Canberra David
@CanberraDavid
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Public transport and community advocate. Great we now have an airport bus but more network improvements are needed to increase public transport ridership.
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
Joined February 2013
Indeed there has been some very bad planning in this city. Public transport planning has also been bad by the #ALPGreens #ACTGovt. #WeNeedBetter! #actpol #cbrpol #auspol #Canberra #CBR #ACT
canberratimes.com.au
Canberra CBD has had the worst planning, the least transparent systems, and the highest public costs arising from...
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People again inconvenienced over weekend with failure of #ALPGreens #ACTGovt tram centric #Network19 with cancellation of services. There is no warning of cancelled bus services & this needs to be better managed & notified. #actpol #cbrpol #auspol @ElizabethLeeCBR @_candiceburch
Bus services are being cancelled by #TransportCanberra today on Mother’s Day. Bet you #LightRail services aren’t. Despite high #ALPGreens #ACTGovt rates & charges bus users are treated as second class citizens. #actpol #auspol #cbrpol #Canberra #CBR #ACT
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Spot on! The #Greens are a bunch of holier-than-thou hypocrites who cannot organise a dog’s breakfast. Also been some very serious allegations across Australia & in the #ACT showing poor leadership & organisation. #Rattenbury #ACTGreens #WeNeedBetter! #actpol #auspol #cbrpol
The Greens thinks they are the champions of morals and social justice when clearly they have a sexual misconduct problem when it comes to mishandling sexual harassment allegations and told them to keep silent. Many of their staff quit in disgust. https://t.co/pTG0ZGDorJ
#auspol
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Many people are not happy with the new #Network19 especially bus users who are treated as second class with the tram centric network. Journeys longer and key buses not stopping in Civic interchange. #PoorPlanning! https://t.co/whyaVzMi9H.
#actpol #cbrpol #auspol #Canberra #CBR
canberratimes.com.au
Letters to the editor
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If #TransportCanberra cannot keep to their weekend timetable they should give riders advance notice of cancellations. With the tram-centric new network it will mainly be bus riders who will be affected. #actpol #cbrpol #auspol #Canberra #CBR #ACT
@NoACTLightRail @abccanberra Will see if my bus comes. Stuffed up my day today. If #TransportCanberra can’t keep to their weekend timetable they should put the cancelled services on their internet site so people know what is happening. @CanberraDavid @_candiceburch @ElizabethLeeCBR #actpol #cbrpol #auspol
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Bus services are being cancelled by #TransportCanberra today on Mother’s Day. Bet you #LightRail services aren’t. Despite high #ALPGreens #ACTGovt rates & charges bus users are treated as second class citizens. #actpol #auspol #cbrpol #Canberra #CBR #ACT
@NoACTLightRail @Transport_CBR I am waiting for 53 & it has also not arrived. Tried the return SMS as well and it said no departures in the next 90 minutes. But is meant to be an hourly service. Still the old unresponsive, inefficient and inefficient #ACTIONBuses @CanberraDavid @_candiceburch @ElizabethLeeCBR
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@Transport_CBR tried to catch bus 42 and it never arrived. Fucking pathetic service that just keeps getting worse. Pissed off. #Canberra #publictransport #fail
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Is very #tram focussed. Stops 1&2 have been put in the wrong place on other side of #Northborne which makes it look that the tram is generating all the activity when it is not. Many changing buses have to cross busy Northbourne into Interchange. Not good. #PoorPlanning! #actpol
Who's enjoying their new world of multi-modal excitement and activated living with @Transport_CBR's new and vastly improved services? 🚶♀️🚴♀️🚋🚌 @CanberraDavid @FairGoSundayBus @Improve_our_PT
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@Transport_CBR Platform 1 & 2 aren't in the City Interchange. It's crazy and dangerous to expect people to cross 6 lanes of traffic to change buses. HUGE MISTAKE!
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In bus interchange got quieter now with major stops for Rapids going to Woden and Belconnen on other side of Northbourne. Can see will adversely affect businesses in interchange and close to including the IGA which is now closing earlier. #actpol @_candiceburch @ElizabethLeeCBR
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Spoke to Manager of IGA store in the Civic interchange & he told me they are closing at 9pm now. Has been 10pm for several years & used by many locals & tourists. Said no one around. Civic interchange quieter with one-eyed focus on tram. #actpol @ElizabethLeeCBR @_candiceburch
@exstructus @Rose_Wright_Epi @Transport_CBR Is quieter. Seeing many bunched up outside the interchange closer to the #tram. Makes it look more important & busier even if 1/2 the people are only using the buses. Also shows a one eyed focus on the tram as many bus users now have to change buses by crossing Northbourne Ave.
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Transport Minister under fire over passenger data Canberra is following the Trimet playbook 100% including the fake statistics
canberratimes.com.au
The Liberals say passenger boarding data is higher because passengers now have to change buses more often.
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New #Canberra #Network19 is becoming controversial with 2 petitions now running. I wonder if it will be as bad as the #ACTGovt’s #Network14 which was poorly planned and organised & a real #debacle. #actpol #cbrpol #auspol #CBR #ACT
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Angry #canberrans have jumped on to petitions against the new bus network, venting their frustration at the changes and calling for the Government to go back to the previous timetable https://t.co/W9cYzAXwZW
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Petitions opposing the new #Canberra bus network and I thought apart from a few issues it is better than the poorly planned & controversial #Network14 under an #ACTGreens minister who had #NoIdea! People are not happy! #actpol #cbrpol #auspol #CBR #ACT
canberratimes.com.au
Commuters are struggling to navigate the new system.
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@Rose_Wright_Epi @Transport_CBR Also if the buses go into the bus interchange without stopping do they need to go into the bus interchange at all? Would be quicker to avoid old interchange for all services if not stopping eg new Route 4. #PoorPlanning!
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@Rose_Wright_Epi @Transport_CBR They have made people cross Northbourne to change buses when for years could just transfer within Civic bus interchange. This is a one eyed focus on the #tram and old 300 series south could have gone from Civic side by Northbourne instead of having to cross road. #PoorPlanning!
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@MarkClayton94 @samanthamaiden Easy for The Greens to have policies like this. They dont have to produce a budget or account for the cost of anything.
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How the bus was won: It took us a year, but Canberra has the timetable it deserves One of the activists for this was @CanberraDavid
thebigsmoke.com.au
Well, we did it. After twelve months of not taking no for an answer, Canberra officially has a Sunday bus timetable befitting the city it now is. Here's how it happened.
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