[krzyk]

When I was in SF, my European mind was astonished why bus stops are so often (and why there is a cable to pull, but that's a different thing). Considering that the area was less populated than my city. And we also have speedbuses that stop every second or third bus stop.

It was unreal.

In my city bus stops have 1km between them (sometimes it is 700m sometimes 1.3km) so about 3200 feet.

It is about 15min walk between each bus stop, so when I need to wait for bit longer I prefer to walk to the next bus stop, just to have something to do.

[ipdashc]

> and why there is a cable to pull, but that's a different thing

Huh... How is it set up where you live? I've ridden buses in Europe and I remember them having cables, or at least buttons.

[Symbiote]

I've never seen the pull-cord things in Europe, but they seem to be common in the US.

To European eyes they seem old fashioned, untidy, and possibly dirty.

[rsynnott]

It's usually buttons in Europe. The cord things always make me think of train emergency stop cords (though these days those are usually "break glass" buttons).

[bojan]

It's different per country, and even per city within the country. As a rule of thumb, big cities don't have buttons/cords, smaller ones do.

[krzyk]

It's pure eletronic (no steampunk thing like in SF ;) ) - a button on handles, all over the bus, with obvious ones next to a door.

e.g.- https://www.shutterstock.com/search/bus-stop-button