AustralianFan Posted August 24 Author Report Share Posted August 24 On 8/23/2024 at 5:29 AM, Bear said: to be fair, in LA: Yes “Metro” has different meanings in different cities. Personally, I would not have called the BRT the “Brisbane Metro” as its too easy to confuse it with a turn up-and-go rail public transport system. Still, until they change the name, we’re stuck with it “Brisbane Metro”. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victorian Posted August 29 Report Share Posted August 29 https://www.inqld.com.au/news/brisbane-2032/2024/08/28/brisbanes-metro-bus-service-to-be-expanded-as-permanent-2032-games-legacy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AustralianFan Posted August 29 Author Report Share Posted August 29 9 hours ago, Victorian said: https://www.inqld.com.au/news/brisbane-2032/2024/08/28/brisbanes-metro-bus-service-to-be-expanded-as-permanent-2032-games-legacy Yes the expanded Brisbane Metro network bus rapid transit will be only one part of the Brisbane Olympic Transport Network and this expanded legacy is to take it to 90% of venues. It will nevertheless be great boost to the capacity required at Games time, with 22 additional stations and Airport route included. Other parts of the public transport plan for the Games and legacy is an expansion of the existing Brisbane Ferries network with a new CBD ferry terminal to be built and also a route linking it to the Brisbane Cruise Ship Terminal. Of course there is also the extensive Brisbane Suburban Rail and suburban bus network, heavy rail connections to Gold Coast and Sunshine Coast and the Stage 4 of the Gold Coast Light Rail network linking Coolangatta Airport. Brisbane Metro Expansion to most 2032 venues - 9News Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AustralianFan Posted September 18 Author Report Share Posted September 18 Brisbane Olympic Transport Network Good assessment below in this Brisbane Times article by Cameron Atfield on Brisbane’s public transport capabilities during the Games including expectations of visitors. How to ensure a smooth ride for the Brisbane Olympics The window has closed on many Brisbane 2032 transport options, so what will it be like getting around our city during the Olympics? “All of that is going to require really good integrated planning across all transport modes. We do have to think about trucks, as well as cars and people and trains and buses, and integrating across a lot of the different stakeholders.” Dedicated Olympic road lanes, deserted schools and workplaces, and a “ring of steel” around Brisbane, unseen since it hosted the G20 summit in 2014. These are some of the predictions of Brisbane life during the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games as the city hosts one of the world’s biggest sporting events. Brisbane Times has spoken to several planning and public transport experts who all agree that getting around Brisbane between July and August in 2032 will be a challenge, regardless of whether commuters are attending events at any of south-east Queensland’s Olympic venues. Global planning firm Arcadis’ Brisbane chief, Paul Allan, said some international visitors would come to south-east Queensland expecting the same transport standards they enjoy at home. “Being a regional Games, I think people have the perception they can stay on the Gold Coast [to attend] many events on the Sunshine Coast, and it’s only 150 kilometres,” he said. “People forget [that] travelling that [route] by public transport, they can write off half a day or more. “They look at a map and just presume transport here is like in Europe. It’s not.” Making it easier will be Cross River Rail and the Brisbane Metro rapid bus system, which will both be operational come Games time. But there is still a lament that more infrastructure will not – and can not – be delivered in time. Public transport advocate Robert Dow, from Rail Back on Track, said although 2032 was still eight years away, the ship had already sailed on the prospect of major new rail projects, which can take years to deliver. Even after a couple of false starts due to changes in government, Cross River Rail, for example, has taken more than a decade. “We were quite excited [about the Olympics], initially. We thought we might have a chance of getting some real significant rail upgrades, particularly between the Sunshine Coast and the Gold Coast,” Dow said. “Even Toowoomba, at one point, was in the mix, and it’s all just gone by the by ... it’s all been a bit of a con right from the outset.” The good news? Professor Matthew Burke, the deputy director of Griffith University’s Cities Research Institute, is convinced south-east Queensland is on track to have plans in place to ensure a smooth ride. “There will be Games lanes [for buses and official Olympic transport] on a number of arterial roads and sub-arterial roads, and definitely, we will have a ring of steel in the city centre as well,” he said. “There will be a security layer – we’ve just seen what that looks like [in Paris]. “I would expect some similar things to the G20 – maybe not quite as extreme as that, but similar things to that will be happening again.” Burke said he expected schools, TAFEs and universities to shut down during the Games, which would take some pressure off the public transport system. “Tertiary students are one in six public transport users, so we know they’re just not going to be doing their usual travel,” he said. “But for workers, we really don’t know what the change in behaviour will be. If everyone was trying to get to the city centre to their offices at the same rates, we’d be in huge trouble – we wouldn’t be able to do it. “So there’s going to have to be some Queensland government office closures and some requests for the private sector not to run at full capacity, just to allow that public transport capacity to be made available for the Games.” Toronto-based civil engineer Margaret Parkhill, the mobility advisory business unit leader at Arcadis, said buses would do the heavy lifting. “The nice thing with buses, you can build it faster, and that helps manage your cost because it’s not going to take 10 years [to build the infrastructure],” she said. “You don’t get that cost escalation over time. You can get it done in a couple of years.” Dow agreed, saying the only option left on the table was to have buses shuttling spectators along dedicated priority road lanes. “QSAC [the Queensland Sport and Athletics Centre, selected by Premier Steven Miles as Brisbane 2032’s main Olympic stadium] was used for the Commonwealth Games … [in 1982] and we had shuttle buses from Banoon and Sunnybank railway stations,” he said. “If that venue is used in 2032, it’ll be exactly the same as it was 50 years ago, which indicates that transport planning hasn’t been a real highlight of the Olympic Games planning at this point in time.” Parkhill said any big undertaking, “whether you’re building a house or planning for an event like the Games”, required meticulous planning. “You’ve got to get athletes to and from venues, you’ve got to get media and volunteers where they need to go,” she said. “There are also a lot of goods that we need to get moved around – think of all the TV cameras and equipment that the Games will require. It’s moving the people around, as well as getting the goods where they need to go. “All of that is going to require really good integrated planning across all transport modes. We do have to think about trucks, as well as cars and people and trains and buses, and integrating across a lot of the different stakeholders.” Parkhill said it was important that Brisbane learnt from other major events between now and 2032, such as the 2027 Rugby World Cup. “It’s hard with transportation to experiment, and the computer models only take us so far,” she said. “But you could start testing a few different things and then seeing what works and what doesn’t, and make adjustments before the Games get here. “It’s a good opportunity to take advantage of those other events.” Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AustralianFan Posted September 22 Author Report Share Posted September 22 Buses and 1,000 Drivers Needed Attention is starting to swing toward the additional bus and coach drivers which will be needed for the Brisbane 2032 Olympic Transport Network. This article following shows that work is starting on this including where drivers will be accommodated coming in from other parts of Queensland and from around Australia: ***************** Transport experts say south-east Queensland faces a real challenge to temporarily boost its bus fleet – and find the required drivers – for the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games. With rail projects taking years to deliver, the window for new Olympics infrastructure has already effectively closed. Public transport advocate Robert Dow, from Rail Back on Track, said that meant the 2032 Games would rely heavily on buses, particularly at venues without rail access. “That’s a problem because there isn’t going to be enough drivers in 2032 to drive these bloody things,” he said. Professor Matthew Burke, the deputy director of Griffith University’s Cities Research Institute, said it was a “big issue” for organisers – not just sourcing the drivers and buses, but what would happen to those excess buses afterwards. “We’re going to have to have a lot of bus drivers – something like 1000 or more – and that’s a very large number,” he said. “A few retirees might come back and say, ‘I’ve still got my heavy-vehicle licence, I’m here’, but at that scale, that’s a lot of volunteers.” Burke said he would expect bus drivers in other Australian cities to take holidays to come to south-east Queensland, something he said happened during the Sydney 2000 Olympic and Paralympic Games. But that came with some significant issues. “They were ringing up a week before the Sydney Olympics and saying, ‘Where are we staying?’,” Burke said. Many of those drivers were billeted with local colleagues, Burke said, which highlighted another logistical issue. “[In Brisbane] work has already started on accommodating volunteers, including bus drivers, who are a very large, very important part of that volunteer pool,” he said. Comment was sought from Transport Minister Bart Mellish. Instead, a response was provided by a spokesman from his department. “While the Brisbane 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games are almost eight years away, the Department of Transport and Main Roads has commenced planning for the additional demand on the public transport network – including the future bus fleet and drivers,” he said. “Transport plans and arrangements for spectator travel will be finalised when venue locations, crowd sizes and competition schedules for the Games are confirmed. “Brisbane Metro and Cross River Rail will also provide new and improved services, transforming travel in south-east Queensland.” Questions about driver recruitment and bus procurement went unanswered. An LNP opposition spokeswoman said such transport matters would be “one of the key terms of reference” for a would-be Crisafulli government’s 100-day Olympic review. Credit: Brisbane Times 22 September 2024 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AustralianFan Posted October 1 Author Report Share Posted October 1 Brisbane 2032 transport authorities will study closely the plans of LA 2028 as it develops the Olympic Transport Network (OTN) over several modes of travel across different venues and other locations. In 2032, in addition to a Bus Operations Centre, organisers will need to plan for multiple: Park and Ride sites for spectator to park their cars in the vicinity of either venues or transport hubs serviced by shuttle buses Venue Bus Malls to drop off/pickup spectators Bus/Coach Depots for maintenance, washing and refuelling the OTN fleet, anc Bus Staging Areas adjacent to venues for short term parking. Brisbane 2032 organisers will also need to plan for spectator and workforce shuttles to/from venues adjacent to designated light rail, heavy rail, train stations and bus stations to daily move everyone in and out. In 2032, Spectator Park and Ride Sites in the vicinity of venues can be expected to be sourced/commandeered from a variety of available open spaces. LA 2028 have released their LA 2028 Metro Games Mobility Concept Plan which the Brisbane 2032 team I’m sure will pore over in detail as they develop their own plan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AustralianFan Posted October 11 Author Report Share Posted October 11 Incomplete Sunshine Coast rail line would be 'embarrassment' at 2032 Olympics, opposition says This ABC News Australia report from September is of the Queensland LNP Opposition Leader’s vow to, via his 100-day 2032 review of Olympic projects to find a way to extend he Sunshine Coast heavy rail link right through to the Maroochydore city centre by the Brisbane 2032 Games. This would be great news for spectators, visitors and residents at the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games should the LNP win government and the rail extension from Caloundra to the Marooydore centre becomes a reality. It would form an integral part of the Olympic Transport Network and have lasting legacy benefits for residents and growth in the region. “Nineteen kilometres of the spur line have been funded to finish at Caloundra by 2032 as part of stage one, with the remaining 19km to Maroochydore yet to be funded or given a timeline.” “However, the LNP has promised a 100-day review of the 2032 Brisbane Olympics and Paralympic infrastructure.” “LNP leader David Crisafulli said Queenslanders did not want to be embarrassed by "under investment" on the international stage during the home Olympic Games.” "Queenslanders need to have pride in the Olympics and Paralympic Games," he said. "We do have a plan for generational infrastructure … that looks like road and rail, but it also looks like having stadiums that Queenslanders can be proud of." “Deputy Opposition leader Jarrod Bleijie said the 100-day review would work out how to build the full 38km Sunshine Coast heavy rail line from Beerburrum to Maroochydore by 2032, to ensure there is adequate transport for the region "inclusive of the Mooloolah River Interchange, which is on the same transport corridor as that rail project". Credit: Incomplete Sunshine Coast rail line would be ’embaressment’ at 2033 Olympics, opposition says - ABC News Australia, 19 Sep 2024 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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