Traffic response · MCU18/0019

         It is preferable that a bus stop is located:           Whilst the proposal will position the stop upstream of the
          – near existing pedestrian crossing facilities (for   existing pedestrian crossing, it will be in convenient
         example, dropped kerbs, refuge islands, signals)       proximity to this crossing. The proposed bus stop location
         – downstream of a pedestrian crossing facility         provides in excess of 14.5m separation from the crossing
                                                                to the bus stop, and is therefore considered adequate under
          – where there is minimal conflict with parking
                                                                the provisions of the Queensland Manual of Uniform
         areas and other potential traffic hindrances
                                                                Traffic Control Devices (which requires a 10m No
         – to provide sufficient sight distance so buses can    Stopping distance in advance of a pedestrian refuge
         safely re-enter/merge with the traffic lane.           crossing).
                                                                The proposal (which relocates the bus stop only 40m to the
                                                                south) would not notably alter the access / manoeuvring
                                                                provisions at the bus stop.



       It is noted that Chapter 5 Bus Stop Infrastructure of the Public Transport Infrastructure Manual
       2015 recommends that 20m separation be provided on approach to a non-signalised pedestrian
       crossing (as shown in the extracts below), however given the existing crossing includes kerb
       extension blisters, the provisions of the Queensland Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices,
       Part 10: Pedestrian control and protection, November 2017, which specifically addresses No
       Stopping requirements in proximity to pedestrian crossing refuges with kerb extension blisters, are
       considered to be more relevant in this instance.
       As previously discussed, the proposed bus stop location provides in excess of 14.5m separation
       from the existing pedestrian crossing refuge to the bus stop, and is therefore considered adequate
       under the provisions of the Queensland Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices (which
       requires a 10m No Stopping distance in advance of a pedestrian refuge crossing).




       Extracts from Chapter 5 Bus Stop Infrastructure of the Public Transport Infrastructure Manual 2015




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