As a person raised in this city, I've gotta say, it's lost all what made it good; affordability, better traffic than Syd/Melbourne ....all without the better restaurants and infrastructure.
From a mathematical perspective: nothing will solve the traffic congestion problem except a radical, new, extensive (comprehensive), high-frequency rail or subway system, possibly combined with disincentives for driving. All other measures are stopgap, makeshift, temporary measures that will have limited-to-negligible impact. The notion that improving roads here and there, improving public transport here and there, encouraging biking here and there, can fix the current congestion and cope with increasing congestion with a rapidly increasing population is mathematically absurd. In other words: absolutely impossible. It is extremely depressing that today's politicians continue to spout out nonsense like this. The only solution is a completely off-grid, comprehensive, high-frequency public transport system. The convenience of such a system (the time/money saved compared to driving) would be a disincentive for driving in itself, as it is in Tokyo.
Have you seen that Utopia episode where they casually explain that building new roads just causes a short reprieve from traffic problems before it gets much worse? Having grown up seriously the M1 almost constantly being upgraded it made me both laugh and grown at the same time.
there's a thing called a road diet y they reconfigures roads so it is not all about cars it makes streets safer and makes it so locals dont have to use a car for short trips
@mklives2 look at wynnum Rd, just moved the bottleneck a few hundred metres down the road. The heritage listed bridge at Norman Park isn't helping the situation. Gympie Rd, still not finished and it's still hopeless for drivers. Good for buses when idiots don't park in the bus lane. Now the pollies want a tunnel extension to go out past Bracken Ridge to skip all the Chermside mess. South Pine Rd from Ashgrove to Everton Hills is another chronic nightmare. Old Cleveland Rd another example of its outlived its usefulness and can't be expanded on without overpasses or tunnelling. Logan rd same, Gateway extension, Coronation Dr more and more of the same stuff
I live in Paddington which is a 50 minute walk, a 15 minute bike ride, and a 40 minute bus trip into the CBD... Legitimately what the fuck happened there
No way it would take 40 mins from paddington. I used to catch buses there must have been an accident. There's always one everyday in the city. People drive like nuts
Have to agree on public transport being absolute rubbish. If you're not near a train route it's pointless and even the parking lot at a lot of train stations have no parking. The infrastructure is awful and just encourages car use at every turn
There's some decent Park N Ride carparks, but some are way too small. It doesn't encourage people to use public transport for at least part of their journey at all.
@@BrisbaneChannel When I lived near Helensvale, to get to Newstead the bus and the train + travel time + 8 hr day at work just didn't fit together. I was 15min drive from the station, but if I caught the earliest bus, + 1hr train ride + 15-20 Glider + 8-9 hrs at work (lunch breaks etc) then bus ride back to train + another hour train ride home made the arrival time at Helensvale after the last bus leaves to get back to home. Translink planner suggested a cab! (which I did have to do once when I got ill to get home, and it cost $150) I did most times commute with my husband to 8 mile plains bus station then public transport into work; but the M1 just got worse and worse. Hours spent behind the wheel. Eventually moved to Brisbane, but that is a big upheaval solution. Even now, to get to work I now drive. Not much PT goes over the Gateway.
@@emr8797 I've got to be honest, I really don't understand people commuting such long distances, with the exception of people who cannot afford to live closer to their workplace.
I find that the conversation usually goes like this: People living in Brisbane for decades: “There’s too many bloody people from Sydney and Melbourne coming here. Brisbane used to be great, now it takes too long to get anywhere, there's no parking, everything is a competition therefore the prices have shot up” People who came from Sydney and Melbourne: “How come it takes ages to get anywhere? How come you guys don’t have million-dollar transport projects like Sydney and Melbourne have? You should've voted for Liberals/Nationals” Politicians: “Look, I only care about votes, so I’m gonna read off some biased analysis that was looking for something instead of generalised research, repeat the echo chamber that is your anger and public opinions from facebook, blame the current government for city life, say what I would do if you vote me in, get into parliament, do nothing about Brisbane, instead open up backdoor tax holes for giant corporations that will give me the golden escalator to becoming a director of something… Then later on, good luck with Brisbane or whatever, I don’t give a fuck anymore, I’m a rich oil/gas director living in NOT Brisbane, I've left politics, why don't you ask your local MP who's doing the exact same shit as me"
Yeah, no surprises here. The rot started back in the 1960s when they consciously chose to plan Brisbane's development after car-centric Los Angeles. I'm sure it seemed very "modern" at the time. Like Los Angeles we also have a seasonal temperature inversion which keeps the polluted air trapped over the city as an ugly brown haze.
The experiment was done, a heap of people don't need to commute for work. Adjust policy to either incentivise or penalise companies when it's not necessary. 🤷♂️
@@Kni0002 exactly, covid proved it wasn't necessary. The irony here is everyone has to suffer, especially those who's jobs depend on being physically present at work and got to experience life without unnecessary congestion. Simply they should be compensated for the loose of time, stress and costs involved. That's one side the other is the irony on environmental and public service grounds, funds could go to useful services and there could be environmental savings made. It's interesting the outrage that interviews and news depicts of say an protest causing travel delay, yet there's no outrage against the general stupidity of Minions moving with their devices from the internet too the internet to do the same tasks, causing physical works exponentially more disruption 🤷♂️🤦♂️
@@Spoonfed78 I spent a lot of time commuting during my degree, about 1.5h each way, and think it impacted me really negatively, even more than I thought at the time. If I studied again or worked in the city I'd make sure I could move out, I actually feel like it's taken years to recover.
@@EuropeDominate I'm sure you're not alone. It's lack of guts by policymakers and controlling businesses that allow this status quo when it's been proven, ironically by the government's own extreme control of the people. Some may argue about the impact of some CBD businesses or whatever, but the broader picture is the huge unnecessary impact for the majority surely outweighs a few🤔
They want commercial real estate to higher in value as their wealthy owners have a lot of influence over them. The return to office has nothing to do with productivty or engagment , purely done for real estate values or as a way of mass lay offs without severence.
The problem with Brisbane is there are no main roads north, south, east, and west. The motorway north south when there's an accident is finished. There's no other road. It's poorly planned in that everybody relies on the motorway to get anywhere. For a city of only 2.5 million people, being number 11 in the world for traffic is very poor. There needs to be massive investment in roads and rail right across south east QLD. It has to happen fast, because come 2032 and the Olympics, the city will grind to a halt.
Msss urbanisation is the only economic stimulus the corporate political class has left... Meanwhile the wealthiest few percent of Australians are profiting from this...
Then I try to commute to work (at the city) on my motorbike and all the motorbike parking spots are packed with bikes, leaving no choice but to park on the footpath in a way that does not harm pedestrians, just to get a parking ticket every now and then, which is cheaper than paying for parking on my car. And yes, as you can imagine, I live in the areas that has bad public transport...so no, no way I'm catching a bus and a train and another train if I can just ride my motorbike for 25 min.
I live in Brisbane a lot of crime . Paying very high tax paying very high bills. Paying very high insurance the cost of living is skyrocket. Working with a sore back still can’t even put food on the table
They better do something before the olympics. The Mayor's solution does nothing for people outside that 8km radius. How about giving people an incentive to take public transport or use bike routes or scooter routes to get cars off the roads.
@@RyanBowron There are other things such as frequency and availability. Look at the best public transport systems in the world and they have a service 24/7 every 15 to 20 minutes. While I understand that isn't an efficient program there is also a problem with the routes they have, Certainly all the trains do and I haven't ridden a bus for years but wouldn't be surprised if they do to - the services always start or end going through Roma St. If I lived in Ipswich and wanted to go to Beenleigh I would have to go through the city. Why?
Adrian Schrinner talks about more active transport investment but I guarantee most of it will be painted bike lanes with 60km/h traffic. No one is going to bike on a thin painted strip of the road. Proper protected bicycle lanes are needed.
I've already started working on a video about active transport. It will be interesting to hear what cycling advocates (and pedestrian and scooter advocates) have to say about what Brisbane's getting right, and what it's not.
pushbikes should never be on the road - it's akin to "running with the bulls" except the govt is trying to manage the bulls instead of the idiots running with them
@@andyman8630 they should make the people who design these bike lanes actually stand in them while 3 tonne vehicles drive right past them. maybe then, they’d get why it’s such a bad idea
@@sanuthweerasinghe7825 i never understood spending tens of millions of dollars on bike lanes for the 0.0001359% of people who like to "run with the bulls"
@@BrisbaneChannel 100% why I don't ride a bicycle. Statistically, it's almost as dangerous as riding a motorcycle (~30% more dangerous than driving a car). Part of the reason it's so silly to ban Japanese Kei cars.
its pretty poor, but its getting better, take for example the upcoming Bradfield city in NSW, which is adjacent to the upcoming western Sydney airport. The entire city is planned with a focus on "green" living, with all parts of the city being accessible by either active or public transport. (Basically, the entire city will be extremely pedestrian friendly, and therefore bike friendly as well.) additionally, the high-density nature of the city will mean everyone will live within a 5-10 walk/bike to essential services such as schools, public transport, workplaces, grocery stores, etc. The planning of this city also stresses the need for green spaces such as large parks, tree canopies, boulevards. Overall, the city is being built for people, and not cars, which is something that is missing in new residential developments in other Australian cities.
I've lived in Brisbane for most of my life and, as a non-driver, public transport has long been my friend. I grew up in Camp Hill where bus services are good, and I couldn't understand why there were people elsewhere in Brisbane who grumbled about how bad it was. In the last 9-10 years, I've lived in Carina/Carindale (on Meadowlands Road), with the need to sometimes go to work over at Manly or Birkdale, and I have become one of the grumblers. The bus service from here to there is absolutely lousy (I have to go to Cannon Hill to get a train, essentially going backwards to go forwards), and I can see this isn't the only place where there needs to be vast improvement. And surely it shouldn't be that difficult. If they're getting new buses, use them in the suburbs where there's hardly any service.
I agree that Brisbane's public transport CAN be good, if you live in the right places and want to go to the right places. The problem is that it CAN also be absolutely shocking. I actually made a video a while back (the biggest on THE Brisbane Channel before this one came along) where I said that the public transport was good. I had also been lucky in my experience to that point, but the backlash to that comment made me realise that Brisbane residents' experience is wildly inconsistent when it comes to public transport. This was confirmed when my mother moved up and found a place in Regents Park. Not well served at all, unlike Algester, which is just a few suburbs away. I've been a lot more careful to do my research before putting out a video since then!
@@BrisbaneChannel Yes, that seems to be the thing. Brisbane has a mixture of very good and very bad public transport in regard to availability, depending on where you live. I had experienced the former growing up, and now I'm experiencing the latter.
That councillor's four point plan is nonsense. Here is a better one, just off the top of my head; .Slow down Brisbane's insane population growth. .Redesign town planning and architecture from the ground up. .Make the existing workforce better educated and more productive. .Operate within real budgets
A 3 lane north bound tunnel from Lutwyche to bald hills. A 3 lane south bound tunnel from Bowen Hills to Marooka A east bound tunnel from Toombul to ferny grove. All free and designed to get traffic OUT of Brisbane
How is that possible with all construction going on Cross river Rail, Olympics etc. I had a mate that was a Project Manager and he said things are absolutely flat out.
Brisbane is a mess. Local business is disappearing and I don’t feel safe walking in the city and druggies hanging around looking for trouble . Plus everything is Olympics sick of it . Concentrate on more important things . 🙈 Love ❤️ you Brisbane . Not anymore .
Brah i walk around the city alone at night it not that scary. I only see druggies going in out out of thr casino and that clubs on Fridays and Saturdays. If your talking about the homeless, all they want is a bag of maccas.
I loved Brisbane however I had to move out as I couldn’t afford the property prices there. Every man and his dog moved there from other states pushing up demand and property prices and overseas migrants. How can you compete with someone who sold their property in Sydney etc or investors knowing Brissy is the next big thing. It’s the new Sydney getting busier each year, property prices going up and up. It’s a shame as it used to be an undiscovered gem pre covid. Rentals were more affordable, housing stock not as high as it is now 😢. Unless you’re a high earner it’s not a place for key workers or those in the lower social echelons. On lower wages
It was Anna Bligh that screwed some of it up. 1500 people per week from down south moving to SE QLD. Also the LNP spent 250M on these stupid bike paths and half of them don't get used anyway.
Yep same as everyone who has to start early. Politicians don't realise the people who make their croissants and soy lattes have to leave for work around 4:30-5:00am. If you don't live near a train line (which are all closed half the time anyway) you're fucked. I've had to knock back jobs just cos the public transport can't get me there
just too many new arrivals to the city and the infrastructure can’t handle the increased population/traffic. the other bit that sucks is the fact that house prices have risen dramatically in 20 years which was lucky for those that had already purchased.. for the rest of us now owning a home of any description is out of the question 😔 in fact everywhere.. it feels like a banana republic under a president marcos or something 😔 im not keen on all these highrise buildings going up 😳 just adding to the problem. i think cities are best limited in size. they’re trying to make brisbane into singapore or something, all packed into tiny highrise apartments 😔
20 years ago I was just hitting my teens, I should have been illegally working the mines or something to buy a house back then I guess? The current over 40 year old population makes my head hurt with their selfishness and inability to think beyond their own bubble of life.
I came to this beautiful country 20 years ago as a teen. I worked hard and saved hard for 5 years. No clubbing, no branded clothing, drove a 10 year old car and managed to save enough to afford a house of $300000 far on the outskirts of the city. I got my foot in the door. Commute was far, friends were far but accept it. Now into my third house, in a location I want and able to enjoy life.
We’ve never progressed past the failed traffic engineering approach of the 1960s. Look at the budget break down and the design requirements for roads and streets, and you realise that the public transport projects (while welcome and good on their own) are really just window dressing for 20% of the city while 80% is still being built as car-dominant, unwalkable sprawl. Even when we build new rail stations like on the Redcliffe line, they’re surrounded by car parks, strip malls and dangerously wide roads
Brisbane is rotting, I know I've watched since the 80's, & we are paying through the eye teeth for an Olympics that most people hate.massive increase in speed/traffic fines,rates/rego,taxes, sky rocketing rents due to unscrupulous scumbags taking advantage of the system. Most of the houses in logan are rentals that are run-down peices of garbage that the owners can't afford to maintain, yet happy to pass on the high rent to ppl, injustice, injustice, injustice, not to mention a haven for druggies.
Immigration numbers are way too high. We need a 4 year complete immigration stop and then some sensible numbers. This problem affects other cities as well, also smaller ones.
As an immigrant to Brisbane myself I might be accused of drawbridge syndrome but I am also astonished at the numbers coming in. More people within set spaces and resources = higher prices for resources (property/rent) and unhappy elbow jostling (traffic).
@@sanuthweerasinghe7825 The number of migrant arrivals increased to 737000 up from 427000 the year before. That's a huge increase of 73%. That's 5 times the population of Darwin !! Now if they first come to SYD and MEL and then a percentage comes to Brisbane makes no difference. Here is here and that's just crazy. Hopefully a new Government can fix this.
The only migration in brisbane is the white invasion from south and even north and won a title by making it the 2nd most expensive city in this country
@@sanuthweerasinghe7825people are moving out of Sydney/Melbourne because they are the cities bearing the brunt of our insane immigration numbers. We have the highest immigration intake in the OECD (and almost in the world) as a % of our population bar NONE.
All they are doing is upgrading or 'polishing' existing services and areas already covered, i.e. your 8km from the CBD area you spoke about in green on your map. Not a single metre of new track is going anywhere where its needed. The Billions spent on Cross River rail - won't help get ANY new passengers on trains, since it's all the same routes going to the same spots they always have. Brisbane Metro, light rail and other 'plans' that never see the light of day ALL run through areas already close to the CBD and in your Green areas. All those cars you see on the freeways, Gateway etc ALL coming from outlying suburbs that NONE of this expensive new shiny (for the Olympics, no not really ...) modern transport infrastructure will ever cover! But hey, none of us are experts ... we just sit in hours of traffic everyday while blokes like Shrinner cut ribbons and strut around like they've Clem Jones'd the place ...
Well, the federal government immigration intake policy isn't helping! The States need to hold the federal government accountable for increasing population at a faster rate than infrastructure can keep up. There's a lot of strain on State government services because of the Federal government's (and treasury) poor immigration intake policies. There's excessive demand for hospitals, roads, ambulances and housing!
Well said mate. It feels like it's going to take more than a decade to address this issue and catch up. The federal government is ignorant to the many issues they're creating from their poor immigration policies and tell us that everything is actually OK. I wouldn't hold my breath waiting for anything to improve. Housing will be too expensive, renting will be hell and infrastructure will be overloaded well into the foreseeable future.
Permanent migrants are actually really low. 80000 in 2022-23. Most of “migration” figures are foreign students in temporary visas. Our universities need those students - who pay full fees - to operate. They effectively subsidize the fees of Australian students.
@@mcgrathfilms overall population and excessive demand for infrastructure is what contributes to congestion (roads/hospitals/ambulances) and ridiculous house/rent prices. On a side note, how did universities operate before this recent excessive/record intake? The universities are well funded by the government. Universities are trying to grow profits like private companies, rather than focus on educating people, while being funded by the taxpayer. Most international students work in Australia to pay for their living and tuition, so one must not simply count international student education as an 'export'. The federal government also increased the number of hours international students can work from 20 to 24 hours a week.
@@DC-lw7dj The recent intake was just a temporary increase to make up for the fact that no international students were allowed into the country during the Covid epidemic. They’re now returning to normal levels. Universities don’t run like private companies. They usually only run at 1 or 2% profit over their operational expenditure. Most were deeply in the red because of Covid and had to restructure and lay off staff. Education is our biggest export industry after coal, gas and iron ore. We need those foreign students to keep coming so clearly need more purpose-built accommodation for them.
I moved south of Brisbane to Jimboomba in 1985 when traffic was not too bad . Now it's a shit fight to get around just like Sydney . It took me an hour to travel 10 km so I left and moved into the country with NO traffic , red lights or pedestrians . Now I travel 10 km with the cruise on in 8 minutes .. And loving it..
Traffic has been continually getting worse in Brisbane for years, and the scary thing is they have given "stupid" people a licence(how they read the rules) to sit in traffic. The traffic is gridlocked from the airport to the Sunshine cost every day(70ks). Brisbane city and outer suburb traffic has been getting worse since the late 90s and not one premier, nor one Mayor has fixed it, all they do is put a bandaid over it and hope it will go away. Why do I pay close to $2000.00 per year in car registration? For what?
Yeah.. well "choices' as they say. Car-centric to a tee 'What could go wrong' At the least Brisbane has sóme walkable bits and cycle infra. Something that can't be said about other big cities. Now convincing the government that 'more lanes' fixes nothing AT ALL. Good luck with thát one.
Just build more cities and expand smaller existing cities instead of trying to keep up with the population growth in 5 places. We are only using 1% of the country for urban area and those are jam packed while the rest of the country is vacant. Most of the technology industry could relocate their office and staff to smaller cities to help disperse the population out of the capital cities if they wanted to.
Another great, informative video thank you! I remember when I moved to Sydney when I was 30 (15yrs ago). I could not believe how long it took me to get to work the 15kms from Camperdown to near Olympic Park. 45mins on a good day, usually an hour, probably once a fortnight it would take 75 to 90 mins. I was so excited to move back to Brisbane a year later & nearly died when I found Brisbane traffic FAR more frustrating. Because I've grown up here I guess I was used to it. Somehow, being stuck in traffic here is enraging. Perhaps it's because you can be in traffic for a full 100km+ trip. Not just in pockets. I don't know, but I hate it & I doubt anything actually useful will be done. Governments never have the guts to make major needed changes. I do like our bus ways though. Prior to having them, I used to spend the whole ride worried I was going to be late, because the buses never ran on time. They're better now.
Anyone within the 7 to 10km radius of the CBD should be cycling or scootering. There is no use of cycling paths if they are not direct or even worse, if you can't see or find them. Having direct and overt cycling path access will create more awareness that you can go from Everton Park to the CBD in less than 30 minutes. Cyclists and scooterists that zoom past cars stuck in traffic on Kelvin Grove Road at 25kmh will make people question why they don't cycle on a good day. All this takes is converting one car lane into a bi-directional bright green or blue painted protected cycling lane, a few thousands of liters of paint and a few hundred bollard, which is way cheaper than building another politically pretty bridge across the river. Mobility is about human behavior. I've grown up in the Netherlands were I wouldn't dream of diving into the city, because it's a no-brainer, I can even outride a tram in my hometown of The Hague. You could easily outride the Ferny Grove train on an eBike if there was a direct safe cycling path.
I am 24 and have grown up in Brisbane. I absolutely love it - I think it has a spirit to it. The people and community are amazing (albeit changing with the melbourne gross-esque attitude coming up),and the weather and integration with greenery add to its wonder. HOWEVER, I hate to see what is happening. It saddens me that people dont understand the brilliance of the city. The bedrock of Brisbane is its sense of community. This is changing mostly with the rich southerners coming up - bringing with them the spirit that turned cities like Melbourne souless. People dont appreciate where they are. If you dont like Brisbane, move. We need to keep saying hi to the people we pass (within commonsense) and appreciate the beauty and spirit of Brisbane. Traffic is rising immensely (which above anything else has the most negative impact on happiness). CLEARLY we need a halt to immigration (atleast temporarily). The city simply cant take it. Infrastructure measures will do very little. Northbound tunnels seem a good step but incur other logistical problems. Plus, it is too long term even if the politicians can muster a fully competent engineering team and the budget to go with. We need to rally together and DEMAND that our voices be heard. Everyone thinks the same thing: a serious consideration of immigration measures is needed alongside public transport etc. It would be so sad to see the best city in the world become a nostalgic memory. Are there any groups we can join to bring our issues to our leaders?
The only one raising the real issue here. The government keeps increasing immigration so they can artificially make the economy look better than it actually is, while relying on infrastructure built in the 1970s to support their growing population. The congestion problem is just a byproduct that could be seen coming years ago and only now is starting to be acknowledged as an issue. I remember my dad, who’s 64 and has lived in Brisbane his whole life, saying 10 years ago if nothing was done to limit immigration this problem would keep getting worse but sadly it seems our politicians either ignore it or don’t understand basic town planning past the level of a year 10 geography class.
I grew up here in the 80s. Yes, the Joh years. I didn't buy in brisbane, it's a shit fight. Every time there is a cyclone we see a mass exit. Bring on the cyclones
He says traffic is only bad when people go to offices Tues, Wed, Thurs; Maybe then stop forcing people to offices and incentive work from home and problem solved? There you go billions of road widening saved but nope they want commercial real state executives and real estate tycoons to make even more money so they force people back to offices...
Unbelievable that the traffic is so congested despite the total population being 1000 people 🤪 I've been living in Vietnam for the last 2 years, just got back. What's in vietnam? A butt tonne of motorcycles. They take up little space, use little fuel, and easily maneuver around other vehicles. If even something like 20% of people were to switch to driving motorcycles/scooters, that would eliminate traffic congestion guaranteed. Often in these stupid traffic jams you'll see massive SUVs and Utes that take up so much space, but each vehicle only has one person in it. it's a joke. Bicycles are also impractical as it requires massive infrastructure changes for them to be remotely effective.
Where in Vietnam did you live? I used to live in HCMC. I miss zipping around on my scooter over there (although you've got to constantly be alert). If you've ever noticed a book called Saigon Panorama (they sell it at many tourist locations and at the airport in HCMC), that's my work.
@@BrisbaneChannel Oh that's fantastic great job. Yeah I also lived in Saigon, went all the way from district 12, district 11 to district 9... longest trip I we took was to Vung Tau, and I still felt I left a lot to discover. Initially it was a bit scary riding by yourself what with the "crazy traffic" and what not but I just had to get my own vehicle as it was too costly and too impractical to keep relying on grab/goje. The feeling is so freeing and exhilarating with the wind in your hair. Anyways, I'll be sure to look out for it next time I head back there 😄
We started in Go Vap, but quickly moved to District 5, close to the border with District 1, and I worked for a magazine (Ơi Vietnam), which was in District 4 (used to be the place where the Vietnamese mafia were based). I still entertain the idea of moving back some day, or maybe retiring over there (my wife is Vietnamese - we met in China and moved to Vietnam for a bit before coming to Australia).
If corporations are so committed to the environment, why did they drag everyone back to the office after it was proven they could work from home? Sounds like they are all about power and control to me. And the govt likes it because people spend alot of money commuting to and from the city. They cop fines, have accidents, injure themselves, spend money on take out, coffee, restaurants, pubs, car maintenance, insurance, parking, even die commuting. So state revenue and all the businesses associated with commuting all get their pound of flesh. And then even the businesses pay income tax and GST. Just a vicious cycle of nonsense.
Because for the most part most people are less productive when left to work from home. Young people dont learn and develop when they dont have their more experienced peers around them. Collaboration and sharing of ideas and knowledges drops when teams are not working together. If the above were not true business would 100% want you working from home so they dont have to pay for expensive office space.
@@yt.damian rubbish. Management just want to keep their overpaid jobs and keep micromanaging staff. If staff don't meet expectations they can be fired and replaced. They don't need to be commuting to an adversarial environment to work. No need for a bloated HR department and all their stupid policies that stifle productivity themselves. No more claims of harassment and bullying in the office to deal with. The office in the CBD with the nice views is just a throwback to the status symbol the skyscraper represents. It's a phallic symbol of a bygone corporate era. Those buildings should be converted into residential apartments. The shops underneath would thrive. Corporations claim to be moving with the times but bosses have shown they can't let go of their control over staff and can't let go of their dicks.
@@yt.damianthat is a massive generalisation to say productivity drops for working from home - many businesses and government actually report it increases as people are incentivised to work there and don’t have distractions or interruptions. It highly depends on the type of work involved, the lease layout (such as condensed spaces with high occupancy) and the staff themselves. It is hard to stop people from wanting to jump on to work from home to get more done( and no not everyone gets paid overtime). There is not a one size fits all solution and it depends on the workplace and industry - to say otherwise is just your personal opinion.
@@Amber86queenbee ofc its a generalisation. everything is a generalisation. I can promise you employers would not be paying rent if you were as productive at home. there are some people who are more productive at home however for the most part most other people are not as productive and do not learn as much and collaboration is reduced.
Greg's example of traffic congestion is a solid one given that he lives around the Gold Coast. The thing is, that the city's traffic has been bad for decades. And numerous broken promises regarding ditching new toll booths after a few years have been complete BS, with the council simply adding more tolls. Cheaper fares for expanded public transport, complete with procedures to ensure criminal aren't perpetrated against users is essential. Another potential option is a skyward rail transit option, but it should be noted that increased energy supply is needed to cope with the increased residential population. Investing in other communities to allow for city planning from the ground up would not only cut down on the burden for Brisbane but also allow for resilience against natural disasters such as heavy flooding.
Brisbane was liveable when I grew up. Now it is no longer liveable. There are abundant blue skies but the city has gone to hell. Outer Brisbane suburbs are lucky to have one bus route that takes a long time to get anywhere. The Olympics are likely to be a cover up for fifteen minute lockdown cities. Take a look at Woolloongabba and Stones Corner. High rise apartment buildings are crammed with sardine cans. I was absent for three years, returned in October 2023 and fled in April 2024. Homeless people are scattered throughout Brisbane of today. Someone mentioned the population is now 3 million and Brisbane no character at all. Victorians have fled after the lockdowns and the PLANDEMIC rages on. The blue skies usually feature ‘trails’ which of course are ignored by most people because it’s just two weeks to flatten the curve……
Schrinner is engaging in a sleight of hand there. He says we need to invest in active and public transport to take cars off the road. But you look at his budget. It's a tiny fraction of the amount they're spending on road widening. It's not a plan that will work.
It's the same in the Gold coast, if you live further inland or away from the main 4 suburbs, after 6pm there is no transport, before 6am there is no transport, and most places it's once per hour or once per 30mins if your lucky and the busses usually always only go to 1 spot, forcing you to go onto a train or tram to get to the other busses. But it's great if you live in the main city area..just don't venture beyond 5k
When the Paddington Tram Depot burnt down Clem Jones said we will become a city of the future and everybody will drive a car. So now we are building massive tower blocks all through West End Newstead and new farm, everybody has a car. But nobody has widened the roads or increased the amount of available public transport. And you take your life in your hands getting on a train or a bus in Brisbane with some of the feral people who don’t even try to pay.
Encourage people to use a motorbike/scooter to move around. Not only does one car parking space accommodate 4 motorbikes, a 10% change over reduces traffic congestion by 40%. Not great on rainy days, but how many of those are there in Brisbane?
I've been thinking about that lately. I once lived in Ho Chi Minh City, and got around on a scooter. When it rained, just threw on a poncho and all was good. It would certainly help a lot of things here if we started entertaining the idea of switching.
@@Alexanda-mj5vd Public housing does not just have to be for people who are struggling (and even if it was, sending people in need to an area with far fewer employment opportunities and support services doesn't make sense anyway). Take a look at Singapore, for example, where most of the homes people live in (whether renting or owning) were built by the government. People from all social strata. We in Australia think of public housing in a very limited way, and we end up missing out on a heap of benefits for dismissing it as just for "losers".
@@BrisbaneChannel Social housing is for losers. Otherwise it is embedding socialism. Are you advocating for socialism? I am a net taxpayer- will I get a social house- why not-isn't that discrimination? The indigenous have a ton of public housing- how is that going? Quoting Singapore is not legitimate unless all the other parameters are wrapped around it- like social co-operation for a start.Zero tolerance to crime and misdemeanours. Get those going first. Social housing in metro areas occupies supply that could be available to workers- you know people who are net contributors.This fact is always ignored. The people needing social housing are net takers. Put them out at Roma where land is much cheaper. The first step to fixing housing is to stop immigration.
My father worked for The Department of Main Roads in Brisbane since his mid-twenties. In my early teens he would always say Brisbane was lacking infrastructure to keep up with population growth, along with a decent public transport system to help keep as many cars off the road as possible.
As someone who has spent most of my life in Brisbane, I truly believe that this city has the potential to grow into a stronger and more vibrant metropolis. However, it feels like the government isn't doing enough to foster that growth. One of the key issues is the concentration of development along the river. Brisbane could benefit immensely from the creation of a second CBD. Spreading out the city's core would not only reduce congestion but also promote more balanced development across the region. Moreover, the transport infrastructure desperately needs attention-particularly the M1 and M3 interchange at Rochedale and Eight Mile Plains. These are major arteries of the city, and without proper upgrades, they create significant bottlenecks, hindering the city's progress. The government needs to step up and address these pressing issues if Brisbane is to reach its full potential.
What are you talking about? Brisbane is way worse, literally only advantage Brisbane had over Melbourne was lower house prices and less traffic. Both are now gone. Literally only thing Brisbane is better for is weather but even that is debatable. No way you should choose Melbourne over Brisbane
@@ashtoncasedy3237 It depends what criteria you are using to evaluate the two cities (Melbourne vs Brisbane). So may I ask what are the reasons why you believe Melbourne is the perfect city to live in?
Idk who thought we could host the Olympics in Brisbane, that shit makes no sense. Accommodation, sports infrastructure and everything is not available on the scale of the Olympics. Whoever petitioned Brisbane is a moron.
The worse fucking thing about the highways now is they have all those fucking electronic signs that chnage the speed limit to 60 and completely fuck the highways
Yeah had a post grad lecturer at Griffith in 2004 and he mentioned working on a Traffic study for the Council around 2003. The researchers found that rail would have been betterr vs anything else. This is because it moves the most amount of people at a time. The council disregarded this and went for Busses and road expansion. Maybe it was good till becoming crowded over time. Funnily enough, Gold coast also decided to get rid of parts of their train line around this time.
Everyone looks for different things in a place to live. Cities and rural towns each have their own pros and cons. I grew up in a country town, but much prefer city living. Others have gone in the opposite direction. To each their own, really.
@@WalkingandTalkingAussieGirl Well, semi-viral anyway. This one got 3x the views of the channel's next biggest video at each video's peak. If only I could replicate such results! On the positive side, the video carrying the channel is no longer one that's 3 or 4 years out of date!
Brisbane is the least multicultural city per capita in the country, white people interstate migration is the problem and they made it the second most expensive in the country
I'd like to see your sources for that data. I'm certainly open to learning something, but I do doubt that you've done any kind of rigorous investigation into each city's demographics. Also, "white" is not a nation or culture. Take Jewish, English, Swedish, and Italian people as an example. All are all white, but have very diverse cultures.
Solution: Avoid the city, shop locally. Have lived in 5 different countries including those in Europe, Africa, New Zealand and would have to say that Brisbane is the best place I have ever lived and would not want to be anywhere else.
The state government & other local government councils provide incentives to business to set up factories & offices away from Brisbane city. This will reduce the number of people travelling to Brisbane city for work. We also need high speed rail. The government can develop housing estates 100kms from Brisbane city or nearby local big suburbs. This will mean people can get to work within 30 minutes travelling by train & don’t need to drive cars. To own a car in Singapore is very expensive. This forced most people to use public transport for work & leisure. Brisbane should consider this.
I think disincentivising people to drive is not a bad idea, provided there are viable alternatives. Brisbane's problem is that with the current levels of accessibility to regular and frequent public transport, many really have no choice but to rely on private cars. Comparing Brisbane with Singapore is also problematic, as the population density is very different, as well as the total area (15,826 km2 vs 734 km2 vs and populations of 2.5 million and 6 million respectively).
The alternative solution before all these promises can materialise is to make the far right lane on the freeway autobahns. This will alleviate congestion and vehicle backlogs. Increase the speed limit in the middle lane to between 110-120km/hr. Those who want to drive like snails can move over to the far left lane. Start issuing fines to those who drive 5-10 km/hr below the speed limit. Sometimes, i get to the end of the traffic only to realise it all started by someone driving like snails on the road. These strategies provide an immediate solution, save us millions of dollars, and the boys are happy. It's a win win haha.
cross river rail will free up inner city capacity for more rail lines out to the underserved areas. Right now their isn't enough space to increase services on exsisting lines, let along new future lines.
That is their PR spin but unless you solve the one track lines then trains cannot pass each other apart from set timings and the system cannot handle more scheduled services regardless of Cross River Rail. My MP is always banging on that we need a second line for a reason. No inner city changes is going to impact on end of the line if they cannot get past each other any less than every 16 minutes (far worse if any system delays anywhere in SE QLD which causes our trains to be the first to be cancelled).
Good point. There's definitely some questions around the accuracy of their rankings, but there's still no denying that both congestion and access to public transport are issues in Brisbane.
I know, I didn't really get the paid by the hour thing, whether sarcastic or not, it didn't make much sense to me. But kept that part in, as the bit before and after was good for the video.
The Mayor of Brisbane talks a good game, but in practice they are putting in more roads for more cars for more congestion. I'd like to say the QLD transport minister has a better approach, but they are doing the same!
There IS a silver bullet!!! It's called a decent mass transit system but due to the current ridiculousness of the world economy and how much everything costs then the hundreds of billions required to give Brisbane a Singapore or Moscow level of public transport is impossible. Brisbane is suffering from poor historical forward planning of infrastructure and allowing no greenways set aside for infrastructure upgrades.
the problem is that the landscape isn't fit for a large city either meteorologically or geographically. The city area is a series of peninsula's along a river - with usually only one way in and one way out of those peninsula's - geographically it's just not conducive to free flowing traffic or unfortunately a vibe other than a series of motorways, tunnels and more commuter roads. The attitude to cycling and the access to use roads for cycling is far less friendly and accommodating than Melbourne and Canberra - you'd be killed either from death stares, car horns tooting or literally cycling on some major roads here and I say that as a person who has cycled in many cities and countries.
Lack of high Residential density means it's not worth getting public transport for residents as its already so inefficient as you have rarely any amenities nearby so people just drive instead.. A very insidious cycle..
Looks like leaders are trying positive strategies to address the congestion, but Brisbane is too beautiful to stop extra the 1000’s of people wanting to live there!
People from other states, Chinese and Indians have driven up the prices of houses here to sky-high levels. Brisbane is no longer the quiet and beautiful town it once was.
@@user-kr7qm4iv1n “People from other states”. God, even other Aussies annoy you. So I’m not at all surprised that “Chinese and Indians” also no doubt drive you completely mad with rage. Listen Sunshine, from the mid 1940s onwards, every capital city, with the exception of Brisbane, experienced massive immigration from UK, Italy, Greece, Poland, Ukraine, Yugoslavia etc, and people over the generations integrated and are now part of our Aussie landscape. Hate to break the news, but now 70 odd years later, it’s apparently Brisbane’s turn. You have two choices, accept reality, or rage and grizzle in a rage driven bigotry towards all these foreigners, and no doubt for you, this includes other Caucasian Aussies from “ down south”. Struth, get over it Sunshine.
Brisbane was never designed for mass immigration and high density living, something the politicians completely overlooked. This why the traffic congestion will only get worse.
Currently living in the US, scary looking ar this when considering returning. It was bad before we left! Really poor planning over many many years. How about Aus starts by introducing introducing ' turning left on red '!!! Don't give me rubbish that they tried & dangerous. Works so well here everywhere, traffic keeps moving. An easy start. Thx for channel
field service engineer here - i don't leave until 09:00 and even then i travel against the flow of traffic doing the same in the afternoon btw Mr Mayor, Friday traffic is the worst, *period*
It's 100% still the best capital city in Australia. It has an organic, genuine identity, unlike Sydney & Melbourne who are losing their identity. The public transport and traffic is woeful and needs to be fixed, but I just spent plenty of time in Melbourne, am currently in Sydney, and can't wait to get back to SEQ.
QLD born, lived in Brisbane most of the time since 1986. It was then a country town in comparison to Australia's other big cities, often criticised for 'not much happening here' in terms of big commercial contracts. Well how times have changed, they've traded to become 'one of them' driven by greed - yes big business came, yes everything expanded, but that's not always a good thing. Luckily, I can work from anywhere, including regional, and that's where I'm headed, as soon as my current employment is completed for any reason.
I recently spoke with someone that lived in Alice Springs for a few months until quite recently. She said before she moved there, she was extremely nervous after seeing news reports about how bad things were, but that the reality there was nowhere near as bad as it had appeared in the media.
Brisbane is a sprawl with close to CBD streets being far too narrow. Off street parking is limited. Services are far too sparse and limited in range and scope thus leads to more vehicle use. Bikeways are fine but too many people treat them as walkways. One of the first things that could be focused on is the need for federal government to stop, slow down or limit immigration till some of the housing and infrastructure problems are sorted. A lot of inner housing construction is aggregation of lots. This creates multi dwelling sites that helps with housing density and limiting travel distances. Problem here is an insufficient supply of builders and supply problems. Town planning and permit services need to be opened and sped up to facilitate construction. The current Qld government transport election pandering pricing needs to be made a permanent feature. This will encourage greater usage. Mayor Shriner has inherited a long standing problem and I don't envy him. PS. I might add that Campbell Newman made a big change on the M1 by eliminating the T2+ lanes. Although I took advantage of this at the time, I think it was the right move. It would be advantageous to drastically reduce all toll road prices to encourage greater use. Maybe giving a tax deduction for use of same.
Some form of subsidising of toll roads seems like it's not a bad idea. Greater use of those would surely ease things a bit, but the current prices are a large disincentive to their use.
Brisbane is still a wonderful place to live and I don’t believe it has lost what makes it so much more livable than the other east coast capitals, however the train system monitor north side and the riverside expressway need to be sorted. The former is poor because the corridors of Gympie road and the gap aren’t serviced by train links and are a shitshow, the latter because it is an eyesore and fails to adequately distribute northbound traffic a) into the city, b) onto coronation drive, c) onto Milton road and d) and this is the WORST, compresses three ones into one for the northern suburbs traffic which is always a total mess. Even getting onto the riverside expressway from Hale St is a clusterfuck!
Why is he still living in Brisbane while saying the city is so bad and he is bored? Move to Sydney or Melbourne to have a better life. They would be happy to have him.
@@locyentam Who are you talking about? I never said I'm bored or that Brisbane is so bad. Seems you're forming your opinions based on video titles rather than taking the time to see what I'm actually saying.
Make it socially acceptable, nay appropriate, to blast your horn and pull the fingers at anyone doing less than speed limit with space to their left they can safely pull into, in normal traffic flow. The same for those who emerge from jam and see 300m of clear space open up in front of them but think "you know what, we we're all having such a great time back there. Let's keep this party rocking. I'll stick to 36kmh. Oops nearly hit 40. Better tap the brakes a few times". Maybe make it sensible not to turn improvements into such a hinderance, like at Pimpama where they took out a lane and added a red light to improve flow through a roundabout to ease congestion, with the opposite effect, just to come back just a few years later and hinder flow on the M1 again fixing up their clusterfk. Maybe it's better not to have so many things happening at once which cause delays, both immediate in its effect on traffic, and longer term in terms of project completion. Triage properly you incompetent buffoons. Maybe sort your basic shit out and you might be able to make better use of what you have Brisbane.
Hence why I live just a 6 minute cycle from my work. I pay more rent but I gain 14-20 hours per week by not sitting in traffic. Brisbane is such a poorly planned city. All the government does is add more to the existing network instead of being innovative. Look at the stupid cross river rail project. It has so far cost $7.2 billion to put a useless subway in that adds two stations to the existing train network, which is already being serviced well by the busway, feeding into a CBD that less and less people are working in. The cross river rail isn't going to fix jack shit. The level of idiots that approve these projects is amazing. These idiots will walk away with some bull shit bonus and tell everyone how amazing they are at building a piece of redundant infrastructure. Imagine $7.2 billion being spent on actual useable bikeways, not the crap we have that goes for 800m then just ends.
Sorry this is just an awful take, populism pure. You clearly know nothing about railways or transport planning. Happy to answer any questions you have though, but a quick summary. Currently, all rail lines feed into a 4-track trunk section between the Merivale Bridge and Eagle Junction. A single pair of railway tracks is capable of running a maximum of 24 trains per hour in each direction (every 2.5 minutes), or potentially around 30 trains per hour with full automation; so currently SEQ's entire railway system can only run 48 trains per hour. -Cross River Rail bypasses this choke point and thereby adds another track pair to the network or +24 trains per hour of capacity to the system; -Cross River Rail adding *3* new stations to the network (Woolloongabba+Albert St+Exhibition) not 2 as you said; -Cross River Rail is also building stations that allow you to run 50% longer trains than you can currently be run on the network, so it is effectively increasing the capacity of the whole network by 36 trains per hour or +75%; -Cross River Rail allows you to split the network into 3 different sectors operating independently of one another, meaning disruptions on 1 line don't affect others; -Cross River Rail is the key to unlocking future network extensions which currently are not practical, including the Trouts Road Corridor, the new line to Sunshine Coast, the Brisbane E-W Subway, and a new line to Flagstaff.
@@kyletopfer7818 Well said, totally agree. Better public transport is needed for Greater Brisbane and surrounding areas. I lived in Brisbane for five years and used the rail system to get to and from work,' it was time-consuming . Not everyone has the luxury of a motor vehicle and bikeways are only good for relatively short distances. Sydney isn't perfect but I like the new metro lines being built there.
@@kyletopfer7818 Who would have thought the world expert on transport systems would be in a comments section of a small youtube channel. What luck I have. Lets us all drink from your incredible wells of wisdom. So Genius, there already is a train station at the Ekka, kind of odd how an expert such as yourself missed that one. Also genius, the mess that is Brisbane's public transport system, you know the one that has bus lines directly competing with train lines instead of feeding buses into train lines, is going to be fixed, according to you, by the marvel of Riverlink. Let us check back in 5-10 years and see which one of us was in fact right, and how the $7.2 billion to add 2 (two) stations not 3 (three) to the network has done Fk all. You really are delude if you believe this is going to have any great impact on the system. Heavy rail has never been the answer. Just remember, these are the same morons that charge people to BYPASS the CBD. That's right if you don't want to add to the congestion going via the CBD, you have to pay. How about the Go between bridge, the one that takes longer to cross than using the William Jolly which is free, not to mention the corruption that was involved with that project. These are also the same morons that are still collecting tolls for the Gateway bridge which was paid off decades ago. The best one is the The Clem 7 and how that is such a huge success, you know the one that went bankrupt and takes longer to get to the other end at Chermside than it does to use the normal roads. What fkin incredible transport planning that was, even when experts said it would only work if it was free. The Trouts rd corridor, LOL, sitting dormant for what 40 years and will remain so. Yeah mate, you really are deluded. You must spend a lot of time sniffing your own farts.
Mate I drive a truck for a living and don't have too much worries about traffic compared to Sydney or Melbourne and that is speaking from previously living down there too
Stop with the excuses of population increase. People in Australia just can’t drive. Too many road rules that don’t make sense. No incentives to ride instead of drive. The police don’t do their job, mobile speed cameras do not increase safety, there’s evidence they actually decrease safety, a new study also showed that going up to 20Km/H under the speed limit is more dangerous than up to 20 over. As for motorcycles they should be able to lane filter at any speed and up to the riders discretion as long as it is safe to do so. They keep decreasing the speed limits also which is ridiculous. You can have an eight lane one direction freeway, and I guarantee you there will still be traffic, again idiots in this country do under the limit in every lane possible. There’s no order.
