The NSW Government\u2019s B-Line bus service has carried more people in its first year of operation than the population of Greater Sydney.
\nMinister for Transport and Infrastructure Andrew Constance revealed more than 5.9 million passenger trips have been made on the ground-breaking turn-up-and-go service between the Northern Beaches and the Sydney CBD since it launched in November 2017.
\n\u201cThe B-Line has been a tremendous success since the first buses started travelling between Mona Vale and the Sydney CBD one year ago. Customer satisfaction is above 90 per cent \u2013 it\u2019s certainly been a happy first birthday,\u201d Mr Constance said.
\nB-Line services are turn-up-and-go, meaning customers travelling between Mona Vale and Wynyard have been able to throw away their timetable.
\nMember for Manly James Griffin said customers can catch a bus every five minutes during peak times in the peak direction, and every 10 minutes at other times of the day.
\n\u201cThe B-Line is the centrepiece of a rejuvenated Northern Beaches bus network which was designed to make it easier for customers to travel to-and-from the Sydney CBD, as well as around the local area,\u201d Mr Griffin said.
\nState Transit CEO Steffen Faurby said patronage across the entire Northern Beaches has increased by around 11 per cent over the last 12 months.
\n\u201cWe\u2019ve added around 4,200 extra weekly services to the network, including around 2,000 B-Line services and around 1,000 new weekly services to help customers get to the new Northern Beaches Hospital and growing Frenchs Forest area,\u201d Mr Faurby said.
\nIn another milestone for the project, the new commuter carpark at Manly Vale will open to the public later this month.
\n\u201cManly Vale is the last of six commuter carparks to be completed as part of this project. It will provide up to 150 spaces, bringing the total number of spaces available along the B-Line route to around 900,\u201d Mr Constance said.
\n\u201cThe Manly Vale car park is also the first to feature the rotating \u2018Breathing Wall\u2019 technology developed by one of Australia\u2019s leading living infrastructure specialists, Junglefy. This unique system incorporates around 9,000 plants which have been scientifically proven to remove harmful air pollutants and to provide a habitat for biodiversity and a beautiful looking fa\u00e7ade.\u201d
\nThe B-Line project has included a number of road improvements in the Northern Beaches and Lower North Shore designed to ease traffic congestion and improve bus reliability.
\n\u201cThe road changes delivered by the B-Line team include new bus lanes, tidal flow systems and indented bus bays which have helped to reduce the journey time between Mona Vale and Wynyard by around nine minutes,\u201d Mr Griffin said<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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