06-24-2017, 09:37 AM
(06-24-2017, 09:26 AM)goggolor Wrote: The bus shelter closest to GRH has been the de facto smoking shelter since GRH got rid of their on-site smoking area a few years ago. Walls would just make it more attractive to smokers and keep the smell in - I would usually have to wait outside the bus shelter because it would have up to 3 smokers occupying the benches and reek like an ashtray. It remains to be seen whether the GRH smokers will use the new bus stop or cross over to the new heated and enclosed shelter.
There should be a shelter specifically for smoking closer to GRH. If GRH won’t get its act together and figure out a way to make it happen, the transit authority should do it by building a bus shelter that is not particularly close to any bus stop but reasonably conveniently located for the smokers. Put extra prohibitory signage on the real bus stop and LRT stop and none on the decoy bus shelter, and instruct the transit enforcement people that they are not under any circumstances to issue tickets or even warnings for smoking in the decoy shelter. If necessary, have the decoy be officially at a bus stop, but one where no buses actually stop (they can use it if the real stop is under maintenance).
Yes, it’s a ridiculous solution, but it’s less ridiculous than transit riders having to smell smoke in the LRT stop all the time.