The bus platform is next to the sidewalk. I don't think it makes sense. what do you think?

Common bus shelters are divided into two categories: linear bus shelters and harbor bus shelters. The linear bus shelter is a bus shelter built directly on the roadside; Harbor-style bus shelter is a recessed place on the side of the road, which is used to build a bus shelter. Next, Bian Xiao will analyze why bus shelters are not symmetrically distributed on both sides of the road.

One: security issues

The bus shelters set in some road sections will have safety problems when they meet the point where there is a great demand for crossing the street. Symmetrically arranged bus shelters, when pedestrians get on and off the bus and cross the road, because the bus is too big, pedestrians' sight is completely blocked by the bus, and they can't see the cars coming and going on the road. Pedestrians crossing bus shelters and changing lanes are likely to cause traffic accidents. For the road section with isolation belt, symmetrical bus shelters will bring relatively small safety hazards to pedestrians, but for the road section without isolation belt, symmetrical bus shelters will bring greater safety hazards to passengers.

Second: efficiency.

Linear bus shelters are symmetrically arranged. If the bus shelter stops at the same time, there will be a phenomenon that four lanes at both ends of the road become two lanes, which will lead to a longer congested section. Some people may say that setting up harbor shelters at both ends can solve this problem. In fact, the speed of buses is generally low, which can only reach 35km/h at the fastest, and the actual bus entering and leaving the bus shelter will also affect the operation of straight vehicles. Therefore, when building a bus shelter, it is necessary to avoid the symmetry of the bus shelter. If the bus shelter is located near the traffic lights, it should be located in the upstream section of the traffic lights so that passengers can get on and off by waiting for the traffic lights.

Even if the bus shelter is set next to the sidewalk, it is also a problem of road planning, and the asymmetric design has largely avoided accidents!