Posted 2 days ago by Railpage System User
Want to increase a network's coverage to serve more people and thus boost possible patronage?
Posted 5 days ago by Railpage System User
Last week, RMIT Masters student Steve Pemberton released a paper on optimising Melbourne's bus network by changing from its current "tailor-made" network, where many buses meander through backstreets to ensure most of Melbourne has a one-seat journey to key destinations, to more of an "everywhere to everywhere" grid-based system, which prioritises speed and short waiting times over coverage, and was tested by a computer model.
Posted 6 days ago by Railpage System User
If you built 500 more 'free' parking spaces at a popular place like Tarneit or Doncaster (at a cost of $10s of thousands each) they would almost certainly fill up.
Posted one week ago by Railpage System User
20 years ago the late Paul Mees described a public transport network topology he called Squaresville in his book A Very Public Solution.
Posted one week ago by Railpage System User
The Tenders Victoria website published details of the new Metropolitan Bus Franchise on Wednesday.
Posted one week ago by Railpage System User
20 years ago the late Paul Mees described a public transport network topology he called Squaresville in his book A Very Public Solution.
Posted one week ago by Railpage System User
Without public vigilance things tends towards entropy (or is it apathy?).
Posted 2 weeks ago by Railpage System User
In terms of improvements to public transport there are few areas more static than Melbourne's outer eastern suburbs.
Posted 3 weeks ago by Railpage System User
There will be changes to services across the Inner West and Eastern Suburbs of Sydney from 25 October 2020. An outline of changes and a full list are provided below.
Posted 3 weeks ago by Railpage System User
On Fridays we normally discuss planning ideas for better networks that deliver simpler, more frequent and more useful routes to more people.
Posted 3 weeks ago by Railpage System User
Sometimes the most humble bus services produce some of the best usage statistics.
Posted last month by Railpage System User
There are often big gaps between what might be an ideal bus network for an area and what exists now.
Posted last month by Railpage System User
Some of Melbourne's most useful bus routes are those that just missed out on being upgraded to SmartBus or being incorporated into one of the orbitals.
Posted last month by Railpage System User
Most Useful Network items are about simplifying infrequent local bus routes to build an economical network of more direct buses operating every 20 (or occasionally 10) minutes. Such revamps are necessary for vast swathes of Melbourne suburbia that now see only indirect and infrequent buses.
Posted last month by Railpage System User
A quick note to celebrate the 18th anniversary of SmartBus in Melbourne.
Posted last month by Railpage System User
We haven't had a regular Timetable Tuesday for a while.
Posted 2 months ago by Railpage System User
Victoria's COVID-19 outbreak is still not contained and travel remains restricted to necessary trips. With other states restricting travel, border regions are experiencing special difficulties. None more so than the twin cities of Albury - Wodonga, with many living in one and working in the other.
Posted 2 months ago by NSWGR8022
Commuters face a year longer riding with bus company Transdev than the Andrews government intended, due to complications finding a replacement operator during the coronavirus pandemic.
Posted 2 months ago by Railpage System User
The SmartBus orbital routes, introduced about 10 years ago, are easy to explain.
Posted 2 months ago by Railpage System User
Something is happening for buses in Clyde and Clyde North. It won't be before time. We got early warning last month via a post on local MP Jordan Crugnale's Facebook page.
Posted 2 months ago by Railpage System User
Other Australian cities are doing big things with buses. Adelaide is increasing its frequent network by 42%, delivering frequent buses to 200 000 more people.
Posted 2 months ago by Railpage System User
Buses in Melbourne are usually thought of as public transport's small fry. Most corridors have rail services and its world famous trams link inner suburbs to the city. Buses account for barely a quarter the network's patronage; a much lower proportion than for any other Australian city.
Posted 2 months ago by Railpage System User
The last time anything significant happened to Route 740 was when Henry Bolte was premier.
Posted 2 months ago by Railpage System User
Normally on Tuesdays we discuss the quirks of one particular bus, train or tram route's timetable. Today we'll take a different tack. We'll do a broad historical sweep over the last 70 years.
Posted 2 months ago by Railpage System User
Last Friday I wrote about the collapse of bus network reform in Adelaide.
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