Interesting. I’m sure when it was first being constructed, there was something about camera enforcement being peddled. Maybe it never happened.
Keep in mind that the bus only part of the Green Link is only the section between Bleasby Road and the the “Logan Road Service Road” - general traffic is allowed to run between Logan Road proper to the service road to access the apartments.
I’m not too familiar with services going out from Woolloongabba, but I’m going to assume that the ban on bus services turning right onto Ipswich Road is to allow the buses to share the light phase with the through traffic going along Stanley Street, therefore not requiring an additional phase, which would slow down the entire intersection for everybody.
Could this situation be improved with better light syncronisation (or even more bus priority lanes) along Jurgens Street?
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Yes, I’m sure the current setup is designed to minimise delays for general traffic on Main Rd/Ipswich Rd. I just reckon that’s a bad tradeoff to make.
Sitting on the outbound 100 or 125 while it trundles slowly along Jurgens St, navigating tight corners, narrow streets, three sets of lights and one unsignialised right turn is pretty painful. Giving (largely) single-occupant cars priority over buses is just a bit silly.
I don’t know much about signal phases, but I wonder whether the lights could be tweaked to allow 3-4 buses per cycle to leave Woolloongabba busway station ahead of the southbound/outbound cars?
This change would pair very well with a new 24 hour bus lane to replace the parked cars on Main St between Stanley St and Balaclava St 
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I don’t think it’s just to minimise delays for general traffic. The status quo does have some benefits for buses that a right turn sequence could lose.
Tying in the bus phase with the Stanley Street general traffic phase has the benefit of providing buses traffic a green light phase to exit out of the station which would largely match the length of the straight ahead phase, less any turning sequence from Stanley Street onto Main Street. I imagine such a sequence would be a relatively long one? Pairing the two also minimises the overall number of light sequences that the intersection needs to cycle through, meaning everyone, including the buses, get their go quicker as well.
If you add a new bus right turn phase, it will increase the waiting time for everybody as a result of increasing the number of light cycles. Eg. buses would have to wait through the entire Main Street sequence and then the entire Stanley Street sequence before getting a go. On top of this, we could end up with a bus sequence that is shorter than what currently exists as a result of it being its own sequence (and to try and minimise overall traffic light cycle time), and not one shared with a major general traffic sequence, potentially resulting in a longer wait to get out of the station to begin with.
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Yeah, the main problem isn’t that buses can’t turn right onto Ipswich Rd but that they don’t get signal priority to turn onto Jurgens St or to turn left at Balaclava St.
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The question I’d ask is whether, if buses currently enjoyed a direct, simple route with one turn instead of three, would we propose diverting them via three backstreets and two extra sets of lights just so that cars could save a bit of time on Ipswich Rd?
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It’s not just cars that would be affected though. Buses wanting to go straight would be stuck behind behind buses wanting to turn right. This also affects buses wanting to turn around.
Unless you are proposing to completely change how the lights work? This has ramifications for the buses operating along Vulture St, Ipswich Rd and Logan Rd inbound.
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Yep, exactly my point. You’d be introducing two separate phases for buses, where the bus station exit doesn’t accommodate more than a single outbound lane - a bus going straight could block the exit during the turn sequence and/or vice versa, and they will have to wait longer overall as the new phase would increase the overall sequence time of the lights.
These changes I predict would backfire significantly if they were implemented, slowing down the process of leaving the station and resulting in bus station congestion.
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Pallara
There needs to be a road through the middle of this development, otherwise as Pallara grows, residents will face a 1.3 km walk or more to the bus stop on Ritchie Road.
Having a road through the middle of this development would reduce the walk in half and would also boost patronage on buses going through the area.
Proper road layouts are essential for good bus PT. Once a poor road layout is locked in, it is near impossible to get it fixed up.
Image - Google Maps, 2025.
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Whose land are you resuming for this?
It would be up to BCC planners to figure it out. I note that other transport projects - major roads, rail, busways and trams also often involve resumptions.
Not sure if it’s a reserved ROW or just a lack of development in a line, but it’d be very easy to punch a road through the middle (past the barbershops) joining with Ritchie Rd at the north and possibly Wadeville St at the south. New build, so could make sure you’ve got a nice fully separated bikeway as well
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So the neighbourhood plan had two new local roads, one from Van Dieren to Laxton, and one from Laxton to Sweets (crossing Kraft). The Van Dieren to Laxton is built (Prominence St) and the portion from Laxton to Kraft is built (Fernando Street).
The problem is that these are just local streets that are not big enough for buses.
The gap in the middle is zoned for District Sport and Recreation (light green, level 2) and District Open Space (dark green, level 2). There is a plan for a whole corridor through to Vied Road to carry stormwater and provide a shared path and open space, including the district sports park which starts construction soon.
As much as central road would make sense and split the area into a nice circle, you can see in the zoning plan and the open space plan that the intention is clearly for more density in the walkable catchment to Ritchie Road and the neighbourhood centre on the corner of Ritchie and Laxton. Yes its uphill from all the houses in light pink, and more than the ideal 400m distance, but if you provided a 15 minute frequent service to somewhere meaningful in either direction, I think you would still get good take up.