00:00Lachlan Butler hasn't much enjoyed his weekday bus commute from Dunlop to Parks since MyWay Plus was introduced.
00:09But he says significant changes to the timetable from February 2 make it completely unworkable.
00:16I'm definitely driving because an hour on a rapid I could tolerate just however long it's going to take with two buses, the layover in between.
00:26The ACT Government says the update is necessary to ensure a reliable network during the National Capital Authority's work on the Commonwealth Avenue Bridge.
00:35With the construction delays we see some minutes coming out of the network, those delays then need to be spread across the network.
00:42Mr Butler expects some changes to be more problematic than others.
00:46Like the Rapid 2 and 3 which will become local buses within Belconnen.
00:51While the Rapid 2 and 4 will arrive every 15 minutes instead of every 10.
00:56West Belconnen has been sacrificed to try and beef up the rest of the network.
01:00ABC Radio Canberra has heard plenty of similar concerns.
01:05It makes absolutely no sense to terminate the R2 and R3 at Belconnen interchange.
01:10They already have a large number of passengers heading to and from Western Belconnen on them.
01:15I will have to wait at Belconnen interchange for heaven knows how long.
01:19This is problematic especially in the evenings.
01:21Looks like it's back to the car for me.
01:23We'll run the bus network for a couple of months.
01:27Then build a new network with actual travel time data.
01:30They're going to have to rethink it because what they've put forward isn't going to work.
01:35Detailed timetables will be released in early January.
Comments