Metro 麻豆传媒映画is officially home to the sorriest bus stop in North America.
Streetsblog USA announced the winner of its contest today, posting: 鈥淚t鈥檚 official! The sorriest bus stop in America is in 鈥� Canada!鈥�
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鈥淭he horrendous bus stop on the Lougheed Highway in Pitt Meadows, just outside of Vancouver, has won our annual contest, trouncing Cincinnati in a 58%-42% landslide,鈥� wrote Gersh Kuntzman, from Streets Blog USA.
And it鈥檚 easy to see why.
Basically, to catch the bus, you would have to stand on the busy highway 鈥� exposed to traffic, unless you wanted to jump the jersey barrier when the bus arrived.
The contest narrowed down dozens of nominations of the 鈥渟orriest, most dangerous and neglected bus stops鈥� and then asked the public to vote which they believed was the worst.
The Pitt Meadows bus stop was submitted by Jason Lee, who labelled it a 鈥渄isaster waiting to happen" in his submission.
鈥淭he bus stop pole is located atop a jersey barrier, which serves as a buffer between speeding cars and the edge of the roadway,鈥� he wrote in his submission.
鈥淭ransit riders are forced to either a) wait on the other side of the jersey barrier, and then climb over it when the bus arrives, or b) wait on the highway side of barrier, directly exposed to traffic.
鈥淩iders in wheelchairs must wait on the highway side of the barrier.鈥�
Lee also highlighted that the roadway could also be slick.
鈥淭hat part of British Columbia鈥檚 Lower Mainland receives nearly 58 inches of precipitation per year, most of it concentrated during the dark winter months," he wrote.
鈥淭his bus stop is a disaster waiting to happen.
"In my three decades of riding transit, I have never seen a bus stop designed like this."
The B.C. Ministry of Transportation says the decision to designate this a bus stop was made by TransLink and Coast Mountain Bus Company (one of TransLink鈥檚 operating companies).
鈥淚t鈥檚 concerning to hear that people using this bus stop don鈥檛 feel safe, and appreciate that this photo has been brought to our attention,鈥� the Ministry told the Courier.
Related:
- Is this Metro 麻豆传媒映画bus stop the WORST in North America?
- Meetings planned to address 鈥榮orriest鈥� bus stop in Metro Vancouver
鈥淲e are in the process of setting up meetings with TransLink and the Coast Mountain Bus company to see what we can do to make the bus stop more adequate.鈥�
The Ministry did not give an exact timeline for when the issue would be addressed but said meetings would take place 鈥渋n the near future.鈥�
鈥淲e鈥檒l be discussing possible options for improving safety either at this particular bus stop location or finding a better alternative to this location 鈥� as long as there鈥檚 pedestrian connectivity and it鈥檚 still convenient for transit users,鈥� the Ministry says.
鈥淲e鈥檒l be happy to provide an update after these discussions occur.鈥�
