Creating future-ready bus stops: Promoting equity, safety, and climate resiliency in future bus stop planning guidelines

Edmonton’s public transit (PT) system plays a prominent role in reducing transportation related GHG emissions. Encouraging more people to use PT is not only a structural intervention, but also behavioral, as individuals, especially those with access to other modes, have to make a conscious choice to travel by PT. This choice has become increasingly complex as we emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic, with a heightened focus on personal health and growing concerns about social disorder in public spaces, including PT. Adding to this complexity, the increased frequency of extreme weather events have signaled the need to incorporate impacts of such events into the design and provisioning of transit infrastructure, such as bus stops. Through this project we aim to understand the experience of transit riders at bus stops in Edmonton. We will respond to this information through developing an enhanced bus stop design guideline that involves best practices for climate adaptation, safety, and equity to achieve the underlying goal of this research which is to improve the safety and comfort of bus stops through enhanced design guidelines.

Faculty Supervisor:

Emily Grise

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Partner:

City of Edmonton

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services; Public administration

University:

University of Alberta

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