Editing Bus bulb (section)

== Benefits ==
Benefits include preventing buses from being delayed by having to pull back into traffic, reducing risk of [[traffic collision]]s, reducing pedestrian exposure in [[crosswalk]]s (if provided at the same location), reducing sidewalk congestion, providing space for bus patron amenities including [[bus shelter]]s, and [[traffic calming]]. The protrusion also facilitates easier full length alignment of a bus entrance with a raised kerb stop, especially to allow level boarding in the case of [[low-floor bus]]es.<ref name="tflgaa"/>

Bus bulbs also retain more parking when compared to a bus stop located in a parking lane, as a bus stop so located requires run-in and run-out tapers. Together these tapers may take up as much space as the actual stop, requiring parking to be prohibited over a longer length of road than with a bulb, where cars can park immediately on either side of the bus stop itself.<ref name="tflgaa"/>