Action for Public Transport (N.S.W.) Inc.

Eastern Suburbs buses - minor changes planned - comment invited

posted Sunday 22 June 2008

State Transit is planning minor changes to some Eastern Suburbs routes and is inviting community comment. Information is available on the Sydney Buses website at http://www.sydneybuses.info/busmart/. One hundred thousand brochures have also been distributed. Submissions should be lodged by 25 July 2008, to busnetworkupdate@sta.nsw.gov.au or STA, Reply Paid 2132, Strawberry Hills PO, 2010.

The review is in compliance with State Transit's contract for "Region 9" services, which includes the development of the Strategic Bus Corridor between Bondi and Hurstville, an outcome of the "Unsworth" bus reform measures. In this context, a new Route 303 is proposed between Bondi Junction and Sans Souci, via University of NSW. The rapidly developing residential area around Green Square has been addressed, as has late-running and congestion problems for Route 311 between Kings Cross and the City.

STA has assured APT that the proposed changes do not represent an attempt to reduce costs and that the new arrangements will be "kilometre-neutral". Nor are the changes in response to the recently introduced free "Village to Village" Community Bus services in the inner Eastern Suburbs.

Lord Mayor and local MP, Clover Moore, has expressed strong disapproval of the proposed changes to the Route 311.

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