Rest Room Facility - Long route Bus travels

It is observed that Buses carrying passengers are not sensitive to the natural needs/public conveniences.  They stop the Buses anywhere at the request of the passenger on the side of the road, and then a number of people get down and urinate in the open.  It is also not unusual to see that  some one continuously speaking to the driver and driver is avoiding to stop. Thus increase in conflict between driver and the passengers.   The problem becomes acute for the women  passengers,  senior citizens, physically handicapped persons.  This is true for all kind of buses.  This happens often when journey is more than 3 hours.  

Hence there is need for issue of proper guidelines to Bus operators and ensuring implementation.   The Bus Aggregators can also contribute by defining and implementing it.   

I have drafted one guidelines:

Draft Guidelines for Long Route Buses- Public conveniences

Author:  Vijay Rustogi

Preamble:

It is observed that Buses carrying passengers are not sensitive to the natural needs/public conveniences.  They stop the Buses anywhere at the request of the passenger on the side of the road, and then a number of people get down and urinate in the open.  It is also not unusual to see that  some one continuously speaking to the driver and driver is avoiding to stop.  The problem becomes acute for the female  passengers and senior citizens, physically handicapped persons.  This is true for all kind of buses.

Hence there is need for issue of proper guidelines to Bus operators and ensuring implementation.

Applicability:

These guidelines will be applicable to all kind of buses including state road transport, private route operators, buses carrying the  wedding guests, or any other kind of buses which runs for more than 3 hours regularly or once in a while but carrying passengers.

Scheduled Public Convenience  Stoppages:

The scheduled public convenience  stoppage are the places en route where public conveniences  separately for male and female passengers are  available.  Minimum one stoppages to be there for every 3 hours run.   For Road Transport these stoppage would be the   relevant Bus stand having  of public conveniences and for other private operators, it would be en route specified Hotel, Motel or Dhaba having the public convenience facility.

Time for stoppages:

Minimum 10 minute stoppages each time.

Display of stoppages:

Each Bus embarking on the journey for more than 3 hours run to have proper display inside the Bus stating the Place of stoppage and scheduled Time to reach there. 

It should also indicate the complaint system where passenger can  send the complaint in case of  violation by the driver.

Advantages of the system:

Public convenience available to all the passengers and bus crew in time including female, senior citizen, handicapped  passengers.

Driver will get 10 minute rest after each 3 hours run, will cause less accidents

Passengers can get down and stretch after each 3 hours run, will have less fatigue.

Local business for eatables near to the stoppages would develop.

Unruly scene of  passengers urinating in open would be avoided in the spirit of current drive of cleanliness.