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Did AAATA management agree to follow the state law that prohibits parking within 20' of a crosswalk? This is a chronic problem and needs proactive enforcement -- not just buses, but also other vehicles, especially delivery vehicles in the Kerrytown area. I have placed calls, but the buses are gone by the time enforcement officers arrive.

Thank you for contacting the city of Ann Arbor about this A2 Fix It request. Your request ID is 275124.

PLease Fix this problem.

Not safe walking out from behind a bus...

Thank you for bringing forth your concern about AAATA buses stopping within 20 feet of a crosswalk.

However, the Michigan vehicle code provides in MCL 257.38 that “‘Parking’ means standing a vehicle, whether occupied or not, upon a highway, when not loading or unloading except when making necessary repairs.”

In addition, the Michigan vehicle code provides in MCL 257.674, Section 3 that “A bus, for the purposes of taking on or discharging passengers, may be stopped at a place described in subsection (1)(b), (d), or (f)...” subsection (1)(f) is the section that refers to parking within 20 feet of a crosswalk.

Your concerns have also been forwarded to the AAATA. The City will continue to work with its partners to improve public safety.

Thank you for bringing this issue to our attention. City staff investigated and resolved the problem. Should you have any questions or concerns about the work performed, please leave a comment.

The buses I observed were not loading, unloading or being repaired and the drivers was not on the buses. I am familiar with the MLC and the above sections do not apply to those buses.

In addition, the community has had numerous discussions about the danger of buses blocking the visibility of pedestrians in crosswalks and, in some cases, bus stops have been moved to reduce this problem.

The city should be focusing on pedestrian safety, not trying to find legal loopholes to maintain dangerous behavior. Please correct your statement to AAATA. Let's all work together for a safer community by reducing bus and pedestrian conflicts.

Correction: Drivers were not on the buses.
Thanks for your attention to this critical issue.

Thank you for contacting the city of Ann Arbor about this A2 Fix It request. Your request ID is 276370.

Agree, need to keep buses from blocking sight of pedestrian traffic.

This s.eems a bit ridiculous. It's not even in the crosswalk.

This is a serious safety issue for pedestrians, bicyclists and car drivers. It has been reported repeatedly. AAATA built a new bus station that was exceedingly poorly designed and the public was never told adjoining streets would be taken over for passenger loading and unloading of even more buses than before Blake was rebuilt. AAATA does not own the streets adjoining Blake and AAATA should be forbidden from loading/unloading passengers anywhere that blocks sight of pedestrians.

I realize you're very upset about it, but it just doesn't seem that huge to me. Drivers and pedestrians need to be careful, but they always need to be careful.

It's about a hazard which can be corrected, not about looking both ways before you step around a bus to cross the street where drivers are turning right.

So are you suggesting that people should not look both ways?

As I read these see click fix items I am often struck by the thought that we all need to have a bit tougher skins and adjust more flexibly to adverse or annoying circumstances in our lives. For better or worse, the bus station is down town, and there are a lot of buses to park. It doesn't seem that surprising to me that it is congested and a bit unsafe around the bus station.

Why was this (Bus parking, loading, and unloading on the street) not addressed during the remodeling of the Transit station?

The AATA buses are too large for Ann Arbor streets. There are smaller bus styles available which might save on fuel too. The size of the bus makes them hazardous. Ask pedestrians. Does the City even keep track of the number of pedestrians who are hit by vehicles? A bus on South University once turned a corner, its bumper caught a cement trash bin and rotated it against the leg of a woman who was sitting on a cement planter. I saw this accident. The bus was too large for the turn off Church onto South U. Fred is certainly correct, everyone needs to be aware on the street, but some problems are designed to occur. Those we can change.

Either due to the age of this request, or a technical issue, we can’t provide a response because it does not appear in our work order system. We are closing the request.