Transport for Brisbane Observations 2021

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Re: Transport for Brisbane Observations 2021

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Observed 2911 has been transferred to Sherwood. Tried to get some photos, but being at night, they ended up too blurry to tell anything.
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Re: Transport for Brisbane Observations 2021

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TheDragonFire123 wrote: Wed Aug 18, 2021 10:40 pm Observed 2911 has been transferred to Sherwood. Tried to get some photos, but being at night, they ended up too blurry to tell anything.
2905 to 2925 are now at Sherwood.
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T2873 finally back in revenue service, clean skin.
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Re: Transport for Brisbane Observations 2021

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G1610 on an outbound 222 this arvo. First time I’ve seen a bendy head out Carindale ways.
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Saw G1302 being towed in the opposite direction of Garden City depot. It looked like it was in an accident. At the back bottom right hand side of G1302 was damaged
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Re: Transport for Brisbane Observations 2021

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Cazza wrote: Fri Aug 20, 2021 5:55 pm G1610 on an outbound 222 this arvo. First time I’ve seen a bendy head out Carindale ways.
I've seen Artics on route 200 before but not the 222. I've also have notice more "G" buses along the 222 route lately.
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Re: Transport for Brisbane Observations 2021

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Some southbound buses appear to be using Ann St instead of Adelaide St due to a "police incident" reported by Brisbane traffic (possibly an anti-lockdown protest). No mention from TransLink as yet.

Some buses are taking upwards of 30 mins to go from end to end of Adelaide St, multiple 555s taking over 40mins to loop around the CBD, with 1 555 taking over 50 mins to go from the Cultural Centre-CBD-Cultural Centre!
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Re: Transport for Brisbane Observations 2021

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L433 wrote: Sat Aug 21, 2021 10:51 am Saw G1302 being towed in the opposite direction of Garden City depot. It looked like it was in an accident. At the back bottom right hand side of G1302 was damaged
Will G1302 be withdrawn from service?
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Bulimba_Busfanner wrote: Sun Aug 22, 2021 1:28 pm
L433 wrote: Sat Aug 21, 2021 10:51 am Saw G1302 being towed in the opposite direction of Garden City depot. It looked like it was in an accident. At the back bottom right hand side of G1302 was damaged
Will G1302 be withdrawn from service?
Looks like G1302 should be withdrawn from service.
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Re: Transport for Brisbane Observations 2021

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Seen 2832??? Possibly another one with remnants of its Blue livery still on the front and rear. Also what C buses are in the Maroon livery?? Some of these look rubbish with new panels etc still in yellow.
Also has E1595 been seen?? I know it also had red bits from a previous livery on it.
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Re: Transport for Brisbane Observations 2021

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C2036-C2047, with C2048 and 2049 in partial Maroon Glider skin from memory.

Edit: E1595 is still around, seen doing an outbound 214 this afternoon
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Re: Transport for Brisbane Observations 2021

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Cazza wrote: Tue Aug 24, 2021 2:11 pm C2036-C2047, with C2048 and 2049 in partial Maroon Glider skin from memory.

Edit: E1595 is still around, seen doing an outbound 214 this afternoon
C2049 is not in partial livery, only C2048 does.
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Re: Transport for Brisbane Observations 2021

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This afternoons traffic congestion and bus delays are beyond a joke. From just a 15 minute look around on Anytrip and Google Maps:
-Buses taking 50+ mins to get from All Hallows/Valley Island stop onto Adelaide St (a distance of just 400m)
-An outbound 381 taking 67 mins to get from Wickham Tce terminus to Adelaide St Stop 42 (barely 1km). This bus (due into the Hilder Rd terminus at 6:04pm) arrived 54 mins late at 7pm, and as we speak, if currently still running over 50 mins late on the following inbound 380.
-Buses taking 60+ mins to get from Regatta to North Quay along Coro Dr, then being 40+ mins late to start their outbound journey (some of which continue onto random southside services like the 100, 110, 162, 171 etc. Why are commuters to Mt Gravatt affected by 40+ min delays due to congestion on Coronation Drive? Can someone please explain how this makes any sort of sense...)
-Route 60 Blue CityGlider, supposed to be running every 4 mins during peak hour, at around 5:30pm had a southbound service gap of 41 mins! Some services are taking over 90 mins to do the Teneriffe to West End journey.
-Southside Rockets taking 50+ mins to get from Creek/Queen Sts to the Alice St on ramp (1.5kms at the very most)
-Route 199, supposed to be running every 5 mins, at around 5:30pm had a 56 minute service gap southbound! Then, 7 arrive within 6 minutes of one another
-Routes 35x taking 30+ mins to get from Queen St terminus to Roma St Station
-And of course the M1 congestion from Pimpama all the way back to Slacks Creek, bumper to bumper for 27+ kms. But hey, the Coomera "Connector" will surely fix all of the Brisbane-Gold Coast corridor traffic woes, right? It's not like there's a slow, windy, capacity constrained, frequency limited rail line running the exact same route that is being starved of funding is there whilst it watches the Coomera "Let's Turn the Entire Northern Gold Coast Into a Car Dependant Sewer" go from non-existence to construction starting within years... They say an image speaks a thousand words, so take these 5 images and write me a bloody thesis: https://www.pinterest.com.au/pin/180284791310239294/.

I seriously cannot grapple with the fact that there is such inaction to this constant, daily congestion problem. Even with cheapest, most cost effective, most basic and quickest things to implement are just not being touched. Like putting in bus lanes down key transport corridors (that have been highlighted in State transport plans for over a decade) or CBD route/stop consolidation or truncation of low frequency routes outside the CBD to allow those routes to run more frequently and provide commuters with easy transfer options. Am I asking too much here? Is that the problem?

This is absolutely shambolic and there is no leadership or motivation for things to change. I cannot stress enough how basic and simple some of these solutions are but there is just simply no interest in making any sort of improvements. The costs of congestion (both obvious and hidden) are huge, and in most cases, detrimental to the quality of life for everyone:
- social costs of increased stress levels (especially from bus drivers who relentlessly sit in traffic), less time with family and undertaking recreational activities, less time at home each day which reduces the amount of sleep each night which reduces happiness levels and increases agitation, reduction in life expectancy;
- economic costs of severely reduced productivity, increased transport costs (from using more fuel to trying to find the fastest, but not necessarily cheapest, way home), increased strain on our infrastructure, increased health costs from a lesser quality of life (both active wise, physical condition wise and pollution wise), a massive population growth without the most cost effective or efficient infrastructure being built;
- environmental costs including increased CO2 emissions, increased pollution within the area, greater uptake in private car usage rather than sustainable transport forms.
Do I need to say more? If I have any sort of say in the operation of Brisbane's public transport network in the future, things will be very, VERY different. Until then, if events like today are not a wake up call for some sort of change, then we really have no hope.

Meanwhile, I just found this leaked photo from 1 William St, Brisbane:

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S1924 hit a bridge on the corner of Long Street underpass and Honour Avenue in Graceville.

Hope it won’t become the second C1894.
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S1664 is now E1664 and in CityGlider wrap.
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W5079 on a 174 approaching Woolloongabba (source: Anytrip)
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Re: Transport for Brisbane Observations 2021

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Noted T2928, T2929 and T2930 were all on southside runs this evening - guessing on loan to Sherwood.

E2828 is now in standard livery.
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2927, 2928 and 2930 on Route 109 today.
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E2829 in clean skin now.
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W1441 broken down at riparian plaza
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Re: Transport for Brisbane Observations 2021

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W5091 running an outbound P455
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S1667 is now E1667.
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Re: Transport for Brisbane Observations 2021

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1595 is running 300/340 tonight
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T2933 on 110 outbound.
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qut391 wrote: Sat Sep 18, 2021 7:30 pm S1667 is now E1667.
And in CityGlider livery.
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