The Impact on Traffic Safety in Bus Stop

3.4.
  Bus bay stop setting along isolation area for non-motor vehicle and 
motor vehicle 
Such bus stops provide a certain independent space for bus stopping in order to 
release the interaction between the buses and motor vehicle in time of bus 
stopping in addition to entering or leaving the station. Furthermore, the special 
design for bus bay stops compresses the width of non-motor vehicle lane, 
reducing the driving space for non-motor vehicle. As Fig. 9 shown that the main 
factors of traffic safety come from the following two aspects: 
(i) Conflict between passengers and non-motor vehicles 
Depression style of the station, designed for reducing the effect on motor 
vehicles during buses stopping which compresses the width of non-motor 
vehicle lane makes the driving space for non-motor vehicle narrow, increasing 
the non-motor vehicle flow and reducing the non-motor vehicle speed. 
Compared with linear bus stop set along isolation area for non-motor vehicle 

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and motor vehicle, the high density of passengers’ and non-motor vehicles’ flow 
on the non-motor vehicle lane adjacent the station lead to increasing probability 
of horizontal conflict between passengers and non-motor vehicles. 
(ii) Conflict between buses and motor vehicles 
Buses need to changing lanes in order to merging or separating the traffic 
flow during entering and leaving the station. It brings up conflict between buses 
and motor-vehicle easily. 
3.5.
  Bus bay stops setting along sidewalk
The type of stop reduces the effect on non-motor vehicles from buses when 
stopping. However, conflict between buses and motor vehicle or non-motor 
vehicle still exists. As Fig. 10 shown that the main factors of traffic safety come 
from the following two aspects: 
(i) Conflict between motor vehicles, non-motor vehicles and passengers 
The kind of stop is often installed on the road which has large flow of motor 
vehicles and non-motor vehicles with isolation area. Some passengers conflict 
with motor vehicles and non-motor vehicles while crossing the road, bring the 
hidden danger of traffic security. 
(ii) Conflict between motor vehicles, non-motor vehicles and buses 
Parking zone is set up separately on the road which doesn’t have an effect 
on the normal driving, but buses crosses the motor vehicle lane and non-motor 
vehicle lane when buses entering and leaving the station result that non-motor 
vehicles, motor vehicles and buses traffic are interactive, causing conflict.