On his Human Transit blog, transit planner Jarrett Walker brings us images and a description of a "bus stop of the future" for the streets of Paris, designed by Marc Aurel.
Walker, who's been categorized as favoring a systems-based view of what contributes to the successes or failures of public transit, in opposition to Darrin Nordahl's belief in the importance of the passenger experience, seems to have found his empathic side with this gushing post.
"Yes, it's still a bus shelter, but the idea is to make it both more
useful and more of a social space. People may come here for a range of
things other than catching the bus, so that social interaction and the
life of the street intermix with waiting to produce a more vibrant,
interesting, and safe environment."
"This is what a major bus stop or station
might look like if you really, really valued buses, and also value the
principle that uses of the street should be intermixed so that they
contribute activation, interest, and safety to one another."
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