Coe takes a bat to the buses

What these figures show is that ACTION’s fares are too low. Funny how Alistair has been silent about the recent fare increase – does this mean that he actually agrees with the Government for once?

Holditz said :

I would suggest that people calling for a free fare bus system wouldn’t catch a bus anyway, mainly because they’ll complain that it takes ages to get to where they want to go, when all they would normally do is jump in their car.

Yep, that’s me. Although I wouldn’t complain. I just really enjoy driving (and need to travel between sites over the course of my working day).

After this morning’s no show, and trhe next bus being so full by Calwell that passengers could not be accomodated, I couldn’t give a toss about the cost, I’d just settle for a bus.

Despite Woden being the first stop on it’s route, the bus to my place can’t even manage to arrive at the interchange until about 10 minutes after it’s meant to. 67% doesn’t sound so improbable to me.

The bus that I usually catch from Belconnen Westfield routinely arrives 4 to 8 minutes late. I have asked drivers why this is so, and its apparently so that the bus will be on time when it arrives in Gungahlin. If they didnt start late, they would have to idle the bus somewhere along the route.

I asked why ACTION didnt just alter the timetable to reflect this, and was told that the drivers have suggested this in the past but its fallen on deaf ears to whoever prepares the timetables (i believe its a software program).

RB78 said :

Interested in the claim of 67 percent of services operating on time (source?), given that the ACTION Website publishes monthly on-time running figures: https://www.action.act.gov.au/service_reliability.html

That said, the website doesn’t mention what constitutes an “on time” service – how many minutes must pass before a service is deemed late? 10? 15? 30?

The website figures seem unbelievably high, but Coe’s figure of 67 percent seems a bit low. I commute by bus a few days each week when I don’t require the car and I’ve not had the occasional late bus or breakdown.

The link you provided doesn’t appear to say anything about being on time. “Service reliability records the services that were delivered” From what I see it’s only a measure of if a bus actually completed its route – no mention of being on time or late.

Interested in the claim of 67 percent of services operating on time (source?), given that the ACTION Website publishes monthly on-time running figures: https://www.action.act.gov.au/service_reliability.html

That said, the website doesn’t mention what constitutes an “on time” service – how many minutes must pass before a service is deemed late? 10? 15? 30?

The website figures seem unbelievably high, but Coe’s figure of 67 percent seems a bit low. I commute by bus a few days each week when I don’t require the car and I’ve not had the occasional late bus or breakdown.

Make buses free and recover the additional cost from paid parking in the triangle.

The better question re my way is how much money did they waste on it, how many years of free bus travel could have been funded by not putting myway in.

I would suggest that people calling for a free fare bus system wouldn’t catch a bus anyway, mainly because they’ll complain that it takes ages to get to where they want to go, when all they would normally do is jump in their car.

arescarti42 said :

67% of buses operating on time really does seem like an appalling result.

Sure does given how often their supposedly speed limited buses have over taken me on flat roads.