tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18909424.post7541003377127814921..comments2024-03-24T23:01:11.766+11:00Comments on Melbourne on Transit: UN 135: The Future Frequent Network Melbourne needs?Peter Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13413976934040474125noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18909424.post-83992795974109869052023-05-03T12:30:59.288+10:002023-05-03T12:30:59.288+10:00Further reading on PTV planning work for a network...Further reading on PTV planning work for a network similar in magnitude to the FFN. This would have 43 routes operating every 10 min or better by 2021 and 49 routes operating every 10 min or better by 2031. There would also be about 70 Direct routes operating every 15-20 min. https://danielbowen.com/2014/03/20/frequent-melb-network/Peter Parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13413976934040474125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18909424.post-60601347572476215312022-08-01T12:21:29.455+10:002022-08-01T12:21:29.455+10:00Really great idea this is the kind of cost-effecti...Really great idea this is the kind of cost-effective and intelligent public transport policies we need. <br /><br />If we consider the population and route length, for every 51,000 people or so, there should be at least one 10km long bus route running every 10 minutes, one could also argue that therefore every 10-25k people should be able to have a bus running every 20 minutes 7/days running long hours. If we applied this treatment to the rest of Victoria, we could see larger towns like Geelong have a combination of 3-5 FFN and/or 10-20 UN buses running, or perhaps Ballarat and Bendigo each with 2 FFN routes each plus a number of UN Routes<br /><br />FFN - 10min frequency 6am-9pm 7 days a week<br />UN - 20 min frequency 6am-9pm 7 days a week<br />(Running at half service on quiet times.<br /><br />I believe that these improvements could arguably be just as important in order to make not just Melbourne, but all of Victoria more transit oriented. <br /><br />eg. in total with up to 1350 route km of frequent buses.Chrisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18909424.post-62279247639853311012022-07-28T15:13:24.086+10:002022-07-28T15:13:24.086+10:00Some terrific ideas but would be great to see more...Some terrific ideas but would be great to see more services around growth areas, particularly the outer north, included.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18909424.post-20761490599749828422022-07-28T09:16:10.541+10:002022-07-28T09:16:10.541+10:00This is absolutely fantastic. The routes are logic...This is absolutely fantastic. The routes are logical, and make so much sense in terms of how it would benefit Melbourne. I really really hope there’s proper bus improvements this coming state election, even vaguely following some of these proposals. The Fishermans Bend improvements are a good start.<br /><br />I would love to see the 828 extended from Southland up Nepean Highway to Moorabbin, then either through to Gardenvale, or Brighton Beach. It’s underrated how important this sort of connection between Southland, Moorabbin, and the Sandringham line could be, especially in the case of disruptions, and as an alternative to going all the way to Sandy.<br /><br />Absolutely love the map though!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18909424.post-85191924747179912042022-07-27T19:06:58.862+10:002022-07-27T19:06:58.862+10:00love the idea of SRL/MARL bus route to service the...love the idea of SRL/MARL bus route to service these routes prior to them coming online.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com