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Construction of bus shelters
'stops'
Bus shelter" means a shelter located at a designated bus stop
accepted as such by the Department of Transportation, used to aid in
the loading and unloading of passengers for the convenience of
passengers of public transportation systems. Taking into
consideration that there is no official transportation system in
West Bank and Gaza, so using the expression "bust shelter" is for
(taxies, mini buses, and fords….etc).
Limited funding is provided by municipalities and local village
councils to subsidies the installation of new bus shelters at rural
areas.
Since the Israeli government continuous siege, hermetic closure,
destruction of the streets and civilian public infrastructure,
in addition to not having a systematic
public transportation systems,
people at villages have to wait for long hours the transportation
vehicles to move to the main cities. So this shelter will make it
easy for them to wait in better conditions.
Objectives
1.Reduced difficulties faced by people through their daily movement
from villages to cities to satisfy their urgent and necessary needs.
2. Facilitate and simplify the mutual movement between passengers
and transpiration vehicles (vehicles will stop at known places to
pick up passengers)
3. Protect people from waiting long hours under different weather
conditions (rainy, cold, and hot days).
4. Reduce traffic accidents by allowing passengers to wait
transportation vehicles at known places (shelters) and not at
dangerous places near main roads and curves.
5. Create new job opportunities for local community members in
constructing the bus shelters.
6.Increasing
awareness on road and environment safety issues by drawing some
slogans about safe driving practices, road behaviors, road rules and
environmental issues.
Bus Shelter specifications and considerations:
There are several elements to a good bus stop. Here is a list of
some of those elements: Accessibility, Passenger Facilities,
Visibility, Convenience, Spacing, Safety, Width of sidewalk, Length
of Sidewalk, Lack of Obstructions, Access to Stop: Level Sidewalk:
To best deploy a lift or ramp, the stops should be level.
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