Public Transport
Everything about public transportation!
A stop button for the bus stop.
Where I live the bus does not stop if no one flags it from the bus stop. The problem is that sometimes it is hard to see which bus is coming and you have to always be on alert. A button that maybe turn on a light that show the incoming bus that passagens wants to get in. For bus stop with multiple bus lines it should show which line needs to stop.
Similarly a info panel with the buses that stops in that stop, when the next one is due and maybe even a map of the buses route. I know that with smartphones this is not such kife change but still useful I think.
That's a cool idea, it could eventually help them adjust service if a lot of people are requesting buses a certain day.
Or simply act as an anonymized data source for future changes. The time when someone requests a bus is different from when someone actually gets on a bus
Busses that arrive every 15 minutes so that comfy bus stops aren't really required.
And if not, at least that arrive on time so you can plan ahead and not come to the stop too early.
apps are not a substitute for being on time every time. The only substitue is a bus ever 5 minutes or less so you don't bother checking the clock.
A bus every 5 minutes makes sense in cities, less so in more rural areas where the bus would be empty most of the times. I would consider a bus every 20 minutes to be enough as a minimum service.
sort of. Rural areas can't support a frequent bus but suburban areas can support a bus more frequent than they get. Lack of service is why those butes are empty: people who tan afford a car and wouldn't face much traffic drive instead of slaving their life to the but schedule.
note that it takes several years of frequent service for people to figure out the bus doesn't suck and it takes a great network as well as frequency. An such no transit systen has the money needed to prove me right. Still I maintain transit doesn't need nearly as high density as most people think. What density gives you is enough people who can't drive to support a systen those who can would choose to use.
Unfortunately that frequent traffic is only feasible in rather dense urban, or possibly suburban areas.
Our local operator runs huge deficits outside the major hubs, and even that is just for a bus every 30 minutes, most of which are completely devoid of passengers.
Ever used a bus every 30 minutes? They force you to slave your life to the schedule. there are no quick trips as you are waiting 28 minutes for your next trip after buying your coffee. You can get to work but that is about it. no wonder most people don't ride.
give people in that area better service and they will ride. (but probably not in numbers to pay for thth but - only the largest bendein the midele buses can pay for them selves on a reasonable fare.
Here's a very simple thing that many bus stops do not have. A sign at the correct height to actually see the name of the stop from inside the bus.
Yes! I would have never thought of that, but you are absolutely right.
- Some kind of "panic button" to press if you're being stalked or something
- the stop number and name, e.g. "Stop 53: Main and Elm". make sure those are on the major map apps so you can call your friends and tell them where you are.
Some kind of "panic button" to press if you're being stalked or something
Maybe something like this?
https://security.ubc.ca/home/safety-prevention-resources/emergency-blue-phones/
Good point! I have seen them outside of university buildings here, but that's it
Some way to know how far away the next buses are.
If we're going all out, then a real time map of nearby buses
@otter@lemmy.ca My city actually has displays on some bus stops that show in real time the time until their arrival. It's also speaks them. (Kinda similar to trains), but it's only on some bus stations.
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That's great!
It is when they work. More than once I've seen the time displayed jump. Next bus in 7 minutes for the next 15 minutes, then 1 minute as the bus itself pulls to a stop.
Heating or cooling depending on geographic location and time of year.
Yes!! I've stood at bus stop when it's -30c (-22 f ?) and I don't wish it on anyone.
Buses that actually show up at the stop.
A bench would be nice too, but thats probably asking way too much.
In NL, they've got bike racks with roofs next to the bus stops, I wish we had that here as well!
That would be great! No wet bikes!
Furniture differs between public and private or at least supervised areas. It should be really stable and easily cleanable.
Someone will come along and think to itself: that glass shatters so beautifully, I like that. Or: it is surrounded by walls and a ceiling, it must be a toilet.
Those latter issues are generally solved with systemic changes that aren't intrinsic to public transit.
Teenagers exist everywhere though, so this sort of urban furniture is unrealistic.
That would be covered in illegible graffiti, fast food trash, and feces soooo quickly where I live.
So you need a person there keeping it tidy instead of a vending machine.
That would have to be a contracted third party with truck mounted power washers. Similar to porta-shitter maintenance.
I think a lot of it stems from lack of individual community investment. Inability to own property due to awful wages leads to a lack of pride or ownership in a community. Areas that get torn apart and trashed are deprioritized by city services, leading to further trashing which destabilizes the local tax base by driving out business or discouraging new business.
I can't sleep right now and I think I'm just ruminating on urban decay.
This post is very clearly entirely AI generated, not just the image. No normal person puts emojis in a list format like this
Thats just way too much imo, just make them comfortable and maybe add a vending machine
- Outlet/charging station
- A way to pay the fare, charge your card or figure out whatever the payment system is.
That is often the big hurdle in taking a bus in a new city - finding out how and how much to pay and where to buy the right pass.
- Smoke sensors and alarms, ~~bomb squad~~ metropolice on call (sorry people!)
- Longer shelters, made of glass, but photosensitive (more sun = less transparent), 4000K LED lights at night (but not blinding!)
- Grass rooftop
- No ads
- Interactive, dynamic timetable
- No bay (waste of time, less comfort, because of damaged surface)
the pic needs a line on the glass at about 1m, so less people and animals crash into it.
Frequent buses. I've never stood in one despite spending a lot of time waiting for my bus. shelters are cheap and bus drivers are expensive so I understand putting in a shelter when there is some money but not enough for another but but adding another bus is always the better option if there is any choice.
That's true, it might be a location dependent thing! Here, where it can reach -40c, they are very important(you can get frostbite in under 10min), but elsewhere they might not be important hardly at all.
Coldest I waited for a bus was about -25c when you dress for it it isn't too bad.
That would work in an affluent suburb for a while, but not in any dense urban area with homeless.
It really needs to have: A bathroom. A water fountain. A roof. No glass walls, they will just get kicked out. Some buttons to call security. Some sort of automated connection to public services like hospitals, shelters and food distro sites, and a map of how to get there. Seating, but not the type thats easy to sleep on. Its not a homeless shelter.
And it needs to be regularly cleaned and maintained.