16 July, 2010
Brisbane Residents to Get 25 New Buses
Brisbane residents are set to benefit from 25 new buses hitting the road, delivering much needed additional bus services for the people of Brisbane.Public and Active Transport Chairman Margaret de Wit said Council today accepted the 25 new buses, which should have been put into servi...
25 June, 2010
6.5m Bus Passengers in May
Brisbane City Council buses carried about 6.5 million passengers in May 2010 – an increase of about 446,000 passengers on the same period last year.Brisbane now has well over 1000 buses in its fleet thanks to Lord Mayor Campbell Newman’s record commitment of 500 new air-conditio...
25 May, 2010
Council Buses Win Australian-First Green Award
In an Australian first, Brisbane City Council’s bus fleet has been awarded the Australian Lung Foundation’s inaugural Green Leaf Award.The prestigious award recognises Council’s use of Enhanced Environmentally Friendly Vehicles (EEV) as part of its ongoing commitment to improvi...
04 May, 2010
Two new CityCat Terminals to Reduce Congestion
Lord Mayor Campbell Newman has announced two new CityCat terminals will be built at Teneriffe and Northshore Hamilton in a bid to reduce congestion and provide safe and efficient public transport.
The Northshore Hamilton terminal will be operating from 2012 at ...
27 April, 2010
7.1m Bus Passengers in March
Brisbane City Council buses carried about 7.1 million passengers in March 2010 – an increase of about 346,000 on the same period last year.Brisbane now has well over 1000 buses in its fleet thanks to Lord Mayor Campbell Newman’s record commitment of 500 new air-conditioned buses over fo...
18 February, 2010
Brisbane Gets Express CityCat Services
Brisbane is about to get its first express CityCat service.Lord Mayor Campbell Newman and Cr Jane Prentice today unveiled the first of Brisbane’s new-look CityCat ferries, which has been coloured pink in honour of the fight against breast cancer.
The Lord Mayor teame...
15 February, 2010
5.3m Bus Passengers in January
Brisbane City Council buses carried 5,283,177 million passengers in January 2010.Brisbane now has well over 1000 buses in its fleet thanks to Lord Mayor Campbell Newman’s record commitment of 500 new air-conditioned buses over four years.
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03 February, 2010
Lord Mayor Halfway to Record 500 Buses
Lord Mayor Campbell Newman and Councillor Jane Prentice today unveiled their 250th bus and confirmed they were on track to deliver a record 500 new buses this term.The 250th bus was the first of its type to be built exclusively at the Brisbane City Council’s brand new bus factory ...
04 January, 2010
Brisbane Cycle Centre Riding High
Two whole buses have been freed up each peak hour a result of the King George Square Cycle Centre (KGSCC) opening.Acting Lord Mayor Jane Prentice said a Griffith University report found that about 80 per cent of the Cycle Centre’s 200 person membership switched from motorised modes...
18 December, 2009
Brisbane Buses Dress up for Xmas
Brisbane City Council continued a long-held Christmas tradition today with the judging of its annual Christmas bus decorating competition.The event, which is in its thirteenth year, was held atop the newly-completed Coronation Drive Overpass, with buses from each of Council’s eight...
02 November, 2009
Council Begins Building Even More Buses
Lord Mayor Campbell Newman today unveiled Council’s brand new $19 million bus build facility at Eagle Farm, with work starting on the first of hundreds of new buses to start rolling out by February.The Lord Mayor said the 2.65ha TradeCoast Central facility – which Council owns in...
13 October, 2009
Ride To Work Day
Brisbane residents are being encouraged to get on their bike and ride to work tomorrow.Public and Active Transport Chair and Councillor for Walter Taylor, Jane Prentice said National Ride to Work Day – on Wednesday October 14 – was a great incentive to discover the benefits of cy...
11 September, 2009
Another Month, Another Record
More bus passengers used Brisbane City Council buses last month than any other August on record, Public and Active Transport Chairman Jane Prentice said today.Brisbane’s bus patronage broke the 6 million mark last month – over half a million people more than August 2008.
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02 September, 2009
Council Buses Join in 150th Birthday Celebration
Brisbane City Council’s bus depots are helping commuters to get into the spirit for Brisbane’s 150th birthday by dressing up some of the city’s buses.Staff from seven of Council’s eight depots competed in a competition outside City Hall today, with the team from Carina com...
19 August, 2009
Inner-City Travel Revolution On The Way
Lord Mayor Campbell Newman has revealed the first proposed locations for Brisbane’s groundbreaking bike hire scheme, as both CityCycle and the 24-hour CityGlider bus rapid transit system prepare for launch next year.Cr Newman said the first phase of the CityCycle bike hire scheme w...
04 August, 2009
Council Delivers More Buses For South
Brisbane City Council is bringing another 200 buses to the city’s southern suburbs as part of a move to establish a bus depot on industrial land at Sherwood.Public and Active Transport Chairman and Councillor for Walter Taylor Ward, Jane Prentice said Council would purchase an indu...
21 July, 2009
Bus Passengers Set June Record
Brisbane’s bus patronage reached 5.7 million last month – the most ever recorded for June and nearly 400,000 people more than the same month last year, Public and Active Transport Chairman and Councillor for Walter Taylor Ward, Jane Prentice said today.The 5,715,290 passengers w...
26 June, 2009
State Must Meet Busway Commitment
Public and Active Transport Chairman Jane Prentice has called on the State Government to live up to its commitment to take control of the Queen Street Bus Station.As part of Brisbane City Council’s agreement to allow the Inner Northern Busway (INB) to be built beneath King George S...
17 June, 2009
Massive Spend On Public Transport
A new rapid transit bus service to rival light rail will be launched in Brisbane’s CBD next year as part of Lord Mayor Campbell Newman’s massive $164 million public transport investment in 2009/10.Dubbed the ‘City Glider’, the service will link West End, South Brisbane, the C...
12 June, 2009
Bus Patronage Record Continues To Rise
Brisbane’s bus patronage reached 6.13 million passengers last month, eclipsing last May by over a quarter of a million, Public and Active Transport Chairman and Councillor for Walter Taylor Ward, Jane Prentice said today.
That increase was despite massive disruptions to ser...
03 June, 2009
Maroons Dominate Council’s Own State of Origin
Maroon has dominated Brisbane City Council’s bus decorating competition – Council’s own State of Origin battle in the lead up to tonight’s opening rugby league match.The decorated buses lined Adelaide Street today, with Lord Mayor Campbell Newman announcing the victorious al...
19 May, 2009
Bus Depot Could Win Water Prize
A bus depot designed to save nine Olympic pools of water a year is one of two Brisbane City Council projects in the final stage of the 9th annual Healthy Waterways Awards.Environment and Sustainability Chair Peter Matic said the city’s long established Creek Ranger Program could al...
12 May, 2009
Bus Patronage Record Smashed in April
Brisbane’s bus patronage record has been smashed, with over 7.3 million passengers choosing to use Brisbane City Council buses in April alone, Public and Active Transport Chairman and Walter Taylor Councillor, Jane Prentice said today.The 7,300,900 passengers surpassed the previo...
30 April, 2009
Work Begins on Brisbane’s Bus Factory
Lord Mayor Campbell Newman today kick-started the construction of a new $19 million bus-building facility at Eagle Farm that will deliver hundreds of new buses to Brisbane’s streets.The Lord Mayor said the joint venture between Brisbane City Council and Volgren would help him deliv...
21 April, 2009
Lord Mayor Delivers Another CityCat Ferry
Lord Mayor Campbell Newman and Councillor Jane Prentice have unveiled Brisbane’s 14th CityCat ferry and announced a trial of infrared cameras to spot rowers on the river.Valued at $3.1 million, the Mahreel – the indigenous name for Spring Hill – is the 6th CityCat to be launche...
20 April, 2009
Brisbane’s First Bus Depot in 15 Years
Brisbane has its first new bus depot in 15 years after Lord Mayor Campbell Newman and Councillor Jane Prentice today opened a $56 million facility at Willawong, in Brisbane’s south-west.The Lord Mayor also unveiled Brisbane City Council’s 1000th active bus, reinforcing its positi...
20 April, 2009
Lord Mayor Frees Up Cash For New CityCats
Lord Mayor Campbell Newman has engineered some slick bookkeeping to free up cash for new CityCats.In a deal reminiscent of his 2008 election bombshell bus deal with the Beattie Government, Brisbane City Council will sell its CityCats to the private sector and lease them back.
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20 January, 2009
Superbus heralds new era in public transport
Lord Mayor Campbell Newman today unveiled Council’s new super-sized rigid bus, with 1.6 times the capacity of a standard bus to boost Brisbane’s bus network capacity.Cr Newman said the 14.5-metre bus, manufactured by Scania, had environmentally friendly, low emission diesel engines and w...
20 January, 2009
Superbus Heralds New Era in Public Transport
Superbus heralds new era in public transportCr Prentice is delighted to announce that Lord Mayor Campbell Newman today unveiled Council’s new super-sized rigid bus, with 1.6 times the capacity of a standard bus to boost Brisbane’s bus network capacity.
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04 December, 2008
CityCats to resume night voyages
Brisbane’s CityCat and ferry fleet will resume night-time operations tomorrow evening, but will still operate at a reduced speed, Lord Mayor Campbell Newman said today.Night operations were ceased after debris from flooding to the west of Brisbane came downstream after recent storms and fl...
14 August, 2008
Ten Trip Saver tickets destined for discontinuation
Commencing today, Ten Trip Saver tickets will no longer be available for purchase in accordance with Translink services.Existing Ten Trip Saver tickets may be used until the new year,
offically discarding the Ten Trip Saver ticket system on 1 January 2009.
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