2. Streetside Guidelines for Bus Passenger Facility Elements
This chapter presents guidelines for improving the bus passenger experience at the street level including the configuration of bus stops and the coordination of bus stop elements like seating and shelter, way finding, safety and security, connections to pedestrian and bicycle circulation, landscaping, and the design of bus stops. It is appropriate information for transit planners, transportation and civil engineers and architects who provide for bus passenger facility site layout and circulation in the right of way and on private property. Developers responsible for initial site selections, programming and project development, and agency staff involved with local jurisdictions who review such proposals to ensure transit needs are being met are also a prospective audience for this chapter. Individual property owners already accommodating transit and wishing to improve conditions on their site will also find this chapter useful.
3. Facility Prototypes
Bus passenger facilities meet different operational and passenger needs, come in an array of sizes, and are located on both private and public land. Yet all facilities share the important function of providing access to and from the bus transit network and to and from other modes of transportation. This section provides prototypical designs of bus passenger facilities in development contexts that are typical for
