What Brisbane can learn from the city’s happiest commuters
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What Brisbane can learn from the city’s happiest commuters

Brisbane needs 50¢ public transport fares to work,and we can learn something from CityCat commuters to set the trial up for success.

  • byFelicity Caldwell

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Brisbane council warns of bus-system breakdown during 50-cent fare trial

Brisbane council warns of bus-system breakdown during 50-cent fare trial

In response,the government says it will negotiate more bus funding,amid fears the lower fares “will bring the whole house of cards tumbling down”.

  • byCloe Read
Queensland slashed fares to 50¢. Here’s why Victoria is unlikely to join it

Queensland slashed fares to 50¢. Here’s why Victoria is unlikely to join it

Melburnians may look north with envy,but experts warn cutting fares is not the best way to get people out of cars and back onto public transport.

  • byPatrick Hatch
50-cent fares to extend to Brisbane Metro mega-buses

50-cent fares to extend to Brisbane Metro mega-buses

The transport minister has confirmed the reduced fares will apply to Brisbane Metro’s 60 electric buses,amid negotiations over who will keep the ticket revenue.

  • byTony Moore
Extra $554 million in the budget to help Brisbane trains run on time

Extra $554 million in the budget to help Brisbane trains run on time

The Queensland government will more than double its investment in a European Train Control System,extending it from Cross River Rail to other lines.

  • byTony Moore
A Cross River Rail explainer of Brisbane's new train control system
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Cross River Rail

A Cross River Rail explainer of Brisbane's new train control system

The European Train Control System is being expanded from the Cross River Rail project to other Brisbane rail lines.

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Airtrain debacle shows the pitfalls of privatised public transport

Airtrain debacle shows the pitfalls of privatised public transport

Airtrain should serve as a cautionary tale for governments:cede control of vital public infrastructure at your peril.

  • byCameron Atfield
Bus driver charged over crash that killed Tia Cameron in Brisbane CBD

Bus driver charged over crash that killed Tia Cameron in Brisbane CBD

The man who was driving the bus that crashed in March has been ordered to appear in court over the death of the 18-year-old pedestrian.

  • bySean Parnell
Politicians trying to win votes before an election? You don’t say
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Queensland votes

Politicians trying to win votes before an election? You don’t say

Labor hopes 50c transport fares will turn heads and votes,even if it’s been on Steven Miles’ mind since the 1990s. How else should contenders try to woo you?

  • byMatt Dennien
Tolls set to rise,Brisbane CBD parking now most expensive in Australia

Tolls set to rise,Brisbane CBD parking now most expensive in Australia

As the Queensland government slashes the cost of public transport,it is becoming more expensive to use a car in Brisbane.

  • bySean Parnell
50-cent fares:Who wins big in plan for cheap public transport tickets

50-cent fares:Who wins big in plan for cheap public transport tickets

Transport planners say there’s a lot about south-east Queensland’s system that Labor’s “radical” cost-of-living measure will not fix.

  • byTony Moore