Build and support a reliable,

quality bus network

Move more people, more efficiently

Cater for booming population growth

Reduce road congestion

Brimbank Council is advocating for reliable, frequent,

easy to use bus services that take people where they want

to go, through:

• More frequent buses all day, every day

• More services to places people want to go, such as Melbourne Airport

• Bus priority lanes on key routes so that buses can bypass congestion

The need

Bus services in Brimbank are low frequency.

This means that they are a less attractive

option for most trips, compared to car travel.

Trips per day in Brimbank

14,000

24,000

300,000+

Most households in Brimbank have two or three cars,

which is a significant drain on the family budget, and

contributes to increasing congestion on our road

network.

Brimbank’s population is forecast to reach more than

230,000 by 2041. As our population grows, so will

traffic congestion increase, both within Brimbank and

on major connecting traffic routes.

The congestion on the Western Ring Road, or West Gate

Freeway continues to grow, even though these roads

have been significantly expanded in the last few years.

The bus network needs to be able to move more people.

If it doesn’t then our road network will reach capacity in

peak periods, significantly increasing commute times.

Additionally there are several popular destinations that

are not serviced by public transport through Brimbank

such as Melbourne Airport and surrounds.

The ask

More people will use the bus network

if it is:

• frequent

• direct

• reliable

• fast • available all day.

The network needs to be reliable. Commuters

need to know that the bus will arrive on time,

and at the same time every day.

To achieve this, we need to build bus priority

lanes in areas of congestion. The bus then

can bypass the congestion, and run on time

and to timetable.

Bus service levels need to increase. Currently,

bus services are more focused on the journey

to work - travel to the CBD during peak

periods. However, trips to work only make

up about a quarter* of trips taken in a given

day. We need to increase the frequency of

services connecting residential areas to

town centres, in order to better cater for the

majority of trips and entice more people to

travel by bus.

*Household Travel Survey Report:

Sydney 2012/13, Bureau of Transport Statistics (BTS)

of Transport for NSW .

Population is growing rapidly in Melbourne’s west, and

our roads are getting more congested. We have to use road

space more effectively so more people can travel in the

west. This means more people will need to travel by a high

quality bus network

• Provide a bus service at least every

10-15minutes on the

408

419

420

425

bus routes.

• Build bus priority lanes where roads are

congested so that buses can bypass

congestion.

●

Introduce a Watergardens – Keilor –

Melbourne Airport route

●

Introduce a St Albans – Kealba – Keilor

Park – Melbourne Airport route

●

Fill in the missing links in the bus network,

such as Deer Park and Cairnlea.

More frequent buses

New and extended bus services

Brimbank City Council

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9249 4000

Email

info@brimbank.vic.gov.au

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PO Box 70, Sunshine, VIC 3020

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