30 July 2002
Scott Throssell
28 Michelangelo Street
Fig Tree Pocket 4069
Transport Manager
Brisbane City Bus
Transport
PO Box 6435
Upper Mt. Gravatt 4122
Dear Sir or Madam
Non-friendly bus transfer for travelers between Fig Tree Pocket
and UQ
I would like to highlight a morning
scheduling problem with the BCC bus timetable at the Indooroopilly
Bus Exchange. In order to get a transfer, I like a number of staff
and students traveling from the Fig Tree Pocket area to UQ [St
Lucia], have to catch a bus up to an hour earlier despite living
close to the university. This problem could easily be solved with
a minor timetabling change that enabled staff and students to
easily transfer from a Fig Tree Pocket bus to a bus destined for
UQ at the Indooroopilly Bus Exchange.
To arrive 9am at UQ, staff and
students have to take the Fig Tree Pocket 445 bus at 7.35 am and
transfer at Indooroopilly Shopping Centre for the 427, 428 or 432
bus to UQ. This means our traveling time is 90 minutes to travel a
short distance – Fig Tree Pocket to UQ –, which we find
totally unacceptable.
If we take the Fig Tree Pocket 455
bus at 8:15am we arrive at Indooroopilly at 8:33am and wait about
15 minutes for the next bus to UQ. Normally this would be
suitable, however as it is a 428 bus [which takes longest possible
way to UQ] our arrival time is past 9am. Given that we have class
and work commitments that start at 9am, this is not an option.
I would like to bring to your
attention that at 7:32am the 432 Express bus leaves Indooroopilly
for UQ. We normally watch this bus leave just as the Fig Tree
Pocket 455 bus arrives at Indooroopilly Bus Exchange. It would
assists us if the 432 bus could wait a few minutes so 455
passengers can transfer.
The Brisbane City Council may not be
aware that in the Mandalay area of Fig Tree Pocket, a large number
of families are involved with the UQ home stay program for
International students and these students use the BCC bus service
as their main form of transport. As a home stay family of three
years, we know our international student would enjoy their
experience of Brisbane more if the bus transfer were
user-friendlier to travelers.
Thank you for considering this
suggestion. If the 432 bus could just wait for a few more minutes
at 7:32am, it would save UQ staff and students a lot of wasted
time.
Scott Throssell
