UN 240: The Suburban Rail Loop's Bus Problem

Executive summary: The state government risks setting the Suburban Rail Loop up to fail if it takes advice from a committee that has a poor understanding of bus networks needed to effectively get people to its stations. It should take advice from those with an understanding of multimodal public transport planning to be assured of maximising the patronage and mode shift benefits of the SRL. An expert committee set up to advise the Planning Minister on the Suburban Rail Loop and its precincts has published a series of reports on certain topics of importance to the role and success of the project.SRL East Precincts Standing Advisory Committee Planning Minister Sonya Kilkenny referred several matters to the Suburban Rail Loop East Precincts Standing Advisory Committee (SRLEPSAC) in July 2025. One of those matters is mode shift. Which is effectively SRL's ability or otherwise to transform transport from being driving-dominated to a pattern that is more multi-modal with higher shares for…