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A resident in Canberra's northern suburb of Jacka has raised concerns about the lack of bus services in the new suburb development. Although there are only about 250 houses in the suburb so far, it's expected to house 1,800 people when completed.

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00:01After seeing a bus stop in Jackar, new resident Brenda Carlson was dismayed to discover there were no services.
00:08So I rang Transport Canberra and a lovely lady told me that they had received an enormous amount of complaints
00:15in regards to the lack of service in Jackar.
00:17Her concerns grew after her son was approached by a man in a car as he walked the three kilometres
00:23home from the nearest serviced bus stop in Bonner.
00:26As a parent that is absolutely terrifying, something insidious could have happened, thank God nothing did, he came home safely.
00:33So from that day we now escort our child to and from the bus stop.
00:38She's one of a growing number of residents in Jackar, which is in its second stage of development.
00:44Six new bus stops are planned, but none are currently serviced.
00:48Instead, residents are left with one stop on the suburbs outskirts or a neighbouring Bonner.
00:53Not every people can afford a car, I reckon. What about people that don't drive, don't have licences?
00:59Probably waiting for a few more people to move into the area, which I'm sure they will, and I'm sure
01:04they'll get a bus stop.
01:05In a statement, the ACT government says a full network planning cycle is used to decide how bus services are
01:12introduced to new suburbs.
01:13It says Jackar is included in Transport Canberra's forward planning program alongside other suburbs across the ACT.
01:21But there is no confirmed timeframe for the buses to service for new stops.
01:26If you want people to use public transport, you have to make it friendly, customer friendly, reliable, and it needs
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