Congestion has been a hot topic across Brisbane for many years, and residents and peak bodies alike have begun to question if enough is being done to ease this immense traffic pressure.
RACQ outlined in late-2023 the key improvements they see bringing meaningful change to Brisbane congestion. They recommend investment in active transport routes to remove bikes and e-scooters from roadways and improving and extending bus routes and timetabling.
Labor Lord Mayoral Candidate Tracey Price recently announced that she would be targeting these two issues among a host of others in her transport policy, which would see RACQ and other top industry bodies coming together to see Brisbane roads improved fast.
Should Mrs. Price have a successful polling day come March 16th, she promises to install a congestion busting task force in the first 100 days of taking office, creating direct collaboration between representatives from organisations like Bicycle Queensland, RACQ, the Bus Industry Council, Transport Unions, TMR and Council’s traffic and transport engineers.
The taskforce will identify opportunities where cycling infrastructure can be implemented in ongoing road upgrades, as well as dedicated active transport projects to bust congestion. Suburban road upgrades which are shovel ready will also be at the top of the task force to do list, which includes traffic calming to increase community safety, safe pedestrian crossings, school safety upgrades and other road upgrade projects.
The Labor team would look to deliver on the promise to spend in the suburbs, something their team claim the current LNP administration has let ratepayers down on. Mrs. Price would spend a huge $1 billion on suburban road infrastructure in her first year, including traffic calming, Slow for Sam and Safe School projects, improving unsafe intersections and prioritising public transport.
Tracey’s website has the full list of measures her Labor team have outlined in their Transport Policy, as well as more information about Tracey and her plans to deliver more for Brisbane.
