Brisbane's 6.3 BILLION DOLLAR Plan - You Won't Believe What's Coming! 

Is Brisbane increasingly known as Meanjin, as our reporter @joeldullroy says? Here are the facts: Australia's public broadcasters ABC and SBS started including indigenous place names their broadcasts in 2021, including Meanjin: www.sbs.com.au/nitv/article/do-you-know-what-aboriginal-land-youre-on-today/ytff85vi1 Some Queensland Government department use the name Meanjin: www.oqpc.qld.gov.au/acknowledgement-country The name Meanjin is used on some Brisbane ferries, as seen in our video at 11:45: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-1OXieTXxOFY.html And many people who support the use of indigenous place names use Meajin in their social media posts. While there is debate over the use of the name, it is clear that Meanjin is becoming more widely used, as stated in the report.

The Cross River Rail will help to ease the problems with Brisbane’s train woes, but the Meanjin line (Brisbane Subway) from Toowong to Hamilton via West End, Albert Street & Kangaroo Point is desperately needed to address this. A fast/high speed rail between Brisbane and Gold Coast, Sunshine Coast and Toowoomba/Ipswich will truly evolve the city and the surrounding regions into a true megalopolis

As someone born and raised in Brisbane. The main reason for not taking public transport is a number of factor (A) our public transport network is incredibly segmented, to get to anywhere that is not metro, the amount of transfers I need to make is ridiculous. (B) as the video stated, low frequency and inconsistent public transport schedules. I can't count the amount of times a bus was late by 15+ minutes, and when it finally shows up, it's so full they won't even stop at the station and I need to wait for the next late bus. (C) Public transport is becoming incredibly cost ineffective. At an average of $4.5 per trip and having to make two trips or more a day, you're spending an approx $45 dollars for just the work week alone. When compared to the trade-off of private car travel, while it may cost a bit more, you are saving much more time (in most cases, saving half the time or more in travel). I can't say what the answer is definitively. But fare cost and time are the biggest factors in my experience why I won't take it. If it was significantly cheaper to outweigh the compromises of public transport I would take it more often (plus would also reduce fare evasion by a whole heap)

I recently moved from Melbourne to Brisbane, but one thing that I love about here is that public transport is far more accessible than it is in Victoria. I use a motorised scooter whenever I go out and getting it on trams is basically impossible for me to do on my own. Brisbane bus drivers are so much more willing to help, and the whole ramp system on trains is far superior than in Victoria. I really hope this continues as Brisbane expands its public transport network

I am Brisbane born and bred. While our public transport systems are rather clean and tidy, more would regarly use public transport if it was not so expensive - compared to driving your car. Also, the outer suburbs are not connected enough. Using public transport would take me over an hour to get to my sisters place across the river because the bus goes into the city then out again crossing 4 zones! By car it's 20 minutes.

What Brisbane truly needs is a couple of semicircular ring lines connecting each of the different rail branches. Firstly an inner ring that links the Cleveland, Logan, Ipswich Ferny hills and Caboolture lines without need to go into the city centre. Then secondly, a line that links the Gold Coast with Beaudesert, Springfield and then finally on to rosewood station. Oh reinstating the old Beaudesert branch would be great too. The rail corridor is still there.

Born and bred in Brisbane and have never heard it called meanjin.

Something that I have appreciated moving from Brisbane to Melbourne last year was the substantially better thought out and connected public transport down here. Trams and trains go almost everywhere, it's fantastic. Tram in the inner CBD is also FREE! Crazy

Brisbane hasn't changed much. The Olympics are coming in 9 years, now someone notices. It's like magic 🎩 ✨️

I live in Brisbane, public transport is great.

When I visit Shenzhen I love the fact that a subway station never seems more than a couple of hundred meters away, if not just around the corner. Fast, clean, cheap and frequent. Much easier than having a car which is slower and then you have to park it somewhere!

having lived here for the commonwealth games and the world expo, I feel confident that brisbane will still be unremembered except as a humid sprawl, even after the olympics.

The gridlock of traffic and lack of public transport can be blamed on the originator of Brisbane's traffic disaster, going back to 1971, Lord Mayor alderman Clem Jones, who took pride when he abolished the Brisbane trams system under heavy protests from the Brisbane public. This was the start of all Brisbane's traffic problems. In 1971 the trams never ran again in Brisbane. They should never have been abolished and Brisbane is paying for it now. But that's the left for you and it all happened way back then with the congestion and public transport problems never being fixed; just getting worse over the past 50+ years.

As a Brisbane resident I think you’ve articulated our public transport problems really well. Brisbane’s growth has not been managed well at times. Our oldest suburbs have trains, but the next big wave of growth included the tram network to about ten km from the city. When this was removed in the late 1960’s the bus net work which replaced it was not fit for the growth to follow. Without massive resumptions of land and displacement of people train lines couldn’t be added. This means there is a huge gap in train lines around the southern suburbs of Brisbane. So all transport is carried by road. Our local and state governments try to encourage the use of bicycles, but for most people this isn’t realistic. Brisbane is a hilly city- especially the inner city- so the level of fitness required is more than most people can manage. Additionally there are limits on taking bicycles on public transport which don’t help.

Interestigly some cities are moving away from the bus-tram configuration and back to rail trams.

Ngl as a gold coaster reliant on public transit Brisbane is not bad. Everything I visit even visiting the outer city, is so much easier. 30 miss wait doesn't sound bad for a bus when you're used to hour long waits. The ONLY advantage my city has over brissy is the tram.

Go Robert! I love RAIL Back on Track.

I lived in Brisbane in 1984-2000 when the train network was so minimal it was almost useless. Back then everyone was talking about circle/ring services to go from one suburb to another without having to go into the city centre. Can't believe that still hasn't been sorted out - the train network looks the same as back then! Now I am considering moving back to Brisbane but not sure I can live there without a car.

Brisbane River has a great network of pathways suited for skates, bikes, scooters, e-skateboards, electric mono scooters and lots of other alternative transport modes. Get your skates on Brisbane.

Brisbane has got a whole lot of other things to sort out if it's going to be on a par with Sydney and Melbourne. Try getting something to eat or a coffee after 2pm. It's like ok lunch is over, everyone can wait till dinner now !! Meanwhile people all over the place looking to get something while they're out shopping or doing business. Same after 8pm, Ghost town !! I moved from here to Melbourne 17 years ago and came back a little over a year ago. Culture shock. It was like going back in time 10 years. Don't even get me started on how many train stations are an accessibility nightmare for anyone in a wheelchair. In 2023 this is unacceptable.

I live in Brisbane and have for decades been primarily a bicycle commuter. The one thing not mentioned is the ever expanding system of bicycle paths. 40 years ago there were none, now there are several alongside the creeks, freeway and train lines. Again like the public transport lines they don't well serve the fringes but it is possible to hop between them using the road network. Many more cycle paths are needed along with a true underground but Brisbane's population has now just reached the density to demand it. Time to get to it. -I'll stay on my bike tho-

Excellent work! Shared on THE Brisbane Channel's community page as it's so well researched and put together.

When it takes the Olympic games to start thinking about how to improve the quality of life for the people in your city...

The cost of a one way fare to the airport in Brisbane is about 15 USD for a 17 km journey, which takes 40 minutes and had a headway of 30 minutes! The cost of a 28 km journey from Auckland airport to downtown is less than 3 USD. Headways are about 10 minutes. Brisbane policies want push people to drive. Drop the fare to 10 AUS, drop the time to half and people might use it more.

Brisbane had a railway bridge at Indooipilly from the 1890's and another one designed for electric from the 1950's. Encyclopedia Brittanica 1968 " Brisbane has one of the most efficent Tram systems in the world ". Also, the trams involved in the depot fire were mostly over 40 years old, it's illegal to use a bus over 20 years old.

Informative video. As a Brisbane person since 1976 I can assure you that nobody who lives there calls the place "Meanjin." Secondly, there are two railway bridges over the Brisbane River, the second and older one being at Indooroopilly in the inner-west.

On the whole, not a bad assessment of the issues Brisbane has. As a resident its getting better, but far far far too slowly.

even in a world like Blade Runner (flying cars) every cities main mode of transport (metro) should be trains, with all other systems feeding into them! I only used that example because Chicago wants to build air taxis when it needs more metro trains and rails

Olympic Games have never solved the systematic issues for any city in the world that has hosted them.

I liked the public transport in Brisbane, it really depends where you live I think. I found it easier to go to shops and libraries etc. in Brisbane than in London, where I live now. I think what brisbane needs is better connections to more rural areas and better connections between suburbs.

There are three river rail bridges in Brisbane. There is the Merivale Bridge in the city which was the one you showed in the video, there is also the Albert Bridge(named after the previous bridge which was named after Prince Albert son of Queen Victoria and later King of England) and the Indooroopilly Rail Bridge(previously known on Wikipedia as the Nameless bridge because it really doesn't have a proper name like every other river bridge in the city and is still kind of conspicuous in this sense) both at Indooroopilly. They head south-west towards Ipswich, they do mostly carry cargo to be fair but they connect the entire west of the state to Brisbane.

Brisbane's problem is its so hilly.. Rail is the future.. Need more Subway's and maybe Rail will become popular again.. Brisbane has a very disjointed Public transport system.. People get sick of the lack of connection's and so they just drive cars instead..

I never knew the greatest kid show city would be ranked 1# in its country...

i use the brisbane public transport, mainly buses but also trains fairly frequently and i dont think its really that bad tbh, usually its on time, sometimes a few mins late but it gets me where i need to go

brisbane got rid of the tram and then makes silly bus trams

Brisbane suffers numerous devastating flood events.

All I want is a train line to maroochydore or nambour. So painful to get to the sunny coast otherwise

Bruh.... It is very well known as brizzy😅

Well there are two ways to look at it. Either better public transport. Or building a lot more cheap fare parking garages downtown. Maybe the parking garages would be more cost effective.

Hoping this will be implemented in the Philippines much more aggressively. Unlike Jakarta or Bangkok, Manila is too car centric esp most of our politicians and civil engineers studied in the US. Cars itself is not bad, but its unfair that they are always the priority 😡😡. For me the solution should be 1. Increase road tax 2. Improve public transport 3. Allow rowhouses / mixed density neighborhoods with business centers within 1km radius. Ban low density US housing.

A bad connection can ruin a whole day, maybe even make you depressed for weeks.

"Trackless trams" .....so fancy buses...source someone from Brisbane 😂

Endless suburban sprawl equals a very hard place to service with public transport. Need to dense up in strategic corridors along the train lines, also build more trains etc.

i do agree that the "brisbane metro" is a temporary and honestly more in place just to have some form of system in time for the olympics considering rail infrastructure suffers delays (mainly in english speaking countries since they decide to do things the hard way unlike france or spain which sure they still have issues with construction developments but they dont get those huge 100 billion pound inflated budgets like the uk/usa does and australia suffers this often as well although not as bad)

Great video mate❤

The most clickbait title from DW I've seen 😂😂

build a new rail tunnel under the northwest transport corridor between Strathpine & Alderly and then connect it to cross river rail via a tunnel connection.

Glad to hear the Swiss are building the metro vehicles. I lived in Switzerland for 5y and their public transportation system is one of the best, if not the best in the world.

60hrs is nothing compared to Sydney where the average commuter wastes 200 to 400hrs a year stuck in grid lock not to mention the extortionate toll prices.

I live in outer Brisbane in Logan and i use cars outside of the city. But for getting into the city and around the city i always prefer public transport. Cars are great when there isn't any public transport, but if there is it's cheaper and easier to just use a bus most of the time.

Honestly Melbourne has the best public transit in Australia. They got rid of cars in half of the streets in the city by making the trams free to ride. Outside of the city, the train network is so extensive to most of the suburbs with buses connecting to the final miles.

I would love to see a new frequent bus service run between Brisbane Airport and the new Cruise ship terminal via the DFO, Doomben station and Northshore Hamilton.

I reside on Brisbane's outskirts. I heard the name Meanjin only a few months ago

I moved to Brisbane for it's car centric transport works so much better than other cities

bruh not trackless trams 💀 just make it a bus or a tram stop trying to do something different

Brisbane has a radial rail network which enables journey to the CBD and not cross-circumferential travel. More cross-regional, cross-suburban rail lines should be built to enable travel from one suburb to another suburb without going through or to CBD. A rapid regional rail connecting Toowoomba, Sunshine Coast and Gold Coast with Brisbane CBD and the Airport should be built on the similar line of Paris RER, the German s-bahn or Delhi RRTS. Parking spaces should be reduced at train stations and train stations should serve as bus depots to high frequency bus networks that dive deep into the suburbs to address last-mile connectivity.

Amazing city. Easily the best in Australia.

Let’s build an inner metro ring and a new rail tunnel to the north for the high speed rail to Sunshine Coast.

Brisbane needs more park and ride stations to encourge people from the outer suburbs to use public transport for part of their journey at least. Large car parks either free or very moderately priced.

Having spent some time in Germany paticularly Berlin you guys do public transport much better. I don't think they know how to get that right here in brisbane. Perhaps because they spend way more on road solutions for cars.

The smart thing to do is take 1 lane away from the existing motorway and toll road system and repurpose it as a light rail corridor. The infrastructure is already in place, bridges tunnels etc. The existing motorway users would soon get the message as they sit in bumper to bumper gridlock as these light rail vehicles go wizzing past at 2~3 minute intervals doing 120+ km/hr. You heard it here first.

Brisbane's biggest problem with transport is shown @11:09 , they give away licenses like weetbix in qld, and then every time there's an accident, and there's a lot, the 5 towies show up, ambos, cops all the people involved in the accident, then all of a sudden 4 lanes become 1.

That’s utter nonsense that the busway couldn’t accommodate light rail - who told you that, the Brisbane City Council? The Queensland State Government specifically designed the busway system to be upgraded to accommodate both buses AND light rail.

As long as people don’t like the general commuting city public, they’ll avoid public transport. The cross river rail project shouldn’t skimp on tunnel support structure and expense in the hope that natural tunnel rock support is consistent the entire way through (saving untold budget funds). One pocket of clay/sand/silt could prove disastrous.

what if we build a new underground line branching off from cross river rail at Woolloongabba through to Carindale, then elevated through Capalaba to Victoria Point. Then we should also build a rail line branching off from cross river rail north of Roma street, running underground to Alderly and then at grade and elevated to Albany creek/Eatons Hills and then to Warner. We also need to build a new line to Browns plains via Acacia Ridge, a new line to the Sunshine Coast, which is already planned, but i would extend it to Noosa via Coolum and Sunshine coast airport. Extend the Gold Coast Rail line down to Tweed Heads and the Light Rail to Coolangatta Airport and build a new rail link to the proposed Caboolture West Development and fast rail to Toowoomba.

Great video

if i was building and designing the metro vehicles, i would have added two extra modules (or carriages) to carry more people. Metro is also planned to go to chermside, but i would like to see it sent up the north west transport corridor.

The other problem is the price of public transport. It is cheaper to drive my car to work than it is to catch the train.

Brisbane resident for 20 years, never heard it referred to as Meanjin, except by reporters or government.

Brisbane should be much better for public transport - cross-river rail✅, metro (bendy buses)✅, *removing* bus priority lanes on major roads & Council *refusing* to restore them❌, busway is great, but far too small❌, ferries ✅

Usually the reason any significant infrastructure decision is made in Brisbane is that someone lobbied government and/or made a generous donation.

Increasingly known by some perhaps. First I've heard it used. Maybe I should get out more. Good review btw, interesting and relevant.

You can bet QLD and Brisbane will make the wrong decision, they have a long history of always getting it wrong...

Brisbane Metro is probably the most over-hyped project in the history of the country. IT'S LITERALLY JUST BUSES. Cross River rail brings us only two (2) new stations. Sincerely, someone who actually lives here

I live in Brisbane and use public transit or walk 100% of the time. If someone offered me a free car, I would reject it. Why unnecessarily deal with parking, petrol, insurance, etc.? The public transit here is excellent, and I have lived all over the world. People shouldnt move to a distant suburb and then complain about public transport. Live in or near the city and you can get everywhere you need to be very easily. Kudos to Brisbane City Council! Now, if they can only get rid of all the homeless people then this place would be super great! 🙏

The changes to Brisbane are going to set it up for the future.

The big problem on the highway is people who merge we need a lane where you have to drive to the end eg if you get on the highway at Beenleigh you can't get off till Brisbane City

I can't think of anything Brisbane needs _less_ than a turn at hosting the Olympics... except maybe for a giant sinkhole to open and swallow half the CBD? I'm all for smart investment in public transport infrastructure, but I'm not convinced this qualifies.

I ❤️ Brisbane I ❤️ Queensland I ❤️ Australia!🙏🇭🇲💒

QLD should make it that car licence holders are able to ride small capacity scooters similar to other states and Brisbane should do a push to try get more scooters on the roads. Many countries throughout Asia have rules like this and it helps with congestion in cities with far larger populations.

Amazing. Keep it up qld govt

ha ha - this is hilarious :) I havnt laughed so hard in years. Thankyou!

Worst rate of homelessness in Australia with absolutely no hope of improvement due to the priorities of lobbyists, investors and big business creating infrastructure such as these projects to encourage tourism.

You think bne is bad...try the regional cities. Townsville is a basket case of incompetence, even taxis barely bother

Brisbanes indigenous name ! There was nothing to name .

Yes. The main issue is that busses and trains don’t connect.

If the local Brisbane council changes to Labor public transport will be free and when that happens public transport uptake will go through the roof

One issue not identified with fhe Brisbane bus services is that the speed of fhe buses is too slow, even though they have a dedicated busway. Journeys take fsr too long from dormitory suburbs to the CBD, so everyone wants to work from home rather than be jammed into overcrowded, slow moving buses for hours every day

I ❤️ Melbourne I ❤️ Brisbane I ❤️ Hobart I ❤️ Australia!🙏🇭🇲💒

Adelaide would like some public transport upgrades please

Ferries are great but they don’t solve the problem of moving people from where they live to where they need to get to, like work.

Under spending on infrastructure has been a national issue for decades. Moderate and sustained spending would have kept the blowouts and debt under control and kept pace with growth.

It's a great place.

The problem is the narrow minded Brisbane centric thinking of QLD Labor Qld has at least 3 other cities which could take up the demand of growth in the state, yet they rather keep building up a single city and letting it sprawl over the South East, compounding the limitations of Brisbane. Ipswich was once supposed to be the state capital, yet has the slowest development growth in the South East. The sustainable future is decentralising development in Qld and spreading it across the other cities. Especially ones that aren't covered in hills and mountains that are expensive to develope around.

Do you have a definitive method for rating cities? I ask because there are many people that would disagree with Brisbane being the best in Australia.

So dumb, nobody says Mianjin/Meanjin? I needed to google their spelling.

Bit disappointed there wasn’t much mention of the active transport infrastructure changes. The state govt have been doing great work in recent years, but the city council need to step up and fix all the missing links and broken connections. Getting into the CBD itself from the south or west is still a quagmire!

The worst part if the brisbane network is the single track cleveland line for sure, it has the most delays and obviously cannot run express services, with the highest frequency every 15 minutes. This will heavily bottleneck the cross river rail, this line duplication has been needed and promised for a decade now….

And also .. no one calls Brisbane "Meanjin"!!

translohr is the best system what we have in europe it,s new bus and trolley can be ride also on this traject.