Not worst as such, just pretty bad compared to the one on the other side of the road.
Slacks Creek Park & Ride Stop B. Bent pole, not even a basic shelter or seating.
Compared to Stop A across the road.
Now, I’m not saying B should look anything like A, but a basic shelter with a seat would be nice! And straighten the pole.
Canterbury Street - 59 on the outbound side I would say is one of the worst stops. There is no footpath on that side of Kentish St so it becomes much harder for people in wheelchairs to access it and no bus shelter.
I actually don’t think that stop is too bad (apart from a lack of shelter), my wheelchair could easily access the nearest driveway there next to the stop to cross over to the footpath on the other side, especially given it’s pretty much flat ground and that street would be relatively quiet.
Pretty much all the bus stops on Tilley Rd are terrible
Whoever is responsible for signing off on these seriously deserves a prison sentence
Not sure if anyone else mentioned it but another worst stop would be the outbound side Boronia Avenue - 32 stop.
Looks like this one, and several other nearby stops for the 567, have finally been upgraded for disability compliance and given shelters.
Probably too late for the main purpose of this thread but a really good bus stop is Aspley hypermarket.
Dot matrix sign of upcoming buses with approximate wait times. Well covered for rain and sun. Indoor area connected to the shopping centre with air conditioning if needed (further dot matrix signs indoors). plenty of seating and bins .
BTQ should start a campaign show photos of example bus stops on social media (‘BTQ’s bus stop of the week’) that way you can inform people on what and why x stop is bad because of a, b, c… reasons; whether access, visibility, safety or location for example.
I personally think all bus stops need a bench, a clear sign with a timetable, shelter, and with that, they should also have a light inside the shelter. The amount of sheltered stops that don’t have a light makes me wonder about how safe (or unsafe) they could be when waiting for the bus in the dark.
Great idea! We would need to crowdsource the photos tho.
Sadly, many of those stops don’t get evening/night services in the first place.
Firstly, they should in my opinion. Secondly, it can also get dark in our storms.
Thirdly, even if there is no bus service, someone, maybe a woman walking home, would feel more comfortable walking through a well lighted area for her own safety.
This one still bugs me!
The reason for Translink cheaping out on the Slacks Creek Park N Ride is because this PnR was designed solely around the 581 CBD service (and its offpeak 582 shuttle), basically ignoring the existance of the 560 and 562, or any possible rerouting of the 555 to service it - something I would personally like to see ahead of the eventual busway extension.
The 581s either come up Loganlea Road from the depot and turn right onto Nujooloo Road (AM), or come down across the Loganlea Road overpass and turn left into Nujooloo Road (PM), so there was no need for anything other than Platform 1 to service them.
553 stops here, too. So does 568, but I guess that’s just the weekend version of the 562. It’s a reasonably well-used stop.
555 stopping here would in interesting. Would probably make minimal difference in peak, might add a few minutes off-peak, though. Would also be problematic for night time 555s that start/terminate as 572s.
So, the other main bus routes to service this general area (140 and 150) continue to Browns Plains, giving good interchange opportunities. The 130 terminates at a random suburban bus stop.
The question is, where to? Browns Plains would probably be closest, but is it necessary to effectively duplicate the 140/150.
Would sending it to Woodridge Station be sensible? Might be helpful for people in the Algester area to access the southern part of the Beenleigh line, although probably not for the Gold Coast—going north to Altandi would save having to change trains at Loganlea.
If going to Woodridge, would direct along Wembley Rd be best, or would you mirror part of the 547? I would suggest Wembley Rd, which could allow the return of the stop near Forest Way, which was lost with the 547 rerouting.
I’m not sure there’s anywhere else nearby that makes much sense as a terminus.
I guess the other question is, how often would you send the 130 here? I think every service would be overkill. Maybe every 15 minutes peak and every 30 off-peak?
It’s already a really long route, I’d probably just try and get it back to the shops on Nottingham so that there is an anchor at the end. I also think you’d have some pretty poor reliability going all the way to Woodridge.
The other option is just take it up Gowan somewhere so that you have same stop transfers to the 150 to continue to Garden City.
You could maybe send the 139 with a boost of frequency there, but what does sending a bus from mains road corridor to woodridge even acheive?
Whilst it’s more direct than the train and transfer combo, that option still exists.
The 130 is one of the most heavily used and most frequent bus routes in the nation, so it’s doing something right with where it ends up.
Also obliquatory increase the 130 and 140 to at least every 10 minutes off peak. every 15 minutes isn’t enough
Put it on the Gateway and send it to Loganlea.
Here’s an obvious one: yes to Browns Plains VIA DREWVALE.
They only get the podunk 547 and the peak 153 so an option for them to reach Sunnybank and beyond without drama would be a major improvement.
We mentioned the 139 and I’ve thought about routing it to the current 130 terminus via Compton and Gowan as compensation for the loss of the 155 in Calamvale. If ran every 15 minutes for most of the day (irrespective of university terms) it could be a very useful addition and a good complement for the 130/140 on Mains Rd.
