Bus stops and shelters serve some of the most vulnerable pedestrians—elderly passengers, wheelchair users, parents with pushchairs, and schoolchildren. These surfaces are exposed to weather year-round and are rarely prioritised for slip-resistance treatment, despite being high-risk zones for slips and trips.
Anti-slip surfacing at bus stops targets the areas where passengers step on and off buses, wait in queues, and transition between the pavement and the vehicle. The goal is to provide reliable grip on surfaces that become hazardous in wet weather.
Where anti-slip surfacing is applied
- Raised boarding platforms and kerb edges
- Shelter floors that collect tracked-in moisture
- Waiting areas with polished or worn paving
- Approach ramps for wheelchair access
- Step-free access zones at interchange points
Risk factors at bus stops
- wet, polished paving from years of footfall
- leaf litter and algae on sheltered surfaces
- passengers stepping down from bus onto wet ground
- elderly and mobility-impaired passengers at higher fall risk
- poor drainage creating standing water