Comments on: Planting Bulbs for RapidRide http://rapidride.wordpress.com/2012/09/12/planting-bulbs-for-rapidride/ News about King County Metro Transit's new bus rapid transit service. Thu, 16 May 2013 03:15:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Jamie Wheir http://rapidride.wordpress.com/2012/09/12/planting-bulbs-for-rapidride/#comment-552 Sun, 14 Oct 2012 03:03:41 +0000 http://rapidride.wordpress.com/?p=560#comment-552 I totally agree. I live near this intersection & I no longer shop/eat at Morgan Junction because of this hazordous situation. Drivers get mad & run red lights & block the intersection because they are tired of waiting light after light. Unacceptable!!

]]> By: hmcnelly http://rapidride.wordpress.com/2012/09/12/planting-bulbs-for-rapidride/#comment-472 Mon, 17 Sep 2012 21:30:45 +0000 http://rapidride.wordpress.com/?p=560#comment-472 The one at California and Fauntleroy is ridiculous. Last week I sat through three (3) full traffic signal cycles because of the buses and cars piled into the space, and watched southbound cars cross into the northbound left turn lane, nearly causing head-on accidents. Whoever designed this new bus stop didn’t have their thinking cap on. Did they read the AASHTO manual? Transit still accounts for a small, subsidized percentage of traffic, so why do we forget to remember we need to accomodate the highest percentage of road users in this area, which is cars?

]]> By: Norah http://rapidride.wordpress.com/2012/09/12/planting-bulbs-for-rapidride/#comment-463 Sat, 15 Sep 2012 00:24:52 +0000 http://rapidride.wordpress.com/?p=560#comment-463 Thanks!

]]> By: rapidride http://rapidride.wordpress.com/2012/09/12/planting-bulbs-for-rapidride/#comment-457 Fri, 14 Sep 2012 00:44:31 +0000 http://rapidride.wordpress.com/?p=560#comment-457 Bus bulbs make it easier for disabled passengers to wait, board the bus, and in some places to cross the street safely (by shortening the crossing distance and slowing traffic). Buses can more easily stop curbside, so there’s less variation in the distance between the sidewalk and the bus, and waiting riders are more visible to approaching bus drivers. Also, a larger bus stop area provides an improved waiting environment, with more room to move around.

]]> By: rapidride http://rapidride.wordpress.com/2012/09/12/planting-bulbs-for-rapidride/#comment-456 Fri, 14 Sep 2012 00:39:07 +0000 http://rapidride.wordpress.com/?p=560#comment-456 Hi Norah, bulbs on C line are complete. They were built at the same time we did all the site work for the other passenger amenities. Bulb construction is underway at three D Line sites (on lower Queen Anne), again tied with other site construction.

]]> By: Diane http://rapidride.wordpress.com/2012/09/12/planting-bulbs-for-rapidride/#comment-453 Thu, 13 Sep 2012 00:36:27 +0000 http://rapidride.wordpress.com/?p=560#comment-453 I wonder how safe this kind of “bulb stop” is for the handicapped, blind, and in/or using medical devices….saving a few minutes is not a service to those disabled!

]]> By: Norah http://rapidride.wordpress.com/2012/09/12/planting-bulbs-for-rapidride/#comment-452 Thu, 13 Sep 2012 00:35:42 +0000 http://rapidride.wordpress.com/?p=560#comment-452 Which stops? Why couldn’t this have been done when the new shelters were put in?

Please tell me this isn’t going to mean we won’t have benches at 35th and Avalon northbound for an extended period again. Please not again.

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