I started this discussion on mastodon, but want to here too. If you could create the perfect bus stop, what would it have? Here are some of my ideas:
β Safety:
- Shelters: no advertisements blocking views. Enclosed shelters must have 2+ exit points.
- Solar lights
βΏ Accessibility:
- A space in shelters for wheelchairs.
- Marked wide paved section for wheelchairs & those with mobility difficulties to board a ramp onto the bus.
- Braille on bus stop signs & tactile pavement.
π²Other:
- Bike racks
- Vending Machines
- Public water fountain
- Tiny library
Do you have more ideas?
Edit: realized the photo i added is ai, but i can't seem to get rid of it so π€·ββοΈ
sort of. Rural areas can't support a frequent bus but suburban areas can support a bus more frequent than they get. Lack of service is why those butes are empty: people who tan afford a car and wouldn't face much traffic drive instead of slaving their life to the but schedule.
note that it takes several years of frequent service for people to figure out the bus doesn't suck and it takes a great network as well as frequency. An such no transit systen has the money needed to prove me right. Still I maintain transit doesn't need nearly as high density as most people think. What density gives you is enough people who can't drive to support a systen those who can would choose to use.