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A new strategy to combat fare evasion has been recommended in an audit.

Students left on kerb as school bus misses stop times

Parents are incensed after a Brisbane school bus has left students behind waiting on the footpath, even after changes were made to the service to make it more reliable.

  • Catherine Strohfeldt

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The Brisbane bus services with the biggest surge in patronage since the new timetable was rolled out in mid-2025 have been revealed.

The Brisbane bus route that had a 190 per cent surge in passengers

Brisbane City Council says its bus network shake-up may have diverted almost 4 million car trips from our roads.

  • Felicity Caldwell
Testing the temperature on the Victoria Bridge in Brisbane with Anna Campbell from Queensland Walks.

Decision close on shade for Brisbane bridge, where temps soar to 54 degrees

The dumping of the council’s old vision for Victoria Park has pushed forward plans to shade a stiflingly hot Brisbane bridge.

  • Felicity Caldwell
Plans for the Cultural Centre busway intersection at Grey and Melbourne streets, South Brisbane over the years, from council’s 2019 underground Metro plan, the state government’s vision, council’s 2022 artist’s impression showing a pocket park in the bottom-right corner, and finally the current car park.

Paved paradise: Why a promised park was never built, and instead became a car park

Prime real estate in the centre of Brisbane’s cultural precinct has become a car park for railway workers because of a stoush between governments.

  • Felicity Caldwell
The council said it was investigating altering the bus timetable for the chronically late school service.

Brisbane school buses making students late ‘not fit for purpose’, say parents

Parents said the bus would sometimes only begin picking up children as classes started down the road, recording delays up to 20 minutes.

  • Catherine Strohfeldt
Matilda in Chermside, Brisbane.

Where on the northside needs more buses? Commuters have their say, with review planned

The Brisbane City Council recommitted this week to a promised review of the transport network.

  • William Davis
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Chermside on Brisbane’s upper north is a major suburban hub.

The streets within two Brisbane suburbs that are set for high-density makeovers

The city council has detailed the zones earmarked for thousands of new high-rise homes north and south of the CBD.

  • Dominique Tassell
Brisbane bus in South Bank.

The most popular routes in Brisbane revealed as public transport surges

Interesting trends emerged from the 190 million public transport trips recorded in the last 12 months of 50¢ fares.

  • William Davis
“More disruptive” bus strikes are planned next Wednesday in Brisbane.

Bus use booms in Brisbane … but what’s driving the trend?

The Lord Mayor says council projects like the Metro and new bus routes have been integral. His opponents point to a signature state government policy instead.

  • William Davis
Queensland government modelling shows traffic growth on the Pacific Motorway from Brisbane to Robina growing 17 per cent by 2046 to up to 204,750 vehicles per day.

Traffic hell: Brisbane-Gold Coast drive will blow out up to 2.5 hours

Transport experts say the solution to congestion is not as simple as building more lanes, warning: “If you build it, they will come.”

  • Felicity Caldwell