Muddled bus stops

Though Alishan in Chiayi County is home to eight indigenous tribes, only two have bus stops. The bus route covers a distance of 12 km; however, Chiayi County Bus Service Administration (嘉義縣政府公車處) mistakenly erected bus stops at locations not on the marked bus route. The location of the newly erected ‘Alishan Elementary/Junior High School Stop’ on Alishan’s Dabang Road is 2 km from the correct position, on a road with no scheduled buses; at this stop, one could literally wait for eternity, and still not catch a bus! 

In response to the citizen journalist’s complaints Chiayi County Bus Service Administration Citizen said: “The contractor mistakenly located the bus signs in the wrong position. We’ll correct the error as soon as possible.” After the complaint, the bus sign was promptly relocated to the correct spot. It is clear, however, that there is room for further improvements.

For example, No. 4 Bus Stop (花圃站), and No. 5 Bus Stop (米洋站), which give access to 6 and 10 families respectively, are positioned less than 300 meters apart. Local residents feel that No. 4 Bus Stop would be far more convenient if it was relocated to the nearby road intersection.

The citizen journalist has appealed on Chiayi County Bus Service Administration Citizen to be more careful when positioning bus stops in the future, and try to place more importance on first gaining a consensus with local communities. By merely going through the motions, county governments fail to fully fulfill the real needs of the people.

Muddled bus stops
URL:http://www.peopo.org/news/113600
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嘉義縣阿里山鄉八個原住民部落，僅有二個部落居民有公車可搭，行駛路線單程12公里，嘉義縣政府公車處竟然在非行駛公車路段上立設站牌搞烏龍。阿里山達邦公路，新設立的「阿里山國中小站」站牌居然設立在應設立點約2公里外，而且不是公車行駛路段上，在這站牌等車是一輩子等不到公車的。公民記者向嘉義縣政府公車處反應，答覆是：是包商搞錯錯位置，會盡快改正。反映後站牌已經重設在正確位置「阿里山國中小」。但是站牌設立還有改善的空間，例如達邦公路第四站（花圃站）與第五站（米洋站）相距不到300公尺，米洋站周邊有六戶，花圃站有十戶，居民反映過花圃站應設置在【友友湖聯絡道】岔路口較方便。公民記者呼籲，嘉義縣公車處設置站牌應該多用心充分與在地需求居民溝通，不是有做就好。