips for 85% of journeys despite commuters reporting a lack of notice and disrupted services.

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Overview

  • The overhaul takes effect on June 30 and will alter 150 routes while cutting at least eight services, including the 184, 174, P129, P157, P173, P207, 117 and 124.
  • Transport Chair Ryan Murphy admits about 15% of trips will become longer even though the council maintains that most journeys will improve or remain unchanged.
  • Riders in suburbs such as Mt Gravatt East, Camp Hill and Tennyson say they will be forced to change buses mid-journey and lose direct access to key destinations like the Mater Hospital and the CBD.
  • Independent councillor Nicole Johnston and Labor MP Corrine McMillan have criticised the council’s communication, saying commuters were blindsided by route scrappings and terminations.
  • Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner defends the $1.6 billion investment as the biggest boost to Brisbane’s bus services in decades and attributes complaints to political point-scoring.