Legal Aspects of Transit and Intermodal Transportation Programs. Topic 22-01. Bus Stop Design and Location: Legal Impact on Tort and Civil Rights Lawsuits

The objective of this research is to produce a digest for lawmakers and public transportation agencies and their attorneys that provides practical advice and summarizes the laws relevant to decision-making about siting for fixed-route bus stops, including shelters. Generally, the research should be limited to services operated in mixed traffic, not bus rapid transit on a separate guideway. This research will result in (1) a summary of case law, municipal and State codes, and other legal developments since the publication of TCRP LRD 24: Transit Bus Stops: Ownership, Liability, and Access (2008) and (2) a review of selected public transportation agencies as examples of how bus stop locations are sited when considering safety and equity.

• Record URL:
  http://apps.trb.org/cmsfeed/TRBNetProjectDisplay.asp?ProjectID=5564
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Contract to a performing organization has not yet been awarded.

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Proposed
• Funding: $100000
• Contract Numbers:

  Project J-05, Topic 22-01

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Transit Cooperative Research Program

  Transportation Research Board
  500 Fifth Street, NW
  Washington, DC    20001

  Federal Transit Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Project Managers:

  Chisholm-Smith, Gwen

• Start Date: 20231010
• Expected Completion Date: 0
• Actual Completion Date: 0

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bus stops; Design; Legal factors; Location
• Subject Areas: Law; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01891773
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Transportation Research Board
• Contract Numbers: Project J-05, Topic 22-01
• Files: TRB, RIP
• Created Date: Aug 28 2023 8:27PM