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    Design of A Bus-Station With A Facility For Wheelchairs To Board and Alight A Bus

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    This document discusses the design of an accessible bus station that allows wheelchairs to safely board and disembark buses. It notes that bus stops should be conveniently located and designed to accommodate all passengers, including those with disabilities. Specifically, it recommends that bus stops have level boarding access via ramps to allow wheelchairs to roll on and off low-floor buses stopped parallel and close to the curb. The document outlines objectives for the bus stop design and assumptions made, and indicates diagrams will be provided to illustrate the ramp design.

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    Design of A Bus-Station With A Facility For Wheelchairs To Board and Alight A Bus

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    This document discusses the design of an accessible bus station that allows wheelchairs to safely board and disembark buses. It notes that bus stops should be conveniently located and designed to accommodate all passengers, including those with disabilities. Specifically, it recommends that bus stops have level boarding access via ramps to allow wheelchairs to roll on and off low-floor buses stopped parallel and close to the curb. The document outlines objectives for the bus stop design and assumptions made, and indicates diagrams will be provided to illustrate the ramp design.

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    Bus Stop Design

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    This document discusses the design of an accessible bus station that allows wheelchairs to safely board and disembark buses. It notes that bus stops should be conveniently located and designed to accommodate all passengers, including those with disabilities. Specifically, it recommends that bus stops have level boarding access via ramps to allow wheelchairs to roll on and off low-floor buses stopped parallel and close to the curb. The document outlines objectives for the bus stop design and assumptions made, and indicates diagrams will be provided to illustrate the ramp design.

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    Design of A Bus-Station With A Facility For Wheelchairs To Board and Alight A Bus

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    This document discusses the design of an accessible bus station that allows wheelchairs to safely board and disembark buses. It notes that bus stops should be conveniently located and designed to accommodate all passengers, including those with disabilities. Specifically, it recommends that bus stops have level boarding access via ramps to allow wheelchairs to roll on and off low-floor buses stopped parallel and close to the curb. The document outlines objectives for the bus stop design and assumptions made, and indicates diagrams will be provided to illustrate the ramp design.

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    Design of a Bus-Station with a Facility for Wheelchairs to

    Board and Alight a Bus


    By

    Oguntayo, Daniel Oluwafemi


    08/30GB060
    1.0 Introduction

    Bus stop design and location is recognized as a crucial element in the


    drive to improve the quality of bus services. The concept of 'Total
    Journey Quality' recognizes that bus passengers are also pedestrians at
    each end of the bus trip and requires that all aspects of the journey are
    considered. The convenience and comfort of bus stops must not be
    overlooked.
    It is important to view the bus stop as an interchange, rather than
    simply a location along a bus route where buses stop, comprising only
    a post with a flag, and a cage laid on the road surface.
    Bus stops must be located to allow passengers to board and alight
    safely and conveniently. Ideally, they should also be situated near
    places of particular need, such as local shops, libraries, clubs, health
    facilities and sheltered houses. According to SEPTA (2012) a high-
    quality transit stop is one that is well connected to the neighborhood or
    community it serves, accommodates the needs of all transit
    passengers safely and comfortably, and permits efficient and cost-
    effective transit operations.

    2.0 Fully Accessible Bus Services


    An accessible station is a public transportation passenger station which
    provides ready access, is usable and does not have physical barriers
    that prohibit and/or restrict access by people with disabilities, including
    those who use wheelchairs.
    There are a number of bus configurations in operation, which need to
    be considered. Flexibility should be provided in designs in recognition
    that bus types using a stop may change as a result of service changes.
    For example, articulated bus operation has been introduced on several
    high volume services and passengers are able to board and alight
    through all three sets of doors.
    Low floor buses reduce the height differential between the kerb and
    bus floor. Whilst they are generally seen as a means of improving
    accessibility for passengers with disabilities, including wheelchair
    users, all passengers benefit from low floor bus services.
    Research conducted by Transport Research Laboratory (TRL Report
    271) has shown that passengers with pushchairs benefit greatly from
    the introduction of low floor buses. Thus, when designing bus stops for
    low floor bus access, the needs of all passengers should be considered,
    not just wheelchair users.

    3.0 Design
    3.1 Design Objectives
    The bus stop layout will achieve the following objectives:
    allow easy unobstructed access to and from the stop
    prevent/dissuade other vehicles from parking in the stop area
    affordable and commensurate with the accessibility benefit
    The bus should stop parallel to, and as close to the kerb as possible to
    allow effective use of the bus facilities.
    ASSUMPTIONS
    a. bus- stop spacing is not considered
    b. bus-stop capacity is not considered
    c. passenger waiting time is not considered
    d. the bus stop is located at Midblock

    3.2 Bus-stop layout

    3.3 Design of Ramp

    4.0 Conclusion
    Figure2: Diagram showing Ramp from a Bus onto a kerb for wheelchair

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