2019 Melbourne Sessions

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Doncaster Busway: Making it a Gold Standard BRT

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

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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