I think BTQ should be advocating for a major expansion in shelter at public transport stops, possibly alongside eInk installation & other amenities, focusing on stops like the above which don’t have shade trees but ideally aiming to have the vast majority of stops covered.
Edit: I forgot this was already in the policy platform, whoops!
It’s worth also saying that reviewing the bus network to have fewer routes but running at higher frequencies makes investing in better stops more feasible and more beneficial.
The Mt Thompson Rd bus stop in Holland Park (a small park n’ ride) features a large shade shelter that boasts an impressive shade awning. And an e-ink!
I’m not going to lie, but Bowen Hills, Albion and Woolloowin are shockers when it comes to providing sufficient shade - and the fact that they’re all inner-city stations isn’t a good look
Bowen Hills is my local and it’s shocking. In the morning peak (when people tend to use it!) there’s no shade at all on platforms 3/4, because the sun comes in at such an angle that it goes under the tiny shade structures. Really needs an upgrade
A few hundred metres south is another bus stop that is accessible by footpath. However, the adjacent intersection is missing a pedestrian crossing, forcing you to make 3 very long (and usually very hot) crossings to reach it from the shops on the other side of Blunder Road.
Maybe they could consider some standing bus shelters at some stops where there is minimal room. The one on Bowen Bridge Road outside the museum should be a standing one instead of what they have now as it really restricts the footpath space.
Browns Plains isn’t exactly known as a ‘leafy’ suburb, instead being known by most southsiders by its car-centric and blisteringly hot landscape. But its bus interchange does succeed in providing ‘adequate shade.’
Just don’t expect both sides of the bus station to be completely shaded at any given time.
That looks like an old tram stop to me. They’re always nice when they’ve survived.
Edit: The issue with that stop is where do you get off the bus in the afternoon when you’re heading home. I can’t see a matching stop on the other side of the road.
