Two sites in Canberra's central business district and Turner could become layover areas for the city's bus networks.
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Under proposed changes to the Territory Plan, land at the corner of Barry Drive and Watson Street and land adjacent to the National Convention Centre would host future layover facilities.
The sites will replace the current city bus layover on Marcus Clarke Street between Allsop Street and University Avenue.
Environment and Sustainable Development Minister Simon Corbell said on Friday the areas would be used for bus drivers to park vehicles between services, rather than return to depots.
Layovers traditionally provide driver facilities including meal rooms and amenities and help to minimise so-called dead running of empty buses during service hours, saving fuel and improving driver health.
Members of the public are invited to comment on the proposed rezoning, including the south-east corner of Phillip Oval and another block into the restricted zoning area.
Turner Residents Association spokesman Neil Parsons said the ACT government was engaging in ''lazy town planning'' with the proposal.
He said the unsealed car park at Barry Drive and Watson Street should be returned to parkland.
A feasibility study said the site, located in the flood zone close to Sullivan's Creek, only had capacity to accommodate the required number of buses until 2026.
It could be landscaped and have acoustic shielding installed.
''We feel that with the increasing density that the government proposes - as many as 40,000 to 50,000 people living on the Northbourne corridor - there's going to be increasing demand for having green space and parkland for people living in apartments,'' Mr Parsons said. ''We think it is a great mistake to start using parkland for infrastructure.
''Despite recommendations from the Assembly in the past, the government haven't thought ahead at all on this.''
The site next to the Convention Centre is currently part of a large car park opposite the city campus of the Canberra Institute of Technology.
The land has been earmarked for development by 2016, and would require the layover site to be incorporated into a new building.
The feasibility study suggested this could be achieved as part of a basement car parking area and said a ''radical change in the operation of the bus network'' would be required. It may also require some redesign of bus routes and could see a reduction in the number of bus services to the western part of the city
"Following extensive investigation and consultation a two-site solution was chosen for bus layovers in the city, to replace the existing bus layover on Marcus Clarke Street,'' Mr Corbell said.
He said the two bus layovers would continue to meet future demand for public transport.
