{"id":8867,"date":"2021-10-02T05:08:00","date_gmt":"2021-10-02T09:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/desis.osu.edu\/seniorthesis\/?p=8867"},"modified":"2021-10-05T16:09:40","modified_gmt":"2021-10-05T20:09:40","slug":"6-tips-for-designing-accessible-and-safe-bus-stops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/desis.osu.edu\/seniorthesis\/index.php\/2021\/10\/02\/6-tips-for-designing-accessible-and-safe-bus-stops\/","title":{"rendered":"6 Tips for Designing Accessible and Safe Bus Stops"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

1. “Stations are Gateways.”<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The relationship vehicular traffic has with sidewalks and buildings is one point that should receive special attention when designing a bus stop or station. This is because the way a stop interacts with its environment determines whether or not it\u2019s an appropriate access point to the transit system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2. “Facilitate Movement, Ease Interactions.”<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The role that public transport stations can play in a neighborhood goes much further than just being where people get on and off a bus. In fact, if the design and location of the stops are well planned, it is possible to reduce travel times and thus increase confidence in the transit system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3. “In-lane Stops Save Time.”<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stops in bus-only lanes make it possible to reduce delays for the other traffic by concentrating stops in traffic flow to a single lane. This also offers an opportunity to create a safer space where passengers can board buses more calmly. They also contribute to condensing activity to a single point on the sidewalk without affecting the flow of pedestrians.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4. “Universal Design is Equitable Design.”<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s possible to ensure that differently-abled passengers and people of any age can safely board buses if the bus stops\u2019 designs are people-centered and accessible to all from the outset.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

5. “Design for Safety.”<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

NACTO defines having traffic safe and socially safe pedestrian routes from places of origin to stops as an element that is “vital to achieving a safe [transportation] system.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

6. “Integrate Vehicle and Platform Design.”<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Designing stops to be level with buses and the sidewalks is a basic feature so that boarding is first and foremost accessible and fast. This situation, which NACTO<\/a> considers as a key part of any system, requires that they have a flexible design able to be used with different types of buses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ANALYSIS:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

With an interest in wanting to explore the spatial design of what a bus stop could potentially look like, I found this article to be particularly interesting. While some of the key takeaways seem obvious, I felt like the overall structure of keeping these 6 topics in mind with spatial planning to be insightful and important things to be mindful of if moving forward. One of the things I wouldn’t have even considered was number 6 and just that overall interaction with boarding and getting off a bus. Even for an able body person, the task of stepping off a bus and back onto a sidewalk can be jarring if you were to misstep. I believe something in regards to that overall interaction can be further looked at. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gaete, Constanza Mart\u00ednez. \u201c6 Tips for Designing Accessible and Safe Bus Stops.\u201d ArchDaily<\/em>, ArchDaily, 27 Mar. 2017, https:\/\/www.archdaily.com\/867962\/6-tips-for-designing-accessible-and-safe-bus-stops.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

1. “Stations are Gateways.” The relationship vehicular traffic has with sidewalks and buildings is one point that should receive special attention when designing a bus stop or station. This is because the way a stop interacts with its environment determines whether or not it\u2019s an appropriate access point to the transit system. 2. “Facilitate Movement, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":71,"featured_media":8868,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-8867","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-science-tech"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/desis.osu.edu\/seniorthesis\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8867","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/desis.osu.edu\/seniorthesis\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/desis.osu.edu\/seniorthesis\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desis.osu.edu\/seniorthesis\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/71"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desis.osu.edu\/seniorthesis\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8867"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/desis.osu.edu\/seniorthesis\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8867\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8870,"href":"https:\/\/desis.osu.edu\/seniorthesis\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8867\/revisions\/8870"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desis.osu.edu\/seniorthesis\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8868"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/desis.osu.edu\/seniorthesis\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8867"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desis.osu.edu\/seniorthesis\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8867"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desis.osu.edu\/seniorthesis\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8867"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}