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You are right about raised busses being more comfortable. Unfortunately, they cannot be used for mass transit, as it takes to long to get a wheelchair or stroll
by timthelion 11y ago
You are right about raised busses being more comfortable. Unfortunately, they cannot be used for mass transit, as it takes to long to get a wheelchair or stroller onto them :(.
- petra 11y agoWheel chairs are a special case, maybe they should be handled as such ? And as for strollers taking too much time: if 40 people can spend their time on the bus in peace an quite using their phone/resting, maybe time for strollers is a reasonable price to pay? And we have'nt said anything about trying to solve that design problem somehow.
- mortenjorck 11y agoBRT is compatible with raised buses: the platform can be built at any height, so disabled (or otherwise-rolling) passengers will have already cleared a ramp or elevator when the vehicle arrives.
- quanticle 11y agoUnfortunately, they cannot be used for mass transit, as it takes to long to get a wheelchair or stroller onto them :(. That's not true. When I lived in Minnesota, Southwest Metro Transit used coach-style buses to go to and from Downtown Minneapolis, and they were just fine. The time needed to deploy their wheelchair lifts was about the same as the time needed for a regular "kneeling bus" to deploy its wheelchair ramp.