03-02-2018, 01:29 PM
(03-02-2018, 10:59 AM)danbrotherston Wrote: Well I'm glad they removed them, instead of simply continuing to allow service to be degraded. But this whole thing bugs me very much. A friend of mine suggested this idea, and I agree, enforcement should be a legally required piece of any new policy or legislation. If you're putting in bus bays, the EA should include how you will enforce yielding. If you're putting in bike lanes, you must discuss how to enforce no parking. Etc.
This is actually a really good idea. Done right, it would also require road design to match the intended speed limit. It’s really not OK to build for 60km/h and then put a 40km/h limit sign. Possible downside: adjusting a speed limit on an existing road might require an EA. But then again, maybe non-construction changes shouldn’t be privileged and should require just as careful consideration as construction.
Quote:Bus bays aren't great, largely because you will never get full compliance in yielding, so it will always slow buses. The real answer is to make loading faster, or to give buses a full right of way. Bus bays exist solely for the benefit of drivers at the detriment of transit passengers.
In practice you’re probably right. In principle I think they could benefit non-transit traffic without significantly affecting transit but it’s not clear how to get traffic to yield quickly enough to make this happen.