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Deltabus / Better Bus Infrastructure Design: Stops and Stands

Better Bus Infrastructure Design – Stops and Stands

Course Overview

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Duration – 1 Day Cost
up to 6 delegates £220 each
Location – Client’s Venue 7 – 10 delegates £190 each
10+ delegates £150 each
Please note: min booking of 5 delegates Course delivery date: 1 month’s advanced notice.

 

This one-day course shows how to design bus stops and bus stands that allow operations to maintain time and efficiency.

 

Many bus stops contain design issues that are minor, but these issues frequently delay bus operations due to poor positioning and inconvenience for passenger loading. These increase journey times and deter passengers from using services regularly. These in turn increase operational costs which lead to services becoming uneconomic and ultimately being withdrawn.

 

Many of these design issues occur because the designers or those approving the design may lack specialist knowledge of the bus industry, including vehicle manoeuvrability, operational requirements and passenger requirements.

 

The course includes practical examples of issues, video footage and case studies and explains how and why issues occur, how they frequently affect operations, and what mitigation is required.

 

By the end of the course, delegates will be able to recognise potential issues in bus stop and bus stand design, understand the implications of those issues, and propose practical alternatives.

Who should attend

This intermediate level course is ideal for anyone involved in the planning, development and delivery of bus stops, stands, and associated bus infrastructure. This includes developers and urban planners, architectural consultants, highway designers and engineers, transport planners, transport consultants or those involved in town centre rejuvenation projects. It is ideal for teams from local councils, district councils, transport authorities, transport consultancies, urban developers and bus operators.

Course Objectives

The course combines theoretical concepts with practical examples of both good and bad bus stop designs, showing how dwell times, and thus journey times can be reduced by implementing low cost improvements.

 

On completion of the course delegates will be able to:

  • Understand the importance of dwell times, journey times, recovery time and layover
  • Understand the basics of the road-space buses require and how they use it
  • Understand the various types of bus stop and stand, their advantages and disadvantages and how each can aid or hinder operations
  • Understand the importance of how passenger numbers alter throughout the day and how the types of passenger need different types of service when boarding
  • Understand how and why a stop should allow a bus to enter and dock at high operating speeds
  • Understand the importance of bus stands, their use and their relationship to bus stops
  • Understand the standard guidances relating to layout configurations of various bus stops
  • Be aware of the limitations and working practices of such relationships, and the relationship regarding road width with bus separation distance
  • Be aware of the relationships and configurations of bus shelters and other street furniture in relation to the stop layout
  • Understand the relationship of bus stop positioning in relation to road junctions and other stops

Course Modules

 

How issues occur Explains the common issues that occur, how and why they are introduced into designs and their effects on service and performance
Issues Workshop Delegates critique 3 stops in everyday use that ably demonstrate the issues highlighted in the first module.
How Buses Move Shows typical static and dynamic specifications for common bus types, the road space needed and how manoeuvring buses use that road space.
The importance of bus stands Explains the purpose of bus stands and how and why they are essential to operations.
A day in the life of a bus stop Shows how the various types of passenger and varying traffic conditions throughout the day affect service, reliability and passenger convenience
The effects of dwell time What dwell time is and how it affects operations, performance and passenger convenience.
Types of bus stop and stands Shows the varying types of bus stop including kerbside, layby, half and full boarder
Issues affecting bus stop and street furniture How the positioning of bus stop and street furniture can improve or impair dwell times
Published bus stop configurations Consideration of various published guidelines proposing configurations of layouts and street furniture positioning for various stop types
Bus stop design workshop Delegates revisit designs in Workshop 1, but now propose design improvements
Relationship between Street widths and multiple stops. How the available street of road width affects performance at stops or stands handling more than one route.
Placing of stops and stands for safety and interchange Recommended configurations of placement of stops and stands in relation to road conditions, crossing points, junctions, desire lines etc.
Project Management Life Cycle Explains the stages of design development from concept proposing bus stop to opening.
Preparing for opening and operating Snagging, testing, creating operating procedures, preparations for opening, preparations for handover to bus operators