Peter Parker gave a talk on Reviving bus reform about the 2023 bus reform plan that didn't get implemented (because it didn't get in to the 2024 state budget) and the huge potential benefits to doing bus reform.
Bus reform also has a marketing problem. Politicians have past experiences of not getting much political benefit from doing bus reform.
This makes a lot of sense because buses aren't very visual so it's hard to see when something has changed or when it changed.
New freeways, tram routes or train lines give a lot of opportunities to promote and do photoshoots and result in clear physical changes so even if you don't use them you can see they are being built.
Buses don't get that.
