The loneliest bus stop in the world?

Comic_and_Gamer_Nerd said :

Having recently gone through two dementia people on my wife’s side the thought of this makes me incredibly sad. Sure it stops them wandering but got ham, tricking the lack witted seems really wrong.

Kill me before I reach that point.

Me too. If I ever sit down at that bus stop, it won’t really be me doing the sitting. I reckon at that point I’d be better off somewhere else. Actually, my wife’s mum went through dementia before she died and I know I’d be better off.

It’s for the new ACTION green bus…

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Party_bike

I hope it has a bell.

Could be a standard park bench, which they sometimes have next to paths, where some larrikin has hammered in an old bus stop sign.

c_c™ said :

Dilandach said :

Yes it is near an aged care facility. Yes, it is most likely a dummy bus stop to help get the wondering dementia patients.

Just going to throw this idea out there, wouldn’t it be cheaper to fit at risk patients with lojacks than build whole fake bus stops?

No.

Well and here is was thinking that it was superimposed! 🙂

I was thinking it was where you catch the catbus.

Looking at this makes me wonder how anyone could complain that Action isn’t putting in an effort to try new suburban routes or that our cycling facilities are somehow inadequate.

Wow, I was expecting a less logical and depressing solution to this mystery.

I miss my imagined underground dinking based public transport alternative.

Having recently gone through two dementia people on my wife’s side the thought of this makes me incredibly sad. Sure it stops them wandering but got ham, tricking the lack witted seems really wrong.

Kill me before I reach that point.

My grandmother is in an aged care facility in Sydney that has a fake bus stop out the front. So yes, they actually do this.

I’m not so sure on the dementia patient idea (as nice as it sounds), there are ‘real’ bus stops either side of Mirinjani on Namatjira drive. Anyone walking from Mirinjani would have to walk straight past one of them to get to this one.

I find that quite poignant, given that it probably is used for dementia patients.

Paul0075 said :

It’s a new piece of public art. I am sure the govt spent a few million on it.

Just gets funnier the more this is repeated doesn’t it?

Paul0075 said :

It’s a new piece of public art. I am sure the govt spent a few million on it.

With wit like that, you should do stand-up.

schmeah said :

Many moons ago I worked in a nursing home. “Waiting for the bus” or “going to get the jetty” was a common quip expressed by those with dementia; sometimes as they were attempting to walk out the door, other times as they lay in bed blankly staring.

Love the thought behind this 😀

+1

Unlike the other posters, who took pot shots…show some class!

It’s a new piece of public art. I am sure the govt spent a few million on it.

Many moons ago I worked in a nursing home. “Waiting for the bus” or “going to get the jetty” was a common quip expressed by those with dementia; sometimes as they were attempting to walk out the door, other times as they lay in bed blankly staring.

Love the thought behind this 😀

Postalgeek said :

I could dink, at most, two passengers.

Ok, where do I swipe my MyWay Card?

That’s a stop on the on the Godot line.

Looks like the bus stop where Cary Grant got chased by a crop-duster.

I could dink, at most, two passengers.

Dilandach said :

Yes it is near an aged care facility. Yes, it is most likely a dummy bus stop to help get the wondering dementia patients.

Just going to throw this idea out there, wouldn’t it be cheaper to fit at risk patients with lojacks than build whole fake bus stops?

Curiously, the bus stop is even marked on Google maps (the aerial and street view photos must pre-date the construction). http://goo.gl/maps/6tn3v

I’d hate to be a cyclist entering the underpass,kasplat!

Yes it is near an aged care facility. Yes, it is most likely a dummy bus stop to help get the wondering dementia patients.

Holden Caulfield said :

Is it near an aged care facility?

They are usually inside the secure part of the facility but good point.

Looks like it’s right near Mirinjani Nursing Home… I’d say it was a therapy installation to assist with the dementia ward.

This the top secret trial of the government’s new public transport light ride system – a fleet of pedal cabs ferrying people through scenic routes to destinations only to be imagined. Timetabling may be an issue

Is it near an aged care facility?