Session 3
Room: Yarra
Session Title: Doncaster Busway: Making it a Gold Standard BRT
Format: Presentation
Presenter Name: Andrew Herington, Victorian Transport Action Group
Presenter best contact email: heringa@bigpond.net.au
Notetaker: Lachlan Burke
Notes/Summary:
Andrew from the Victorian Transport Action Group talked us through his analysis of what would be needed to lift the Doncaster Busway from its current ‘bronze status’ to a ‘gold status’ or BRT corridor. Melbourne has He notes that buses are particularly flexible in serving catchments and present a number of unique opportunities for servicing a population such as more catchment area.
In this analysis he identifies the key issues of the route:
Lack of intermediate bus stops, there needs to be a closing of the current gaps to be an average of 2.5km per stops
Lack of fully segregated lanes particularly to bypass traffic lights into Hoddle Street
Proposed at-grade intersection at Bulleen which hinders potential to create a fully functional bus station
Getting from Victoria Park to the city which requires a bus tunnel due to the key blockage at Victoria Pde hindering right hand turns. Achieving this enables connections to the Melbourne Metro 2 station at Fitzroy and could service Fitzroy, Melbourne Uni and new Parkville Station