TRANSPORT INTELLIGENCE * Australia - Desperate search for new buses
The head of public transport at Brisbane City Council will begin a desperate search for bus suppliers in a bid to ease the long-running overcrowding saga plaguing the city's commuters
Brisbane,Queensland,Australia -The Brisbane Times , by Georgina Robinson -August 15, 2007: -- ... People travelling to work, school and university face a daily battle to get on buses during peak times and the council puts out monthly "bus-full" figures tracking the persistent problem... Lord Mayor Campbell Newman this week challenged Labor councillor and public transport chair Victoria Newton to find, house and fuel an extra 31 buses on top of the 89 he funded in this year's budget... Cr Newton had earlier told the council she was disappointed with the Lord Mayor's funding commitment after Labor's Lord Mayoral candidate Greg Rowell in June found a supplier who could build 120 new buses... The letter from MAN national sales manager Ian Buttar on June 14 said if an order for the vehicles was placed by June 21, the company could fill it... (Picture by abc.net - Bus services in Brisbane)
Brisbane,Queensland,Australia -The Brisbane Times , by Georgina Robinson -August 15, 2007: -- ... People travelling to work, school and university face a daily battle to get on buses during peak times and the council puts out monthly "bus-full" figures tracking the persistent problem... Lord Mayor Campbell Newman this week challenged Labor councillor and public transport chair Victoria Newton to find, house and fuel an extra 31 buses on top of the 89 he funded in this year's budget... Cr Newton had earlier told the council she was disappointed with the Lord Mayor's funding commitment after Labor's Lord Mayoral candidate Greg Rowell in June found a supplier who could build 120 new buses... The letter from MAN national sales manager Ian Buttar on June 14 said if an order for the vehicles was placed by June 21, the company could fill it... (Picture by abc.net - Bus services in Brisbane)
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