I feel dumb cause I still don’t see it… where is the indicated area where the bus driver expected to pull in?
It seems like the bus is in a lane, which is parallel with the bike lane. The bus stops in its lane, people walk across the bike lane and get onto the bus. Right?
At least one of the bus doors are expected to be parallel to the area where there is no grass verge, allowing the vehicle ramp to reach the sidewalk (so people with mobility aids can board the vehicle, as mandated by law here).
Typically bike infrastructure stops before the bus stop area, or is rerouted behind the area on the sidewalk, allowing the driver to park parallel to the stop.
These solid poles were installed within the past year, replacing previous flexible plastic ones that actually stopped short of the bus stop
(In villages things are different, in those it’s completely normal for people to step into the road as a car is usually parked in the way. It is no fun for the drivers as they have to lift the mobility aid into the vehicle - the ramp is too steep when dropping to the road surface, even when the bus is lowered)
Alternatively (as we have some places in Montréal) you could put in a raised section of crosswalk for the pedestrians. This solves the ramp issue and is a signal to cyclists that this section has pedestrian priority.
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