It needs to go to Skygate not just terminate at Hamilton Northshore at the Bluey Attraction Centre.
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At least Skygate, if not to the Airport (I think the air train contract would probably prevent this though)
I donāt understand the fascination a Glider to Skygate. Outside of business hours, itās a supermarket and a gym. Thatās it. Not exactly a big destination.
A bus to Skygate during business hours makes sense. Outside, not so much. 6 bph to nothingā¦
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I wonder whether a better alternative would be to extend the 300 from Toombul to Skygate? Google suggests that it would take an extra 7 minutes from Toombul Interchange to Skygate via the East West Arterial, which would still keep it a sub 1 hr route end to end.
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My suggestion would be to extend the 369 back to Skygateā¦ but why stop there? Extend the 369 to Hamilton via Skygate 
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Is that actually a good ideaā¦? Meh. You can catch the 301/300 to Toombul and transfer. If your goal is to have a route connect to the terminus of the Gold Glider and directly service Skygate though, it could be a go-er. You just wouldnāt get many passengers staying on through Skygate.
^^ Yes that in addition to the Great Circle line and the new Gold Glider.
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I donāt mind the idea of extending the 369 to Skygate, and in general improving radial connections like this, but I think itās important to try and also have a direct route between the CBD and Skygate, to facilitate tourist staying in the inner city who want to access to the DFO - something that doesnāt exist at all at present. Thatās why I favoured extending the 300 - it is a CBD-originating service, but one with a span of hours that better suits the shopping centre than the over service provided by a Glider.
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369 extension to sky gate would be great, I would love it routed via Nundah, Melton Rd swinging by Northgate and then down to sky gate. Allows better connections from the North to Skygate. The 590 already acts as a cheap way for people to access the airport. If only BAC extended the shuttle times to say 11pm it would be a good way to bypass the air train restrictions and give better PT access for staff and travellers to the airport
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I think the Gold CityGlider should be extended to Skygate to provide direct city access, also to provide a quicker connection to Hamilton. I know many people who work in that precinct but donāt bother getting public transport because itās too slow. The 300 could be done but itās quite a slow all-stops service, and I donāt see the purpose of extending it from Toombul to Skygate, when the 590 already does that. I think having a distinctly branded, fast service heading from the city to Skygate would be attractive to tourists.
And I understand the talk about opening hours - I would think it would be fairly easy to only operate limited services to Skygate when the shops arenāt open. The main caveat to me for extending the Glider to Skygate as opposed to any other service, is the opportunity to bring it all the way to the Airport once that contract expires. Once this happens, it would make it easy for airport travellers to Skygate and Hamilton on public transport at most hours.
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Progress on platform 1 @ Roma Street.
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Hi all,
Iām not sure if others have floated this around but I will make my point my clearer here.
If you arenāt aware Old Petrie Town, an important part of Moreton Bay LGA and/or the general Pine Rivers Shire has no good adequate bus service. Whilst yes you technically get a bus pretty close to the Old Petrie Town, the walk is about 30 or so minutes. In recent times the new Youngs Crossing Bridge is presumably going to begin construction next year. My suggestion/query is, why not extend the 673 to Old Petrie Town once said bridge has completed construction, with an intermediate stop along the way near Mcillwraith Road along Youngs Crossing Road. This would allow tourists or locals the ability to get the train to Bray Park Station or any bus service to Strathpine Bus Station and jump on the 673 to Old Petrie Town. Buses are able to go into the town itself as there is a designated bus zone that I believe is often used by charter buses. I donāt know how far this will go but I do hope one day Old Petrie Town gets a bus service in the future.
Bridge Project Page: https://www.moretonbay.qld.gov.au/Services/Projects/Roads/Youngs-Crossing
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Interesting Question on Notice and Answer
QUESTION:
With reference to the timing for delivering the bus priority corridors in the SEQRTP āSEQ Frequent Public Transport Network 2041ā on page 53 ā¦
It sounds like this initiative was included in the plan purely for its talking point value and no actual progress to realise it has been made, or is likely to be made.
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How long will it be before the electorate stops believing the constant blame shifting to the previous Labor Government. Like yes, Labor did underdeliver on many things, but the LNP are also underdelivering and doing very little on top of initiatives Labor started. Iād go as far as saying they have cancelled more PT and AT projects than they have started.
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Celebrating GCLR stage 3 testing underway and opening of first section of Coomera Connector certainly emphasises this gap - what of their own initiative do they have to point to? What is this Transport Minister actually passionate about for PT and AT?
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Yes, good at plans in Queensland, but that is where it generally ends.
On this matter Iām concerned at so many projects falling behind. Planning, business cases etc were supposed to be complete by now for Metro(bus) expansion, Albion station upgrade. Bus upgrades in Ipswich and Logan were behind schedule. No new projects have been announced.
I feel the current transport minister is barely doing anything as transport falls behind.
Is it worth a harsh press release early next year about inaction and we can tie this to Olympic preparedness?
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It would be great if members meet the minister. Its not really clear what their transport plans are with the exception of The Wave.
I donāt even know if theyāre good at plans. Theyāre good at glossy brochures that sound like plansā¦
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