Public Transport

A stop button for the bus stop.

Where I live the bus does not stop if no one flags it from the bus stop. The problem is that sometimes it is hard to see which bus is coming and you have to always be on alert. A button that maybe turn on a light that show the incoming bus that passagens wants to get in. For bus stop with multiple bus lines it should show which line needs to stop.

Similarly a info panel with the buses that stops in that stop, when the next one is due and maybe even a map of the buses route. I know that with smartphones this is not such kife change but still useful I think.

The ideal bus stop is one where buses stop so frequently you don't actually need the stop to be a microcosm of city life because you're at most five minutes away from the next bus.

Busses that arrive every 15 minutes so that comfy bus stops aren't really required.

Here's a very simple thing that many bus stops do not have. A sign at the correct height to actually see the name of the stop from inside the bus.

• Some kind of "panic button" to press if you're being stalked or something
• the stop number and name, e.g. "Stop 53: Main and Elm". make sure those are on the major map apps so you can call your friends and tell them where you are.

Some way to know how far away the next buses are.

If we're going all out, then a real time map of nearby buses

Heating or cooling depending on geographic location and time of year.

Buses that actually show up at the stop.

A bench would be nice too, but thats probably asking way too much.

In NL, they've got bike racks with roofs next to the bus stops, I wish we had that here as well!

That would be covered in illegible graffiti, fast food trash, and feces soooo quickly where I live.

Furniture differs between public and private or at least supervised areas. It should be really stable and easily cleanable.

Someone will come along and think to itself: that glass shatters so beautifully, I like that. Or: it is surrounded by walls and a ceiling, it must be a toilet.

This post is very clearly entirely AI generated, not just the image. No normal person puts emojis in a list format like this

• Outlet/charging station
• A way to pay the fare, charge your card or figure out whatever the payment system is.

That is often the big hurdle in taking a bus in a new city - finding out how and how much to pay and where to buy the right pass.

• Smoke sensors and alarms, ~~bomb squad~~ metropolice on call (sorry people!)
• Longer shelters, made of glass, but photosensitive (more sun = less transparent), 4000K LED lights at night (but not blinding!)
• Grass rooftop
• No ads
• Interactive, dynamic timetable
• No bay (waste of time, less comfort, because of damaged surface)

Thats just way too much imo, just make them comfortable and maybe add a vending machine

the pic needs a line on the glass at about 1m, so less people and animals crash into it.

That would work in an affluent suburb for a while, but not in any dense urban area with homeless.

It really needs to have: A bathroom. A water fountain. A roof. No glass walls, they will just get kicked out. Some buttons to call security. Some sort of automated connection to public services like hospitals, shelters and food distro sites, and a map of how to get there. Seating, but not the type thats easy to sleep on. Its not a homeless shelter.

And it needs to be regularly cleaned and maintained.

Frequent buses. I've never stood in one despite spending a lot of time waiting for my bus. shelters are cheap and bus drivers are expensive so I understand putting in a shelter when there is some money but not enough for another but but adding another bus is always the better option if there is any choice.

What about a hausmann style instead of this dystopian glass & concrete-steel style?