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The BRT Standard Version 1.0 29
Platform-level Boarding
6 points maximum
Having the bus-station platform level with the bus
floor is one of the most important ways of
reducing boarding and alighting times per
passenger. Passengers climbing steps, even
relatively minor steps, can mean significant delay,
particularly for the elderly, disabled, or people
with suitcases or strollers. The reduction or
elimination of the vehicle-to-platform gap is also
key to customer safety and comfort. There is a
range of measures to achieve gaps of less than
5 cm (2 in.), including guided busways at stations,
alignment markers, Kassel curbs, and boarding
bridges. This does not take into account which
technique is chosen, just so long as the gap is
minimized.
Scoring Guidelines: Station platforms should be
at the same height as bus floors, regardless of the
height chosen.
percentage of buses
with at-level boarding
points
100% of buses are platform level; 6
system-wide measures for reducing
the gap in place
80% of buses; system-wide measures 5
for reducing the gap in place
60% of buses; system-wide measures 4
for reducing the gap in place
100% of buses are platform level with no
other measures for reducing the gap in place
40% of buses 3
20% of buses 2
10% of buses 1
No platform-level boarding 0
Janmarg, Ahmedabad, India