Victoria Coach Station arrivals apron has a neat solution to dealing with 2
issues in one installation.
To stop passengers wandering in & out via the incoming vehicle route they
have a set of horizontal water jets which drain into a gulley and the water is
then recycled.
Enhancing this slightly, the water spray could be combined with a pair of
rotating brushs triggered by an incoming vehicle, to do a quick clean of road
grime from the outside of the incoming coach, so that passengers do not get dirty
brushing against the bodywork, and of course the vehicles look more
presentable.
VCS has its problems however on the departure apron where passengers wander
out to board the coaches. One option to reduce theft and manage passengers is
to have demountable luggage module, which is loaded in the departure hall and
taken out to the coach. passengers then are lead to the door and boarded
immediately - with no-one allowed to hang around on the apron.
Preston Bus Station has a similar policing issue, the passenger access on
foot is throough miserable and indirect tunnels, so that many opt for the more
obvious and direct routes across the apron
In the UK we gleaned from an analysis of crash data that per vehicle per year
buses run down more pedestrians than any other type of vehicle, although a)
as most crashes are slow speed serious injury outcomes are lower and b) the
longer hours of exposure put up the risk
Dave Holladay
Glasgow.
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