Fully accessible buses have become more common in recent years and following
the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 they will become the norm for busoperation.
This has been accepted by bus operators and public transportplanners in urban
areas, but there are difficulties in rural areas. Oneof the difficulties
that is still being addressed in urban areas is thelocation and design of
fully accessible bus stops. In rural areas hailand ride operation is common
but this implies a need to board a bus fromroad level. This makes it necessary
to formalise the location of a busstop before it can be made accessible.
This paper discusses the problemssurrounding the location of bus stops in
rural as opposed to urban areas.The paper suggests a simple model to determine
the critical distance thatshould be considered in locating bus stops on rural
roads. The model isillustrated with reference to data from Cumbria (which
shows both the extentof the problem as well as the way in which the model
works). A procedureis proposed to help planners and engineers to identify
safe locations forbus stops on rural roads.
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