[PRCo] Re: training motormen

[Joshua Dunfield]

James Holland wrote:
>              Totally Illegal to put the front of the bus at the curb and 
> leave the back end hanging out.       Even though the bus is completely 
> stopped, doors are open and passengers entering // exiting, 4-way 
> flashers flashing  --  If Another Vehicle Hits Said Bus the Bus Driver 
> is (also) charged with an accident by the employer.       Very Standard 
> Practice among Professional Drivers to stop  PARALLEL  to the curb  --  
> 1-foot out -- 2-feet out  --  3-feet out, but Not Front In And Rear Out.

Well, it's often moot in Pittsburgh, since a lot of bus zones usually
have cars parked in them; see, for example, Murray Avenue.  Of course,
solving that might require the cops to stop yelling at photographers
and start doing their jobs.

Speaking of which, some of the stop positioning on Murray seems
radically more negligent than anything a bus driver could do.  I'm
thinking particularly of the inbound 61C/64A/59U stop past Murray &
Bartlett, in front of the 61C Cafe; if an articulated 61C pulls up
with the front door next to the "Bus Stop" sign, well, cross traffic
on Bartlett gets to stare at the side of the bus blocking the
intersection... I think, with a 40' bus, you "only" block the
crosswalk, but somehow I suspect that's just as illegal.

So to bring this back to PRCo: was there a trolley stop at Murray
& Bartlett, and was it always in that unfortunate position?

-j.