Floating Bus Stops – The Ranty Highwayman
One thing which seems to come up time and again in street design is as soon as a concept gains a name, it also gains controversy which ends up drowning out the voices of people who might have genuine concerns to work through.
Floating bus stops are one such “thing” and so this week, I’m trying going to try and get under the skin of the subject a little bit and along the way, pick up some of the concerns and also point you towards some research.
So, what is a “floating bus stop” (also known as a bus stop bypass)? It’s simply a bus stop which has a carriageway or a cycle track running behind it so that people board or alight a bus from what is essentially either a large traffic island or perhaps something which looks like central reserve.
