Network shake-up means buses run early, schedule could change again
That means timetables might be tweaked again, weeks after they were overhauled for the launch of the Metro route M1 service, introducing more two-seat journeys and different pick-up and drop-off locations for some services.
Brisbane bus punctuality was worse at the beginning of this year than it was before the COVID pandemic.
Asked if he thought the network changes would allow on-time running to hit 90 per cent or above, Brisbane Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner said some buses were actually running ahead of the timetable now because of less congestion on the road.
'We're going to have to continue to tweak the timetables to make sure that they're as accurate as possible,' he said.
'We're certainly seeing improvements in reliability in the past month.
'We expect that to continue to be the case, and that will involve us potentially updating timetables as well, because if the congestion is lower on the network, and we can run services faster, then we'll have to tweak the timetable to actually reflect that.'
Schrinner said buses arriving early was 'not ideal because we don't want people to miss the services', but he said it illustrated improvements in reliability.
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