13 AAC 02.372. Public carrier stops

(a) The Department of Transportation and Public Facilities or a municipality, in their respective jurisdictions, may establish bus stops or stands, taxicab stands and stands for other passenger common-carrier motor vehicles on the public streets in places which are convenient to the public. Every stand shall be designated by appropriate signs.

(b) The driver of a bus stopped to load or unload passengers or baggage shall stop the bus in a position with the right front wheel of the vehicle not farther than 18 inches from the edge of the roadway and the bus approximately parallel to the edge of the roadway.

(c) The driver of a taxicab may not stand or park his vehicle on a street at a place other than in a designated taxicab stand, except the driver of a taxicab may stop temporarily in accordance with other stopping or parking regulations at a place for the purpose of expeditious loading or unloading of passengers.

(d) A person who is not driving a bus or taxicab may not stop or stand in a designated bus stop or taxicab stand, except that the driver of a passenger vehicle may temporarily stop there while engaged in loading or unloading passengers, if the stop does not interfere with a bus or taxicab waiting to enter or about to enter the zone.

History: Eff. 6/28/79, Register 70

Authority: AS 28.05.011

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