By Logan mayor Jon Raven
One of the best parts of being mayor is seeing years of advocacy turn into real outcomes for our community.
That’s exactly what’s happened with the new bus services now running through Logan Reserve, Park Ridge and Chambers Flat.
These new routes, 588 and 589, connect some of our fastest growing suburbs to schools, shops, train stations and local services.
For many residents, it’s the first time they’ve had a regular bus service close to home.
In Logan, our bus network is the responsibility of the Queensland Government.
But it can take years of planning and advocacy from council to get new routes here, not to mention delivering the infrastructure needed to support them.
Council teams have been busy building dozens of new bus stops along these routes so residents can use the new services from day one.
At the same time, we’ve been upgrading existing bus stops right across the city so they’re safe and accessible.
When public transport is available, residents use it.
Bus use is growing faster in Logan than anywhere else in south-east Queensland.
The number of people catching the bus has increased by more than 17% since before Covid, around three times the growth rate of Brisbane.
And as our city grows, people are going to need even more ways to get around.
That’s why better, faster public transport is such an important part of ‘Transform Logan’, council’s new, 50 year vision for the city.
We want catching a bus to be a real option for getting to work, school, the shops or sport on the weekend.
That means better connections between our suburbs and more services in the places growing fastest.
We know residents want more buses, and we’re working closely with Translink to keep those new routes coming.
We’ve already seen what happens when good services are put in the right places.
When the bus service was extended to Berrinba, the number of people using that route jumped by about 120%.
There’s still more work to do.
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