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Facilities commonly found at bus stops:
Sign - This is what usually defines where the bus stop is located. Most places have the bus stop with the front door near the sign. Almost every bus stop has a sign.
Bench - This can be owned by the controlling agency or by a private company. These can be concrete or mixed concrete and wood or plastic. Private benches frequently have advertising on them.
Trash Receptacle - Your classic garbage can. These can be in many forms, the classing concrete box with a liner, to a pole mounted metal basket.
Shelter - This provides limited protection from the weather. This can be owned by either the controlling agency or a private company. In some cases they can be owned by a local government.
Information Sign - This usually provides a limited amount of information regarding when the buses serving this stop are supposed to arrive. This may include a
map of the transit system.
News Rack - These are usually placed by the local newspapers to sell their papers.
Telephone
- At major stops the local phone company sometimes install pay phones. At some districts there are agreements with the phone companies to put a speed dial feature so the passengers can quickly connect with the information people.
Ash Tray or Can - A place for passengers to put their cigarettes before boarding the bus.
Street Pad
- This is usually a reinforced concrete section of pavement designed to minimize the damage to the street caused by the buses.
Duck Out - This
is an area cut into the sidewalk that allows the bus to get out of the lane of traffic. At some transit centers these are in the form of saw-toothed bays which allow more buses to be parked in the same
space in comparison to flat curb.
Bump Out - This is a section of the adjacent sidewalk that has been expanded into the street to allow the bus to stop without having to pull out of traffic. This is often done to allow automobile parking along the curb.
Bike Racks - I observed bike racks installed at several stops in Tempe, Arizona. Several of them were in use.
Bike Lockers - A variation on the bike rack, this time built to enclose the bike.
Drinking Fountains - At several stops in Tempe, AZ, they installed drinking fountains. Useful in the summer when the temperature exceeds 100 F. for days at a time.
Tactile Signage - Putting tactile signs, Braille and raised letters, is an aide to the visually impaired.
Clocks - Can help your customers know what time it is so they can compare that with the schedule to know when the next bus is due. |
