It's official: BRISBANE is THE WORST!

[@mkphotofilm]

As a person raised in this city, I've gotta say, it's lost all what made it good; affordability, better traffic than Syd/Melbourne ....all without the better restaurants and infrastructure.

[@aaron4387]

@@mkphotofilm I have to agree The weather, friendliness and affordability was always Brisbane’s best qualities. We still have the good weather.

[@freethugga4L]

but people don't tend to flock here like melb or syd. it's understated imo.

[@VonBlanproductions]

@@aaron4387 Not sure if you've been outside the last couple days... 35 in winter 😂

[@aaron4387]

@@VonBlanproductions I must agree that I really don’t like the heat snd humidity. Many ppl do though - and they’ll pay top dollar for to experience a QLD summer (even if it’s still winter) 😂😂

[@VonBlanproductions]

@@aaron4387 my poor little west facing apartment is making me dream of an Antarctic holiday right about now!

[@Mercedes4eva]

You aren't stuck in traffic. You ARE traffic lol....

[@skynetcybernetics9058]

"Hi everyone, sorry I'm late. I was traffic."

[@Mercedes4eva]

@@skynetcybernetics9058 exactly lol

[@russellclay9506]

bit too Zen for me!

[@magsrankin6166]

@boereseun Excellent comment! Thank you!

[@magsrankin6166]

​@@skynetcybernetics9058😂

[@mklives2]

From a mathematical perspective: nothing will solve the traffic congestion problem except a radical, new, extensive (comprehensive), high-frequency rail or subway system, possibly combined with disincentives for driving. All other measures are stopgap, makeshift, temporary measures that will have limited-to-negligible impact. The notion that improving roads here and there, improving public transport here and there, encouraging biking here and there, can fix the current congestion and cope with increasing congestion with a rapidly increasing population is mathematically absurd. In other words: absolutely impossible. It is extremely depressing that today's politicians continue to spout out nonsense like this. The only solution is a completely off-grid, comprehensive, high-frequency public transport system. The convenience of such a system (the time/money saved compared to driving) would be a disincentive for driving in itself, as it is in Tokyo.

[@_cloudface_]

Have you seen that Utopia episode where they casually explain that building new roads just causes a short reprieve from traffic problems before it gets much worse? Having grown up seriously the M1 almost constantly being upgraded it made me both laugh and grown at the same time.

[@laok]

there's a thing called a road diet y they reconfigures roads so it is not all about cars it makes streets safer and makes it so locals dont have to use a car for short trips

[@rarotime5555]

Of course, now let's see what the politicians deduce..😂

[@rollerbladingbrisbane]

🛼🛼

[@ybot26]

@mklives2 look at wynnum Rd, just moved the bottleneck a few hundred metres down the road. The heritage listed bridge at Norman Park isn't helping the situation. Gympie Rd, still not finished and it's still hopeless for drivers. Good for buses when idiots don't park in the bus lane. Now the pollies want a tunnel extension to go out past Bracken Ridge to skip all the Chermside mess. South Pine Rd from Ashgrove to Everton Hills is another chronic nightmare. Old Cleveland Rd another example of its outlived its usefulness and can't be expanded on without overpasses or tunnelling. Logan rd same, Gateway extension, Coronation Dr more and more of the same stuff

[@lucnederhof2107]

I live in Paddington which is a 50 minute walk, a 15 minute bike ride, and a 40 minute bus trip into the CBD... Legitimately what the fuck happened there

[@mklives2]

You are a fairly slow walker. I used to do it in 30 minutes.

[@jamiecurls]

If I had to guess, I would say mass immigration

[@LebronJames-ir9kv]

40min bus trip too me like 10mins?

[@JH-ok9gn]

No way it would take 40 mins from paddington. I used to catch buses there must have been an accident. There's always one everyday in the city. People drive like nuts

[@ybot26]

@@JH-ok9gn seems a bit ridiculous for paddington seeing as the high frequency 61 and 385 services are very close by

[@kimlo91]

Have to agree on public transport being absolute rubbish. If you're not near a train route it's pointless and even the parking lot at a lot of train stations have no parking. The infrastructure is awful and just encourages car use at every turn

[@BrisbaneChannel]

There's some decent Park N Ride carparks, but some are way too small. It doesn't encourage people to use public transport for at least part of their journey at all.

[@emr8797]

@@BrisbaneChannel When I lived near Helensvale, to get to Newstead the bus and the train + travel time + 8 hr day at work just didn't fit together. I was 15min drive from the station, but if I caught the earliest bus, + 1hr train ride + 15-20 Glider + 8-9 hrs at work (lunch breaks etc) then bus ride back to train + another hour train ride home made the arrival time at Helensvale after the last bus leaves to get back to home. Translink planner suggested a cab! (which I did have to do once when I got ill to get home, and it cost $150) I did most times commute with my husband to 8 mile plains bus station then public transport into work; but the M1 just got worse and worse. Hours spent behind the wheel. Eventually moved to Brisbane, but that is a big upheaval solution. Even now, to get to work I now drive. Not much PT goes over the Gateway.

[@BrisbaneChannel]

@@emr8797 I've got to be honest, I really don't understand people commuting such long distances, with the exception of people who cannot afford to live closer to their workplace.

[@aaron4387]

@@kimlo91 it’s impossible to live in Brisbane without a car. I tried it for many years. It’s just too difficult

[@andrewking4885]

I agree plus the car could get stolen or they'll smash a window. That happened to me me after a previous stolen car that was found and burnt out.

[@damonroberts7372]

Yeah, no surprises here. The rot started back in the 1960s when they consciously chose to plan Brisbane's development after car-centric Los Angeles. I'm sure it seemed very "modern" at the time. Like Los Angeles we also have a seasonal temperature inversion which keeps the polluted air trapped over the city as an ugly brown haze.

[@BlinkyBill_]

has nothing to do with 30% imigration in the last 4 years nope nothing to do with the sudanses taking over

[@dudemanismadcool]

Thanks Mr Rockerfeller SIR!

[@Gunzy83]

Another geography enjoyer I see

[@jiggle_counter]

I find that the conversation usually goes like this: People living in Brisbane for decades: “There’s too many bloody people from Sydney and Melbourne coming here. Brisbane used to be great, now it takes too long to get anywhere, there's no parking, everything is a competition therefore the prices have shot up” People who came from Sydney and Melbourne: “How come it takes ages to get anywhere? How come you guys don’t have million-dollar transport projects like Sydney and Melbourne have? You should've voted for Liberals/Nationals” Politicians: “Look, I only care about votes, so I’m gonna read off some biased analysis that was looking for something instead of generalised research, repeat the echo chamber that is your anger and public opinions from facebook, blame the current government for city life, say what I would do if you vote me in, get into parliament, do nothing about Brisbane, instead open up backdoor tax holes for giant corporations that will give me the golden escalator to becoming a director of something… Then later on, good luck with Brisbane or whatever, I don’t give a fuck anymore, I’m a rich oil/gas director living in NOT Brisbane, I've left politics, why don't you ask your local MP who's doing the exact same shit as me"

[@Steve-xj5fk]

I remember 20 years ago , before the southerners moved up here there was no congestion.

[@rarotime5555]

​@@Steve-xj5fk😂

[@SergeantSpandex]

​@@Steve-xj5fk (excluding bruce highway in a friday afternoon haha)

[@scottjohnston664]

people forget that Qld was run by a hillbilly dictatorship until not too long ago. poor Goss inherited it.

[@zeppo7238]

Typical Queenslanders take no responsibility and blame someone else.

[@adamjones1805]

The problem with Brisbane is there are no main roads north, south, east, and west. The motorway north south when there's an accident is finished. There's no other road. It's poorly planned in that everybody relies on the motorway to get anywhere. For a city of only 2.5 million people, being number 11 in the world for traffic is very poor. There needs to be massive investment in roads and rail right across south east QLD. It has to happen fast, because come 2032 and the Olympics, the city will grind to a halt.

[@Spoonfed78]

The experiment was done, a heap of people don't need to commute for work. Adjust policy to either incentivise or penalise companies when it's not necessary. 🤷‍♂️

[@Kni0002]

There are few people who work in offices would prefer to work from home but are forced to work and commute needlessly to make their boss feel good

[@Spoonfed78]

@@Kni0002 exactly, covid proved it wasn't necessary. The irony here is everyone has to suffer, especially those who's jobs depend on being physically present at work and got to experience life without unnecessary congestion. Simply they should be compensated for the loose of time, stress and costs involved. That's one side the other is the irony on environmental and public service grounds, funds could go to useful services and there could be environmental savings made. It's interesting the outrage that interviews and news depicts of say an protest causing travel delay, yet there's no outrage against the general stupidity of Minions moving with their devices from the internet too the internet to do the same tasks, causing physical works exponentially more disruption 🤷‍♂️🤦‍♂️

[@EuropeDominate]

@@Spoonfed78 I spent a lot of time commuting during my degree, about 1.5h each way, and think it impacted me really negatively, even more than I thought at the time. If I studied again or worked in the city I'd make sure I could move out, I actually feel like it's taken years to recover.

[@Spoonfed78]

@@EuropeDominate I'm sure you're not alone. It's lack of guts by policymakers and controlling businesses that allow this status quo when it's been proven, ironically by the government's own extreme control of the people. Some may argue about the impact of some CBD businesses or whatever, but the broader picture is the huge unnecessary impact for the majority surely outweighs a few🤔

[@iriya3227]

They want commercial real estate to higher in value as their wealthy owners have a lot of influence over them. The return to office has nothing to do with productivty or engagment , purely done for real estate values or as a way of mass lay offs without severence.

[@CA999]

Msss urbanisation is the only economic stimulus the corporate political class has left... Meanwhile the wealthiest few percent of Australians are profiting from this...

[@SangNguyen-kn9ot]

I live in Brisbane a lot of crime . Paying very high tax paying very high bills. Paying very high insurance the cost of living is skyrocket. Working with a sore back still can’t even put food on the table

[@tigerden1908]

So much Crime. And I thought Sydney was bad.

[@cloushalan6785]

And the traffic 😂, can't really go anywhere, boring and expensive.​@@tigerden1908

[@andrewst9797]

Traffic light technology today in Australia is more like 1950s than 1980/90s compared to European cities

[@William1234mmmm]

Then I try to commute to work (at the city) on my motorbike and all the motorbike parking spots are packed with bikes, leaving no choice but to park on the footpath in a way that does not harm pedestrians, just to get a parking ticket every now and then, which is cheaper than paying for parking on my car. And yes, as you can imagine, I live in the areas that has bad public transport...so no, no way I'm catching a bus and a train and another train if I can just ride my motorbike for 25 min.

[@davidherber7096]

They better do something before the olympics. The Mayor's solution does nothing for people outside that 8km radius. How about giving people an incentive to take public transport or use bike routes or scooter routes to get cars off the roads.

[@RyanBowron]

Pretty sure that government are reducing the price of public transport return trips to $0.50...that's quite the incentive.

[@davidherber7096]

@@RyanBowron There are other things such as frequency and availability. Look at the best public transport systems in the world and they have a service 24/7 every 15 to 20 minutes. While I understand that isn't an efficient program there is also a problem with the routes they have, Certainly all the trains do and I haven't ridden a bus for years but wouldn't be surprised if they do to - the services always start or end going through Roma St. If I lived in Ipswich and wanted to go to Beenleigh I would have to go through the city. Why?

[@shanelambert6192]

​@RyanBowron that's only until the election after that bets are off

[@berniemckinley4988]

12 most congested city in the world ? And the Philippines, half of Asia wasn’t on the list ? Weird

[@HHD9339]

Yeah, my first thought as well. Tokyo, Taipei, Manila, Jakarta?

[@julsenroute]

Yeah, and what about pretty much all cities in Latin America ???

[@noahfz]

Living in Sydney it’s really hard to believe that there’s other Australian city with worse traffic…

[@triangulartaco4139]

Our traffic is worse but our drivers, on the whole, are more polite and better educated than Sydney, or God forbid, Melbourne where they are all lunatics.

[@sanuthweerasinghe7825]

Adrian Schrinner talks about more active transport investment but I guarantee most of it will be painted bike lanes with 60km/h traffic. No one is going to bike on a thin painted strip of the road. Proper protected bicycle lanes are needed.

[@BrisbaneChannel]

I've already started working on a video about active transport. It will be interesting to hear what cycling advocates (and pedestrian and scooter advocates) have to say about what Brisbane's getting right, and what it's not.

[@andyman8630]

pushbikes should never be on the road - it's akin to "running with the bulls" except the govt is trying to manage the bulls instead of the idiots running with them

[@sanuthweerasinghe7825]

@@andyman8630 they should make the people who design these bike lanes actually stand in them while 3 tonne vehicles drive right past them. maybe then, they’d get why it’s such a bad idea

[@andyman8630]

@@sanuthweerasinghe7825 i never understood spending tens of millions of dollars on bike lanes for the 0.0001359% of people who like to "run with the bulls"

[@theockle]

@@BrisbaneChannel 100% why I don't ride a bicycle. Statistically, it's almost as dangerous as riding a motorcycle (~30% more dangerous than driving a car). Part of the reason it's so silly to ban Japanese Kei cars.

[@lukei6255]

The town planning in Australia is really poor. Most based on the Anglo-American designs of the 1950s that proved to be disastrous.

[@vickieconomou5608]

Agree....in every State not just QLD.

[@KitLee698]

Oh BS!! They've invented everything, they're learning on the run... You creep!

[@fjeoijweiojfweio8212]

its pretty poor, but its getting better, take for example the upcoming Bradfield city in NSW, which is adjacent to the upcoming western Sydney airport. The entire city is planned with a focus on "green" living, with all parts of the city being accessible by either active or public transport. (Basically, the entire city will be extremely pedestrian friendly, and therefore bike friendly as well.) additionally, the high-density nature of the city will mean everyone will live within a 5-10 walk/bike to essential services such as schools, public transport, workplaces, grocery stores, etc. The planning of this city also stresses the need for green spaces such as large parks, tree canopies, boulevards. Overall, the city is being built for people, and not cars, which is something that is missing in new residential developments in other Australian cities.

[@dimidimiuser]

For those who finish work after midnight there no public transport available.

[@SpewSideways]

Yep same as everyone who has to start early. Politicians don't realise the people who make their croissants and soy lattes have to leave for work around 4:30-5:00am. If you don't live near a train line (which are all closed half the time anyway) you're fucked. I've had to knock back jobs just cos the public transport can't get me there

[@graemehyndman394]

Brisbane is rotting, I know I've watched since the 80's, & we are paying through the eye teeth for an Olympics that most people hate.massive increase in speed/traffic fines,rates/rego,taxes, sky rocketing rents due to unscrupulous scumbags taking advantage of the system. Most of the houses in logan are rentals that are run-down peices of garbage that the owners can't afford to maintain, yet happy to pass on the high rent to ppl, injustice, injustice, injustice, not to mention a haven for druggies.

[@andrewst9797]

That councillor's four point plan is nonsense. Here is a better one, just off the top of my head; .Slow down Brisbane's insane population growth. .Redesign town planning and architecture from the ground up. .Make the existing workforce better educated and more productive. .Operate within real budgets

[@devarmont87]

A 3 lane north bound tunnel from Lutwyche to bald hills. A 3 lane south bound tunnel from Bowen Hills to Marooka A east bound tunnel from Toombul to ferny grove. All free and designed to get traffic OUT of Brisbane

[@russellclay9506]

Jesus will walk over the river first! Your ideas might have merit but so far in fantasy land, never going to happen.

[@paulfri1569]

Sounds like lip service 😅😅

[@andrewking4885]

How is that possible with all construction going on Cross river Rail, Olympics etc. I had a mate that was a Project Manager and he said things are absolutely flat out.

[@timdangerfield5707]

We’ve never progressed past the failed traffic engineering approach of the 1960s. Look at the budget break down and the design requirements for roads and streets, and you realise that the public transport projects (while welcome and good on their own) are really just window dressing for 20% of the city while 80% is still being built as car-dominant, unwalkable sprawl. Even when we build new rail stations like on the Redcliffe line, they’re surrounded by car parks, strip malls and dangerously wide roads

[@sapiens7821]

I loved Brisbane however I had to move out as I couldn’t afford the property prices there. Every man and his dog moved there from other states pushing up demand and property prices and overseas migrants. How can you compete with someone who sold their property in Sydney etc or investors knowing Brissy is the next big thing. It’s the new Sydney getting busier each year, property prices going up and up. It’s a shame as it used to be an undiscovered gem pre covid. Rentals were more affordable, housing stock not as high as it is now 😢. Unless you’re a high earner it’s not a place for key workers or those in the lower social echelons. On lower wages

[@tigerden1908]

Where did you move to? if I may ask.

[@andrewking4885]

It was Anna Bligh that screwed some of it up. 1500 people per week from down south moving to SE QLD. Also the LNP spent 250M on these stupid bike paths and half of them don't get used anyway.

[@mnj640]

Same in Adelaide. People from eastern states came over during covid house prices instantly more than doubled

[@TheDoctor394]

I've lived in Brisbane for most of my life and, as a non-driver, public transport has long been my friend. I grew up in Camp Hill where bus services are good, and I couldn't understand why there were people elsewhere in Brisbane who grumbled about how bad it was. In the last 9-10 years, I've lived in Carina/Carindale (on Meadowlands Road), with the need to sometimes go to work over at Manly or Birkdale, and I have become one of the grumblers. The bus service from here to there is absolutely lousy (I have to go to Cannon Hill to get a train, essentially going backwards to go forwards), and I can see this isn't the only place where there needs to be vast improvement. And surely it shouldn't be that difficult. If they're getting new buses, use them in the suburbs where there's hardly any service.

[@BrisbaneChannel]

I agree that Brisbane's public transport CAN be good, if you live in the right places and want to go to the right places. The problem is that it CAN also be absolutely shocking. I actually made a video a while back (the biggest on THE Brisbane Channel before this one came along) where I said that the public transport was good. I had also been lucky in my experience to that point, but the backlash to that comment made me realise that Brisbane residents' experience is wildly inconsistent when it comes to public transport. This was confirmed when my mother moved up and found a place in Regents Park. Not well served at all, unlike Algester, which is just a few suburbs away. I've been a lot more careful to do my research before putting out a video since then!

[@TheDoctor394]

@@BrisbaneChannel Yes, that seems to be the thing. Brisbane has a mixture of very good and very bad public transport in regard to availability, depending on where you live. I had experienced the former growing up, and now I'm experiencing the latter.

[@carlbirett6123]

Immigration numbers are way too high. We need a 4 year complete immigration stop and then some sensible numbers. This problem affects other cities as well, also smaller ones.

[@e-moshe]

As an immigrant to Brisbane myself I might be accused of drawbridge syndrome but I am also astonished at the numbers coming in. More people within set spaces and resources = higher prices for resources (property/rent) and unhappy elbow jostling (traffic).

[@sanuthweerasinghe7825]

Brisbane's immigration levels aren't that "high". Most of Brisbane's immigration is from people moving from Sydney and Melbourne

[@carlbirett6123]

@@sanuthweerasinghe7825 The number of migrant arrivals increased to 737000 up from 427000 the year before. That's a huge increase of 73%. That's 5 times the population of Darwin !! Now if they first come to SYD and MEL and then a percentage comes to Brisbane makes no difference. Here is here and that's just crazy. Hopefully a new Government can fix this.

[@Dandin-v2e]

The only migration in brisbane is the white invasion from south and even north and won a title by making it the 2nd most expensive city in this country

[@pauldiezel4584]

​@@sanuthweerasinghe7825people are moving out of Sydney/Melbourne because they are the cities bearing the brunt of our insane immigration numbers. We have the highest immigration intake in the OECD (and almost in the world) as a % of our population bar NONE.

[@OldFellaDave]

All they are doing is upgrading or 'polishing' existing services and areas already covered, i.e. your 8km from the CBD area you spoke about in green on your map. Not a single metre of new track is going anywhere where its needed. The Billions spent on Cross River rail - won't help get ANY new passengers on trains, since it's all the same routes going to the same spots they always have. Brisbane Metro, light rail and other 'plans' that never see the light of day ALL run through areas already close to the CBD and in your Green areas. All those cars you see on the freeways, Gateway etc ALL coming from outlying suburbs that NONE of this expensive new shiny (for the Olympics, no not really ...) modern transport infrastructure will ever cover! But hey, none of us are experts ... we just sit in hours of traffic everyday while blokes like Shrinner cut ribbons and strut around like they've Clem Jones'd the place ...

[@dufensmertz1]

I moved south of Brisbane to Jimboomba in 1985 when traffic was not too bad . Now it's a shit fight to get around just like Sydney . It took me an hour to travel 10 km so I left and moved into the country with NO traffic , red lights or pedestrians . Now I travel 10 km with the cruise on in 8 minutes .. And loving it..

[@damiand4835]

Brisbane is a mess. Local business is disappearing and I don’t feel safe walking in the city and druggies hanging around looking for trouble . Plus everything is Olympics sick of it . Concentrate on more important things . 🙈 Love ❤️ you Brisbane . Not anymore .

[@electro_sykes]

the cbd is so shit now, no wonder myer left.

[@youpig6060]

Brah i walk around the city alone at night it not that scary. I only see druggies going in out out of thr casino and that clubs on Fridays and Saturdays. If your talking about the homeless, all they want is a bag of maccas.

[@GingerNuts361-ny4qp]

I moved to Hobart in 2016 and never regretted it. Still don’t miss Brissie in the slightest

[@Ub3rSk1llz]

@@electro_sykes left? lol they couldnt afford the rent

[@electro_sykes]

@@Ub3rSk1llz exactly.

[@aussiejubes]

Another great, informative video thank you! I remember when I moved to Sydney when I was 30 (15yrs ago). I could not believe how long it took me to get to work the 15kms from Camperdown to near Olympic Park. 45mins on a good day, usually an hour, probably once a fortnight it would take 75 to 90 mins. I was so excited to move back to Brisbane a year later & nearly died when I found Brisbane traffic FAR more frustrating. Because I've grown up here I guess I was used to it. Somehow, being stuck in traffic here is enraging. Perhaps it's because you can be in traffic for a full 100km+ trip. Not just in pockets. I don't know, but I hate it & I doubt anything actually useful will be done. Governments never have the guts to make major needed changes. I do like our bus ways though. Prior to having them, I used to spend the whole ride worried I was going to be late, because the buses never ran on time. They're better now.

[@marresjepie1887]

Yeah.. well "choices' as they say. Car-centric to a tee 'What could go wrong' At the least Brisbane has sóme walkable bits and cycle infra. Something that can't be said about other big cities. Now convincing the government that 'more lanes' fixes nothing AT ALL. Good luck with thát one.

[@BigBlueMan118]

Have you missed the massive pedestrianisation of Sydney's main street, or the enormous build-out of cycling infrastructure in Sydney?

[@DC-lw7dj]

Well, the federal government immigration intake policy isn't helping! The States need to hold the federal government accountable for increasing population at a faster rate than infrastructure can keep up. There's a lot of strain on State government services because of the Federal government's (and treasury) poor immigration intake policies. There's excessive demand for hospitals, roads, ambulances and housing!

[@JakkaRM]

Well said mate. It feels like it's going to take more than a decade to address this issue and catch up. The federal government is ignorant to the many issues they're creating from their poor immigration policies and tell us that everything is actually OK. I wouldn't hold my breath waiting for anything to improve. Housing will be too expensive, renting will be hell and infrastructure will be overloaded well into the foreseeable future.

[@Dandin-v2e]

The problem is white invasion from interstate nothing to do with overseas migration

[@mcgrathfilms]

Permanent migrants are actually really low. 80000 in 2022-23. Most of “migration” figures are foreign students in temporary visas. Our universities need those students - who pay full fees - to operate. They effectively subsidize the fees of Australian students.

[@DC-lw7dj]

@@mcgrathfilms overall population and excessive demand for infrastructure is what contributes to congestion (roads/hospitals/ambulances) and ridiculous house/rent prices. On a side note, how did universities operate before this recent excessive/record intake? The universities are well funded by the government. Universities are trying to grow profits like private companies, rather than focus on educating people, while being funded by the taxpayer. Most international students work in Australia to pay for their living and tuition, so one must not simply count international student education as an 'export'. The federal government also increased the number of hours international students can work from 20 to 24 hours a week.

[@mcgrathfilms]

@@DC-lw7dj The recent intake was just a temporary increase to make up for the fact that no international students were allowed into the country during the Covid epidemic. They’re now returning to normal levels. Universities don’t run like private companies. They usually only run at 1 or 2% profit over their operational expenditure. Most were deeply in the red because of Covid and had to restructure and lay off staff. Education is our biggest export industry after coal, gas and iron ore. We need those foreign students to keep coming so clearly need more purpose-built accommodation for them.

[@rhysgilbert5942]

Traffic has been continually getting worse in Brisbane for years, and the scary thing is they have given "stupid" people a licence(how they read the rules) to sit in traffic. The traffic is gridlocked from the airport to the Sunshine cost every day(70ks). Brisbane city and outer suburb traffic has been getting worse since the late 90s and not one premier, nor one Mayor has fixed it, all they do is put a bandaid over it and hope it will go away. Why do I pay close to $2000.00 per year in car registration? For what?

[@jesusislukeskywalker4294]

just too many new arrivals to the city and the infrastructure can’t handle the increased population/traffic. the other bit that sucks is the fact that house prices have risen dramatically in 20 years which was lucky for those that had already purchased.. for the rest of us now owning a home of any description is out of the question 😔 in fact everywhere.. it feels like a banana republic under a president marcos or something 😔 im not keen on all these highrise buildings going up 😳 just adding to the problem. i think cities are best limited in size. they’re trying to make brisbane into singapore or something, all packed into tiny highrise apartments 😔

[@Rexhunterj]

20 years ago I was just hitting my teens, I should have been illegally working the mines or something to buy a house back then I guess? The current over 40 year old population makes my head hurt with their selfishness and inability to think beyond their own bubble of life.

[@jesaldoshi]

I came to this beautiful country 20 years ago as a teen. I worked hard and saved hard for 5 years. No clubbing, no branded clothing, drove a 10 year old car and managed to save enough to afford a house of $300000 far on the outskirts of the city. I got my foot in the door. Commute was far, friends were far but accept it. Now into my third house, in a location I want and able to enjoy life.

[@mnj640]

Same is happening in Adelaide. Mmm maybe it's the LABOR PARTY

[@cloushalan6785]

​@mnj640 the infrastructure is just terribly designed compared to other cities.

[@iriya3227]

He says traffic is only bad when people go to offices Tues, Wed, Thurs; Maybe then stop forcing people to offices and incentive work from home and problem solved? There you go billions of road widening saved but nope they want commercial real state executives and real estate tycoons to make even more money so they force people back to offices...

[@johnhislop2993]

Lighter traffic mon and fri? He hasn't seen the M1 on a Friday afternoon

[@Yogsoggeth]

Just build more cities and expand smaller existing cities instead of trying to keep up with the population growth in 5 places. We are only using 1% of the country for urban area and those are jam packed while the rest of the country is vacant. Most of the technology industry could relocate their office and staff to smaller cities to help disperse the population out of the capital cities if they wanted to.

[@dino8471]

I am 24 and have grown up in Brisbane. I absolutely love it - I think it has a spirit to it. The people and community are amazing (albeit changing with the melbourne gross-esque attitude coming up),and the weather and integration with greenery add to its wonder. HOWEVER, I hate to see what is happening. It saddens me that people dont understand the brilliance of the city. The bedrock of Brisbane is its sense of community. This is changing mostly with the rich southerners coming up - bringing with them the spirit that turned cities like Melbourne souless. People dont appreciate where they are. If you dont like Brisbane, move. We need to keep saying hi to the people we pass (within commonsense) and appreciate the beauty and spirit of Brisbane. Traffic is rising immensely (which above anything else has the most negative impact on happiness). CLEARLY we need a halt to immigration (atleast temporarily). The city simply cant take it. Infrastructure measures will do very little. Northbound tunnels seem a good step but incur other logistical problems. Plus, it is too long term even if the politicians can muster a fully competent engineering team and the budget to go with. We need to rally together and DEMAND that our voices be heard. Everyone thinks the same thing: a serious consideration of immigration measures is needed alongside public transport etc. It would be so sad to see the best city in the world become a nostalgic memory. Are there any groups we can join to bring our issues to our leaders?

[@caniborrowapencil5160]

The only one raising the real issue here. The government keeps increasing immigration so they can artificially make the economy look better than it actually is, while relying on infrastructure built in the 1970s to support their growing population. The congestion problem is just a byproduct that could be seen coming years ago and only now is starting to be acknowledged as an issue. I remember my dad, who’s 64 and has lived in Brisbane his whole life, saying 10 years ago if nothing was done to limit immigration this problem would keep getting worse but sadly it seems our politicians either ignore it or don’t understand basic town planning past the level of a year 10 geography class.

[@Thyalwaysseek]

I grew up there too which is why I no longer live there, worst city in Australia.

[@elizabethclark8552]

I grew up here in the 80s. Yes, the Joh years. I didn't buy in brisbane, it's a shit fight. Every time there is a cyclone we see a mass exit. Bring on the cyclones

[@redleaderracing]

I'm very happy for outsiders to think this. We are way too overpopulated as it is. Thankyou for your service

[@AKA001]

Anyone within the 7 to 10km radius of the CBD should be cycling or scootering. There is no use of cycling paths if they are not direct or even worse, if you can't see or find them. Having direct and overt cycling path access will create more awareness that you can go from Everton Park to the CBD in less than 30 minutes. Cyclists and scooterists that zoom past cars stuck in traffic on Kelvin Grove Road at 25kmh will make people question why they don't cycle on a good day. All this takes is converting one car lane into a bi-directional bright green or blue painted protected cycling lane, a few thousands of liters of paint and a few hundred bollard, which is way cheaper than building another politically pretty bridge across the river. Mobility is about human behavior. I've grown up in the Netherlands were I wouldn't dream of diving into the city, because it's a no-brainer, I can even outride a tram in my hometown of The Hague. You could easily outride the Ferny Grove train on an eBike if there was a direct safe cycling path.

[@cicerodiello1]

Brisbane was liveable when I grew up. Now it is no longer liveable. There are abundant blue skies but the city has gone to hell. Outer Brisbane suburbs are lucky to have one bus route that takes a long time to get anywhere. The Olympics are likely to be a cover up for fifteen minute lockdown cities. Take a look at Woolloongabba and Stones Corner. High rise apartment buildings are crammed with sardine cans. I was absent for three years, returned in October 2023 and fled in April 2024. Homeless people are scattered throughout Brisbane of today. Someone mentioned the population is now 3 million and Brisbane no character at all. Victorians have fled after the lockdowns and the PLANDEMIC rages on. The blue skies usually feature ‘trails’ which of course are ignored by most people because it’s just two weeks to flatten the curve……

[@kd2533]

It was awesome in the 1980's as a kid. Expo ruined this. People started moving here.

[@johngoodall1926]

In the 70s and 80s when Brisbane was very insular, redneck, corrupt and nasty. What ? You can't cope with Aussies from other States? Didums. You must be furious to hear an English or Kiwi accent, what about a non English speaking background ? And god forbid an Asian or other brown person. You'd be thoroughly murderous. Jesus, in the 50s, 60s and 70s everywhere else in Australia had post war European and English migrants in large numbers, except Brisbane. Get over your self.

[@andrewking4885]

I agree that set the rot in place. One project after another with no planning for the infrastructure.

[@willdii-s3e]

Everyone moves in South East Queensland so something have to give like infrastructure, housing and lifestyle!

[@davidm4689]

Yep, the city has turned into a sh.. hole over 30 years.

[@joshuasanderson7359]

Schrinner is engaging in a sleight of hand there. He says we need to invest in active and public transport to take cars off the road. But you look at his budget. It's a tiny fraction of the amount they're spending on road widening. It's not a plan that will work.

[@RLstavista]

Unbelievable that the traffic is so congested despite the total population being 1000 people 🤪 I've been living in Vietnam for the last 2 years, just got back. What's in vietnam? A butt tonne of motorcycles. They take up little space, use little fuel, and easily maneuver around other vehicles. If even something like 20% of people were to switch to driving motorcycles/scooters, that would eliminate traffic congestion guaranteed. Often in these stupid traffic jams you'll see massive SUVs and Utes that take up so much space, but each vehicle only has one person in it. it's a joke. Bicycles are also impractical as it requires massive infrastructure changes for them to be remotely effective.

[@BrisbaneChannel]

Where in Vietnam did you live? I used to live in HCMC. I miss zipping around on my scooter over there (although you've got to constantly be alert). If you've ever noticed a book called Saigon Panorama (they sell it at many tourist locations and at the airport in HCMC), that's my work.

[@RLstavista]

@@BrisbaneChannel Oh that's fantastic great job. Yeah I also lived in Saigon, went all the way from district 12, district 11 to district 9... longest trip I we took was to Vung Tau, and I still felt I left a lot to discover. Initially it was a bit scary riding by yourself what with the "crazy traffic" and what not but I just had to get my own vehicle as it was too costly and too impractical to keep relying on grab/goje. The feeling is so freeing and exhilarating with the wind in your hair. Anyways, I'll be sure to look out for it next time I head back there 😄

[@BrisbaneChannel]

We started in Go Vap, but quickly moved to District 5, close to the border with District 1, and I worked for a magazine (Ơi Vietnam), which was in District 4 (used to be the place where the Vietnamese mafia were based). I still entertain the idea of moving back some day, or maybe retiring over there (my wife is Vietnamese - we met in China and moved to Vietnam for a bit before coming to Australia).

[@KeikoMushi]

Greg's example of traffic congestion is a solid one given that he lives around the Gold Coast. The thing is, that the city's traffic has been bad for decades. And numerous broken promises regarding ditching new toll booths after a few years have been complete BS, with the council simply adding more tolls. Cheaper fares for expanded public transport, complete with procedures to ensure criminal aren't perpetrated against users is essential. Another potential option is a skyward rail transit option, but it should be noted that increased energy supply is needed to cope with the increased residential population. Investing in other communities to allow for city planning from the ground up would not only cut down on the burden for Brisbane but also allow for resilience against natural disasters such as heavy flooding.

[@TianyiShen-nc5zb]

Yes, Brisbane totally sucks nowadays. The living cost is as high as Sydney, but income is much lower. Also infrastructures like public traffic, public facilities...almost everything is much more worse.

[@CommentsTroll]

I think something that we don't realise is the blatant disrespect for public property. The moment something is not watched, it's going ot get vandalised or destroyed. Now imagine having more train and metro stations in the outer suburbs or areas of lower social economic status. If there's no high visibility security or police 24 hours a day (which cost money, multiply by number of stations), is it going to turn into a mess of a place? I wonder how much bearing that has on decisions, either conscious or subconscious, not to invest in public transportation in these areas.

[@xx.05]

My father worked for The Department of Main Roads in Brisbane since his mid-twenties. In my early teens he would always say Brisbane was lacking infrastructure to keep up with population growth, along with a decent public transport system to help keep as many cars off the road as possible.

[@kpopandotherplaylists2518]

These 2 are directly connected. Brisbane is a nightmare to live and work in without a car.

[@wbadventures2024]

As a tourist I’ve been to Brisbane many times, I hate walking around the cbd but I love weather, sceneries around town and the local people, odd weird and good luck in 2032 Olympics! Hate love relationship kind of place

[@hs7921]

When the Paddington Tram Depot burnt down Clem Jones said we will become a city of the future and everybody will drive a car. So now we are building massive tower blocks all through West End Newstead and new farm, everybody has a car. But nobody has widened the roads or increased the amount of available public transport. And you take your life in your hands getting on a train or a bus in Brisbane with some of the feral people who don’t even try to pay.

[@CA999]

@@hs7921 I wonder how much his political downline and descendents have profited from it?

[@turbotheamericanstaffy]

If corporations are so committed to the environment, why did they drag everyone back to the office after it was proven they could work from home? Sounds like they are all about power and control to me. And the govt likes it because people spend alot of money commuting to and from the city. They cop fines, have accidents, injure themselves, spend money on take out, coffee, restaurants, pubs, car maintenance, insurance, parking, even die commuting. So state revenue and all the businesses associated with commuting all get their pound of flesh. And then even the businesses pay income tax and GST. Just a vicious cycle of nonsense.

[@rorys433]

well said

[@yt.damian]

Because for the most part most people are less productive when left to work from home. Young people dont learn and develop when they dont have their more experienced peers around them. Collaboration and sharing of ideas and knowledges drops when teams are not working together. If the above were not true business would 100% want you working from home so they dont have to pay for expensive office space.

[@turbotheamericanstaffy]

@@yt.damian rubbish. Management just want to keep their overpaid jobs and keep micromanaging staff. If staff don't meet expectations they can be fired and replaced. They don't need to be commuting to an adversarial environment to work. No need for a bloated HR department and all their stupid policies that stifle productivity themselves. No more claims of harassment and bullying in the office to deal with. The office in the CBD with the nice views is just a throwback to the status symbol the skyscraper represents. It's a phallic symbol of a bygone corporate era. Those buildings should be converted into residential apartments. The shops underneath would thrive. Corporations claim to be moving with the times but bosses have shown they can't let go of their control over staff and can't let go of their dicks.

[@Amber86queenbee]

⁠@@yt.damianthat is a massive generalisation to say productivity drops for working from home - many businesses and government actually report it increases as people are incentivised to work there and don’t have distractions or interruptions. It highly depends on the type of work involved, the lease layout (such as condensed spaces with high occupancy) and the staff themselves. It is hard to stop people from wanting to jump on to work from home to get more done( and no not everyone gets paid overtime). There is not a one size fits all solution and it depends on the workplace and industry - to say otherwise is just your personal opinion.

[@yt.damian]

@@Amber86queenbee ofc its a generalisation. everything is a generalisation. I can promise you employers would not be paying rent if you were as productive at home. there are some people who are more productive at home however for the most part most other people are not as productive and do not learn as much and collaboration is reduced.

[@chiliphil64]

If all people were paid home to home, this problem would be addressed as the employer would not employ you if you live too far from work.

[@shantishanti1949]

Me again : if the population is going to continue to increase then WE NEED social housing and urgently. !!

[@BrisbaneChannel]

I agree. Even if it doesn't increase!

[@Alexanda-mj5vd]

Lets put social housing out at Roma. No need for them to be anywhere near the metro area.

[@shantishanti1949]

@@Alexanda-mj5vd I don’t think they would mind to be honest in my work they are just desperate to find a reasonable home for reasonable rent.

[@BrisbaneChannel]

@@Alexanda-mj5vd Public housing does not just have to be for people who are struggling (and even if it was, sending people in need to an area with far fewer employment opportunities and support services doesn't make sense anyway). Take a look at Singapore, for example, where most of the homes people live in (whether renting or owning) were built by the government. People from all social strata. We in Australia think of public housing in a very limited way, and we end up missing out on a heap of benefits for dismissing it as just for "losers".

[@Alexanda-mj5vd]

@@BrisbaneChannel Social housing is for losers. Otherwise it is embedding socialism. Are you advocating for socialism? I am a net taxpayer- will I get a social house- why not-isn't that discrimination? The indigenous have a ton of public housing- how is that going? Quoting Singapore is not legitimate unless all the other parameters are wrapped around it- like social co-operation for a start.Zero tolerance to crime and misdemeanours. Get those going first. Social housing in metro areas occupies supply that could be available to workers- you know people who are net contributors.This fact is always ignored. The people needing social housing are net takers. Put them out at Roma where land is much cheaper. The first step to fixing housing is to stop immigration.

[@Millions_92]

That idiot thinks traffic is light on Fridays lol. Friday is the worst day. Especially everyone who works near the airport going home on the north side!

[@steampunknord]

And it's only going to get worse with the Olympics.

[@luffyluck]

Idk who thought we could host the Olympics in Brisbane, that shit makes no sense. Accommodation, sports infrastructure and everything is not available on the scale of the Olympics. Whoever petitioned Brisbane is a moron.

[@GreenPiper-el5tv]

As a Brisbane lad, I miss the city I grew up in. 16 years out of Aus, I can't recognise it coming back.

[@JudithDickson-ct3vk]

Make the toll roads free or 50¢. Great infrastructure there to reduce congestion through the city, but hardly anyone uses it, because of the cost.

[@link1565V2]

How to fix congestion on the highways: Stop dropping the speed limit to 60 the moment there are a few extra cars on the road. It's especially bad on the centenary. The congestion only exists where the speed is lowered and dissipates completely when it goes back to 100.

[@russellhall9772]

Why does anyone live there, plenty of jobs in rural towns without the hassles

[@BrisbaneChannel]

Everyone looks for different things in a place to live. Cities and rural towns each have their own pros and cons. I grew up in a country town, but much prefer city living. Others have gone in the opposite direction. To each their own, really.

[@momohmoseray5393]

As someone who has spent most of my life in Brisbane, I truly believe that this city has the potential to grow into a stronger and more vibrant metropolis. However, it feels like the government isn't doing enough to foster that growth. One of the key issues is the concentration of development along the river. Brisbane could benefit immensely from the creation of a second CBD. Spreading out the city's core would not only reduce congestion but also promote more balanced development across the region. Moreover, the transport infrastructure desperately needs attention-particularly the M1 and M3 interchange at Rochedale and Eight Mile Plains. These are major arteries of the city, and without proper upgrades, they create significant bottlenecks, hindering the city's progress. The government needs to step up and address these pressing issues if Brisbane is to reach its full potential.

[@BrisbaneChannel]

I absolutely agree that we need more urban centres rather than just having everything centralised as it largely is now.

[@pewterschmidt23lord99]

The worse fucking thing about the highways now is they have all those fucking electronic signs that chnage the speed limit to 60 and completely fuck the highways

[@darenwilliams4149]

It's only an hour on the M1 from the Gold Coast to the Gold Coast.

[@BrisbaneChannel]

Haha.

[@cloushalan6785]

Haha, only if at 😅midnight

[@brendanweier403]

Naive Australians. You think Brisbane has bad traffic. Spend some time in Mumbai and you wouldn't be complaining. Living in Brisbane is a dream!

[@Paradoxical124]

Started getting bad once we started letting an unsustainable amount of immigrants in

[@ORANDOMM]

It's the same in the Gold coast, if you live further inland or away from the main 4 suburbs, after 6pm there is no transport, before 6am there is no transport, and most places it's once per hour or once per 30mins if your lucky and the busses usually always only go to 1 spot, forcing you to go onto a train or tram to get to the other busses. But it's great if you live in the main city area..just don't venture beyond 5k

[@michaelbradbrook9575]

The Mayor of Brisbane talks a good game, but in practice they are putting in more roads for more cars for more congestion. I'd like to say the QLD transport minister has a better approach, but they are doing the same!

[@joshc7865]

The people going into the city to sit around on Teams meetings & water cooler chats should be WFH

[@krisjustin3884]

Looks like leaders are trying positive strategies to address the congestion, but Brisbane is too beautiful to stop extra the 1000’s of people wanting to live there!

[@NS_WestBound]

Currently living in the US, scary looking ar this when considering returning. It was bad before we left! Really poor planning over many many years. How about Aus starts by introducing introducing ' turning left on red '!!! Don't give me rubbish that they tried & dangerous. Works so well here everywhere, traffic keeps moving. An easy start. Thx for channel

[@GarageItYourself]

There IS a silver bullet!!! It's called a decent mass transit system but due to the current ridiculousness of the world economy and how much everything costs then the hundreds of billions required to give Brisbane a Singapore or Moscow level of public transport is impossible. Brisbane is suffering from poor historical forward planning of infrastructure and allowing no greenways set aside for infrastructure upgrades.

[@williamsharp2532]

20 years ago I lived in Brisbane and even then I chose my bicycle over my car to get to work, much quicker.

[@danielteng1972]

The worst? Hyperbole I think. Lived in Sydney for a few years, Brisbane is much more relaxing compared to a traffic jam in every street corner or shopping hub. And placing 12th in most congested cities in the world? The research seems suspect to me. So somehow Brisbane's traffic is "worse" than the megatropolises in Asia with populations in excess of 20 million? Ahead of Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Manila, and Kuala Lumpur (10 million, I know)?

[@denno445]

always called brisbanes roads "fucking spaghetti"

[@BrisbaneChannel]

@@denno445 That's northside roads for sure.

[@user-kr7qm4iv1n]

People from other states, Chinese and Indians have driven up the prices of houses here to sky-high levels. Brisbane is no longer the quiet and beautiful town it once was.

[@johngoodall1926]

@@user-kr7qm4iv1n “People from other states”. God, even other Aussies annoy you. So I’m not at all surprised that “Chinese and Indians” also no doubt drive you completely mad with rage. Listen Sunshine, from the mid 1940s onwards, every capital city, with the exception of Brisbane, experienced massive immigration from UK, Italy, Greece, Poland, Ukraine, Yugoslavia etc, and people over the generations integrated and are now part of our Aussie landscape. Hate to break the news, but now 70 odd years later, it’s apparently Brisbane’s turn. You have two choices, accept reality, or rage and grizzle in a rage driven bigotry towards all these foreigners, and no doubt for you, this includes other Caucasian Aussies from “ down south”. Struth, get over it Sunshine.

[@WalkingandTalkingAussieGirl]

I think this one hit a nerve, video went viral!!

[@BrisbaneChannel]

@@WalkingandTalkingAussieGirl Well, semi-viral anyway. This one got 3x the views of the channel's next biggest video at each video's peak. If only I could replicate such results! On the positive side, the video carrying the channel is no longer one that's 3 or 4 years out of date!

[@jimmylee1776]

The state government & other local government councils provide incentives to business to set up factories & offices away from Brisbane city. This will reduce the number of people travelling to Brisbane city for work. We also need high speed rail. The government can develop housing estates 100kms from Brisbane city or nearby local big suburbs. This will mean people can get to work within 30 minutes travelling by train & don’t need to drive cars. To own a car in Singapore is very expensive. This forced most people to use public transport for work & leisure. Brisbane should consider this.

[@BrisbaneChannel]

I think disincentivising people to drive is not a bad idea, provided there are viable alternatives. Brisbane's problem is that with the current levels of accessibility to regular and frequent public transport, many really have no choice but to rely on private cars. Comparing Brisbane with Singapore is also problematic, as the population density is very different, as well as the total area (15,826 km2 vs 734 km2 vs and populations of 2.5 million and 6 million respectively).

[@CarolusR3x]

the congestion fact isn't helped by the majority of Queensland motorists who drive like a bunch of over-safe or reckless morons

[@manfred3018]

The problem is, they can’t afford to build new roads as the politicians are paid extremely high wages most in the world

[@vivianoosthuizen8990]

More but smaller buses of 20 passengers make more sense than the huge buses.

[@theockle]

It's 100% still the best capital city in Australia. It has an organic, genuine identity, unlike Sydney & Melbourne who are losing their identity. The public transport and traffic is woeful and needs to be fixed, but I just spent plenty of time in Melbourne, am currently in Sydney, and can't wait to get back to SEQ.

[@andyman8630]

field service engineer here - i don't leave until 09:00 and even then i travel against the flow of traffic doing the same in the afternoon btw Mr Mayor, Friday traffic is the worst, *period*

[@shadako2]

Yeah had a post grad lecturer at Griffith in 2004 and he mentioned working on a Traffic study for the Council around 2003. The researchers found that rail would have been betterr vs anything else. This is because it moves the most amount of people at a time. The council disregarded this and went for Busses and road expansion. Maybe it was good till becoming crowded over time. Funnily enough, Gold coast also decided to get rid of parts of their train line around this time.

[@steveb5382]

Let's just have a look at who is conducting these studies. Agendas??

[@BrisbaneChannel]

Good point. There's definitely some questions around the accuracy of their rankings, but there's still no denying that both congestion and access to public transport are issues in Brisbane.

[@danielleyoung1680]

Nope . . nobody going to mention the climate of Brisbane ?? It's HOT !!! OFTEN !! THIS IS THE MAIN REASON WHY CARS ARE THE PREFERRED.

[@splendid9529]

Imagine me that hate ordinary 5 mins traffic here in Eastern Nigeria I cant Imagine myself in that situation

[@paulfri1569]

Lack of high Residential density means it's not worth getting public transport for residents as its already so inefficient as you have rarely any amenities nearby so people just drive instead.. A very insidious cycle..

[@BrisbaneChannel]

I agree that the very low population density and large area is a part of the issue.

[@paulfri1569]

@@BrisbaneChannel Yes. Brisbane is so spread out with it's very low population density.. seems to be the root cause 🤔

[@Robert-xs2mv]

Encourage people to use a motorbike/scooter to move around. Not only does one car parking space accommodate 4 motorbikes, a 10% change over reduces traffic congestion by 40%. Not great on rainy days, but how many of those are there in Brisbane?

[@BrisbaneChannel]

I've been thinking about that lately. I once lived in Ho Chi Minh City, and got around on a scooter. When it rained, just threw on a poncho and all was good. It would certainly help a lot of things here if we started entertaining the idea of switching.

[@NaughtyGoatFarm]

Wait... That guy gets paid by the hour to drive home? What job pays people to drive home?

[@BrisbaneChannel]

I know, I didn't really get the paid by the hour thing, whether sarcastic or not, it didn't make much sense to me. But kept that part in, as the bit before and after was good for the video.

[@chuckmaddison2924]

I also disagree. According to 7 News, it appears to be Alice Springs. Curfews and Christ Knows.

[@BrisbaneChannel]

I recently spoke with someone that lived in Alice Springs for a few months until quite recently. She said before she moved there, she was extremely nervous after seeing news reports about how bad things were, but that the reality there was nowhere near as bad as it had appeared in the media.

[@chuckmaddison2924]

@@BrisbaneChannel I can believe that.

[@Jack-r2v9b]

I'm here because Greggo sent me

[@ACDZ123]

Greggo doing traffic reports now? 😅

[@electro_sykes]

cross river rail will free up inner city capacity for more rail lines out to the underserved areas. Right now their isn't enough space to increase services on exsisting lines, let along new future lines.

[@Amber86queenbee]

That is their PR spin but unless you solve the one track lines then trains cannot pass each other apart from set timings and the system cannot handle more scheduled services regardless of Cross River Rail. My MP is always banging on that we need a second line for a reason. No inner city changes is going to impact on end of the line if they cannot get past each other any less than every 16 minutes (far worse if any system delays anywhere in SE QLD which causes our trains to be the first to be cancelled).

[@rorys433]

imagine if businesses had to pay for their employees commute. that would really stir things up. impossible though.

[@BrisbaneChannel]

I love that idea! A different kind of congestion tax.

[@robertmorris3874]

Lol. employees would move 100km away to get paid more

[@DanA-xt8xy]

Get rid of the railway crossing in Brisbane, and you will put a dent in your traffic problems as a start.

[@user-oe7el1qt8s]

Mate I drive a truck for a living and don't have too much worries about traffic compared to Sydney or Melbourne and that is speaking from previously living down there too

[@Enthusiastic-Trainspotter-BNE]

They apparently are duplicating the rail tracks through logan and thereabouts.

[@jason090874]

I moved to Brisbane from Sydney in 2018, I,m a Plumber so ill drive to 6 or 7 different jobs a day. The other guys at work always say I heard to traffic in Sydney is bad , my reply has always been Brisbane is worse. Brisbane has so many level railway crossings stopping traffic and stupid u turns to get on a motorway like the one near Westfield Garden city , its so out of date in 2024

[@syco50]

Everyone in cars think that they are effected by traffic. But everyone in cars IS the traffic. Choose public transport, cycling and moving closer to work.

[@alexshort5991]

There are 20 cities in India and another 20 in South East Asia that have worse congestion than Brisbane 😂

[@santaclaus946]

Decentralize....