Now that Brisbane has grown up and become a real city, possibly loosing some of its original charm in the process, traffic has become obscene.

Remember when “anywhere” used to be 15 minutes away, this is no longer the case. Particularly in peak hour.

Good news though commuters, school holidays arrive at 3pm tomorrow. Traffic will flow again with little Johnny sitting at home not insisting to get driven to school today despite the bus going from only 150m down the street.

Average commute times were up again this year. Brisbane actually now ranks number three in the list behind Sydney and Melbourne respectively.

This is not surprising now Brisbane is officially ranked as the most car dependent city in Australia.

Per week commuters in Brisbane spend only 24 minutes per week less than Melbourne drivers, but over 45 minutes less than those in the NSW capital.

Unfortunately we are gaining on both.