29 April, 2013
Re-routing buses to ease congestion in St Lucia
Re-routing buses to ease congestion in St LuciaLord Mayor Graham Quirk last week released Council’s detailed review of the city’s bus network, ensuring more than two thirds of passengers will remain unaffected by the proposed changes.
The Lord Mayor reassured resi...
16 January, 2013
Lord Mayor releases active transport strategy
Lord Mayor Graham Quirk is encouraging residents to walk and cycle around the city with the release of his strategic vision for a connected, accessible and active city.The Lord Mayor said the Brisbane Active Transport Strategy 2012-2026 outlined Council’s plan to deliver a high-quality pa...
10 December, 2012
Council services over Christmas
Lord Mayor Graham Quirk has recommended people intending to take public transport over the Christmas and New Year period plan ahead.“While some services will close for the public holidays, other Council buses will run extra late night services on Friday and Saturday nights througho...
03 December, 2012
CityHoppers hit the half million mark
The 500,000th passenger stepped on board a Brisbane City Council CityHopper today, marking a major milestone for the free service since it began five months ago.Lord Mayor Graham Quirk said since the CityHopper service was introduced on July 1, residents and visitors had been taking ...
30 July, 2012
Brisbane Bikeways mapped on Google
Lord Mayor Graham Quirk is delivering another active transport initiative, with Brisbane bikeways now available as part of Google Maps.Deputy Mayor Adrian Schrinner said the new online tool provided cyclists with maps of council bikeways and corresponding directions.
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29 February, 2012
Car trips to school down 30 per cent: Lord Mayor
Lord Mayor Graham Quirk has declared Council’s Active School Travel Program a success with a 30 per cent reduction in the number of car trips to school during the past year.The Lord Mayor said his record investment in active travel and the efforts of students, parents and teachers ...
21 February, 2012
Lord Mayor delivers major transport milestones
Lord Mayor Graham Quirk has today delivered two major public transport milestones for Brisbane, as he welcomed Council’s promised 500th bus in four years and simultaneously opened the Sherwood bus depot.The Lord Mayor said reaching both goals was a further part of his commitment to...
11 January, 2012
Council delivers breath of cool air on Brisbane buses
Lord Mayor Graham Quirk has announced 100 per cent of Brisbane City Council’s bus fleet is air-conditioned from today; guaranteeing commuters a comfortable ride over summer no matter which bus they catch.Public and Active Transport Chairman Julian Simmonds said the delivery of a co...
16 December, 2011
Teneriffe terminal nears completion
Lord Mayor Graham Quirk has announced Council is now putting the finishing touches on the new Teneriffe CityCat terminal, with the stop expected to receive its first CityCat in January next year.The Lord Mayor said $5 million dual-berth terminal would give residents access to CityCat...
13 December, 2011
BCC buses decked out for Christmas
Brisbane City Council buses looked more like Christmas wonderlands today, donning tinsel and baubles as part of Council’s annual bus decorating competition.Lord Mayor Graham Quirk said the team from Council’s Bowen Hills bus depot took out first prize, impressing the judges with ...
06 December, 2011
Lord Mayor announces Suburbs 2 City Buslink
Lord Mayor Graham Quirk has announced plans for a Suburbs 2 City Buslink from South Brisbane to Fortitude Valley through the CBD that could save commuters up to 30 minutes off a journey.The 3.6 kilometre Suburbs 2 City Buslink would include a bus-only bridge across the Brisbane River...
29 November, 2011
CityCycle changes boost trips by 72%
The CityCycle trial of free helmets and more flexible subscription packages has been a success with a 72 per cent increase in the number of weekly trips since the changes were made by Lord Mayor Graham Quirk three months ago.Public and Active Transport Chairman Julian Simmonds said t...
29 November, 2011
Lord Mayor releases plan to boost walking and cycling
Lord Mayor Graham Quirk today released his plan to boost walking and cycling trips to 20 per cent of all transport journeys in Brisbane during the next 15 years.Cr Quirk said Brisbane was starting to see the results of his Administration’s plan to invest $100 million in bikeway inf...
15 November, 2011
Campaign to get Brisbane back on board
Lord Mayor Graham Quirk today launched a major campaign to get people back on board public transport in a bid to counter dwindling passenger numbers caused by the State Government’s fare hikes.The Lord Mayor said Brisbane’s public transport options were much more comfortable and...
06 October, 2011
Lord Mayor dedicates 19th CityCat to Spirit of Brisbane
Lord Mayor Graham Quirk has delivered on another of his LNP team’s key election promises with the launch of Brisbane’s 19th CityCat ferry, the Spirit of Brisbane, today.In the lead up to the 2008 election Council’s LNP team announced it planned to almost double Brisbane’s Ci...
02 August, 2011
Brisbane Buses Carry 6m Passengers in June 2011
Brisbane City Council buses carried 6 million passengers in June 2011 – about 66,000 more than the year before.Public and Active Transport Chairman Julian Simmonds said this followed on from record growth in 2009/10, which saw 77 million passengers catch Brisbane buses last year....
02 August, 2011
Full CityCat and Ferry Services Resume Today
Lord Mayor Graham Quirk has announced that CityCat and CityFerry services will resume today (Monday August 1) from all stops, just six and a half months after the January flood washed away a third of the city’s terminals.This coincides with the reopening of South Brisbane’s River...
20 July, 2011
Teneriffe CityCat construction begins
Lord Mayor Graham Quirk has today announced construction work has now started on the $5 million Teneriffe dual berth CityCat terminal.The Lord Mayor said Teneriffe residents and commuters would be connected to Brisbane’s CityCat network by the end of the year, as he delivered anoth...
08 July, 2011
CityGlider Carries 2 Millionth Passenger
Brisbane’s first 24 hour high frequency bus loop, the CityGlider, has now carried 2 million passengers in just over a year – almost double original predictions.The CityGlider, which runs without a set timetable between West End and Teneriffe via the CBD, was delivered in April 20...
08 June, 2011
State short-changing Brisbane ratepayers on buses
Finance Minister Rachel Nolan’s ongoing attacks on Brisbane City Council’s massive investment in public transport have exposed the huge inequities being forced onto Brisbane ratepayers by the State Government.Brisbane City Council buses and ferries carried almost 50 per cent of ...
08 June, 2011
City’s busiest bikeway gets $8m upgrade
Lord Mayor Graham Quirk will deliver another major upgrade of Brisbane's busiest bikeway in next week’s 2011-12 Budget.A total of about $8 million has been allocated for three new upgrades of the Bicentennial Bikeway, including about $7.3 million for a major upgrade between the Me...
19 May, 2011
River Plaza CityFerry Terminal to Reopen in July 2011
Lord Mayor Graham Quirk has announced the River Plaza CityFerry terminal at South Brisbane will be rebuilt and an interim terminal opened by the end of July.Cr Quirk said the news followed last month’s opening of temporary pontoons at seven CityCat and CityFerry terminals that were...
16 May, 2011
MEDIA RELEASE: CityCycle Could Take You to Paris
Lord Mayor Graham Quirk today announced that a trip to Paris was up for grabs in celebration of the opening of Brisbane’s 100th CityCycle bike station.Cr Quirk said today’s milestone meant Brisbane City Council was now two-thirds of the way through rolling out Australia’s larg...
03 May, 2011
Brisbane buses carry 7.4m passengers in March
Brisbane City Council buses carried 7.4 million passengers in March 2011 – about 250,000 more than the year before.Public and Active Transport Chairman Julian Simmonds said this followed on from record growth in 2009/10, which saw 77 million passengers catch Brisbane buses last y...
18 April, 2011
Ferry Network Reopens in Full Today
Lord Mayor Graham Quirk today announced that Brisbane’s ferry services were back to normal this morning, with commuters now able to catch a CityCat from the six terminals that were wiped out by January’s devastating floods.Cr Quirk said temporary pontoons had been set up at the ...
18 April, 2011
Ferry Network Reopens in Full Today
Lord Mayor Graham Quirk today announced that Brisbane’s ferry services were back to normal this morning, with commuters now able to catch a CityCat from the six terminals that were wiped out by January’s devastating floods.Cr Quirk said temporary pontoons had been set up at the ...
13 April, 2011
CityGlider Carries 1.6m Passengers in 1st Year!
Brisbane’s first 24 hour high-frequency bus service today celebrated its first birthday with the news that it carried 1.6 million passengers in the last year – 600,000 more than originally predicted.Lord Mayor Graham Quirk said CityGlider, which runs between West End and Tenerif...
21 December, 2010
Council Reflects on Successful Year for Infrastructure
Acting Lord Mayor Graham Quirk has announced 2010 had been one of the most successful years for Brisbane Infrastructure, with a massive program of works delivered under budget in the past year.Cr Quirk said 2010 had been an outstanding year, with many important milestones reached in ...
17 December, 2010
17th CityCat to Deliver Extra Services in 2011
Brisbane’s 17th CityCat has hit the water and will allow a new express service to run each weekday between South Bank and the University of Queensland by February next year.Lord Mayor Campbell Newman said the new CityCat would deliver more than a hundred extra services per day.
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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
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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