A new high-frequency bus service – the Gold CityGlider – will roll out in Brisbane as part of the council’s $4.3 billion budget.
The Gold CityGlider, co-funded with the Queensland government, will travel from Northshore Hamilton to Woolloongabba via Bowen Hills and the new Waterfront Brisbane and Queen’s Wharf developments.
Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner said the areas would experience significant population growth in future years. The budget will also include feasibility work for Brisbane’s first electric ferry, to be called the EVCat. Brisbane Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner with a model of an EVCat, which would be smaller than a CityCat but larger than a KittyCat.The proposed 15-metre prototype catamaran vessel is expected to carry more than 50 passengers and would be larger than a KittyKat, but smaller than a CityCat.
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