On 14/07/2017 11:31 AM,prescottt@... [TramsDownUnder] wrote:
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> I have no problem with Melbourne's use of the "flapper" bollards on the outer edge, except for one issue: are they clear of the tram doors? If you you have a standard vehicle in your fleet, it's easy enough to design for this, but if the fleet consists of different vehicles with doors in all sorts of different places, then there is a fair likelihood of one or more of these bollards being smack bang in the middle of a doorway, which is a particular problem if you have a wheelchair or pram for example.

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Fair point Tony,

Here's a pic of the Macarthur St stop that's not the usual foreshortened stop.
http://tdu.to/3020_MacarthurSt_21Feb2012.JPG

As you can see, the guides are fairly widely spaced adjacent to the actual stopping area of the tram.

Mal Rowe - in a city turning concrete bollards into an art form,