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More sustainable transport solution needed in St Lucia
UQ does not have an access network compatible with its size as the second largest generator of trips in Brisbane. Approach roads are Sir Fred Schonell Drive, Carmody Road and Hawken Drive and most people have to travel to the CBD and then through the inner western suburbs to access UQ.				On an average day in 2002 40,000 UQ trips were made by car and 12,800 by bus- together 78%. The road system can't cope with this pressure. And parking at UQ can't meet demand with approx. 20% spillover into off-campus spaces. St Lucia peninsula affected. Urgent solution needed!

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The best solution is a COMPLETE bus lane system ALL THE WAY from CBD to UQ Trips of about 10 mins. from CBD This will provide trips of 10-11 minutes from CBD to UQ. Those who could use a bus will be encouraged to use a much improved service. Especially after a few experiences of being stuck in traffic while the buses speed past! Let's finish the lengthy job we started $25-30m has already been spent on a sophisticated bus lane system on Coronation Drive. Leverage this expenditure and finish the job ALL THE WAY TO UQ before thinking about spending $50m on a bridge. Existing bus lanes on Coronation Drive under-utilised What does a bus lane do? Consider... One FULL bus (Photo above) equals up to 60-70 cars and that's about 1 kilometre of road space. But, right now, bus lanes are mostly empty most of the time. So, instead of one (lonely) bus in a given time-frame, think of the positive effect of two and more on speedy, frequent access to UQ. It's a no-brainer to get (at least) trains and buses at I'pilly working together Improve the intermodality of train, bus, ferry and city cat. Say... provide one bus every 15 minutes all day and most of the night, seven days a week. If there's all that money for a bridge, there's plenty for a smart rail-bus interchange at the "railhead", Indooroopilly, for the full duration of Citytrain services. In fact, GO THE WHOLE HOG, integrate tickets, timetabling and route coordination CITYWIDE, prove this to be successful, and then if necessary think about more infrastructure. All agree- further limit parking at UQ Universities such as Melbourne and Sydney, indeed our own QUT, cannot provide for car use as does UQ. In fact, UQ is arguably far too generous in its provision of on-site car parking as that simply encourages car use. Therefore, parking on site at UQ must be reduced and, if necessary, existing on street parking restrictions must be extended. Green Bridge will not actually reduce traffic to St Lucia The Green Bridge will take buses off the UQ access roads. Who benefits? Motorists. So why would proponents of the bridge claim that traffic congestion will magically reduce? Only when cars are less attractive, not more attractive, will traffic be reduced. ...Michael Yeates, Convenor Public Transport Alliance

Schonell Drive at Gailey Road and another Express or Rocket full of people stuck in the traffic.
Why do people sit in their cars rather than use buses and trains? Nearby there is a railway line capable of carrying over 700 people every ten minutes or so.
Some 200m or so away is Indooroopilly railway station. By minor road changes and perhaps a couple of traffic lights and some short sections of BUS LANES, buses could easily drop, wait then collect passengers to and from the trains which pass through here about every 15 minutes ... What could be easier?